by Joyce Yang | 6 Mar 2023 | News Decoder alumni, News Decoder Updates, Thacher School
Equestrian, artist and writer Li Keira Yin is finding her footing in Boston after graduating from News Decoder partner school The Thacher School. Former News Decoder Student Ambassador, Li Keira Yin. (Li Keira Yin) When a student has four stories published on News...
by Thea Lacey | 30 Jan 2023 | News Decoder alumni, News Decoder Updates
Her professional experiences run the gamut from working in refugee camps to international think tanks. News Decoder’s first summer intern has traversed the globe since her time on staff. News Decoder’s first summer intern, Emma Bapt. (Emma Bapt)....
by Alexandra Gray | 21 Dec 2022 | Media Literacy, Technology
Algorithms that track the terms we plug into search engines determine what appears on the pages we pull up. Why does that feel so creepy? SEO concept by Anya Berkut/Getty Images More and more, we seem to get ads related to topics we plug into a search engine — long...
by Nelson Graves | 16 Dec 2022 | Journalism, Media Literacy, News Decoder Updates, Personal Reflections
News Decoder has been a return to roots for me — a startup with slim financial returns that belie both its social worth and the joy of working with youth. The author is the founder of News Decoder. This month he is turning over management of the educational nonprofit...
by Marcy Burstiner | 12 Dec 2022 | Contests, Hewitt, News Decoder Updates, Podcasts, Realgymnasium Rämibühl Zürich, SOS-HGIC, Youth Voices
Two articles, a podcast and a personal essay — the winners of our latest Storytelling Contest come from three schools on three continents. Luis Eberl of Realgymnasium Rämibühl in Zurich (RGZH) has won first prize in News Decoder’s 12th Storytelling Contest for...