No matter how careful and talented a writer you are, you want an editor to give your story a careful reading. Here’s what a difference an editor can make. An editor takes a red pen to a story draft. (Illustration by News Decoder) At News Decoder, we share advice...
In the United States there seems to be a war on free speech. But taking down TV shows is just one way the powerful can silence speech they don’t like. The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution with the sections on free speech and press redacted. (Illustration...
Podcasts have become an essential way to tell important stories, whether they are in French, Spanish, Swedish or Albanian. A European Union flag with a podcasting symbol in the center. (Illustration by News Decoder.) Podcasting has moved quickly from niche to...
Bring people who speak different languages and come from different cultures into the same project and things can get messy. But the results are worth it. People around a table offer ideas in different languages. (Illustration by News Decoder) This article was produced...
Sure, you can Zoom someone in on your laptop or chat over WhatsApp. But when you go out to an event or interview you come back with so much more. A woman tells a journalist about her experience after a fire broke out in the Calypo housing development in Toledo, Spain,...