As the U.S. government slashes funding for public media, a PBS youth journalism project is awarded an international prize for outstanding achievement. Students at the 2025 Summer Academy, a weeklong Student Reporting Labs journalism training event in Washington D.C....
It is tiresome hearing ignorant people spout off. But if you base your opinions on facts and knowledge, people will hear what you have to say. A teen works through her ideas for an opinion article while in the background are teens with ideas of their own....
Working with schools, News Decoder has helped teens see coherence out of the chaos of their times. A globe goes from fuzzy to clear. (Illustration by News Decoder) To understand the chaos that is the world today it helps to look back a decade. This past year, world...
Getting one person to listen to your podcast is hard enough. But how to make one that can travel across borders? That was the task WePod took on. Equipment in a podcast studio. (Photo by SeventyFour) This story and podcast were produced as part of WePod, an innovative...
As News Decoder celebrates its 10th birthday, the need for young people to appreciate different perspectives and be globally aware is more pressing than ever. A birthday cake with 10 candles. (Credit: kajakiki/Getty Images Signature) In June of 2015, we asked this...