Barry Moody worked for more than four decades covering some of the world’s biggest stories. It was variously tragic, exhausting and exhilarating. This is the sixth in a series of profiles of News-Decoder correspondents. Barry Moody can tell you firsthand about...
Sue Landau reckons that “as long as there are humans, there will be some kind of news industry.” This is the fifth in a series of profiles of News-Decoder correspondents. Sue Landau reckons that “as long as there are humans, there will be some kind of news...
From school paper to the Wall Street Journal, Betty Wong covered major stories including the 1990s stock boom and the Great Recession. This is the fourth in a series of profiles of News-Decoder correspondents. Betty Wong never expected to become a journalist. As a...
Elaine Monaghan dodged death in Albania and skirted bombs in Northern Ireland. A journalist’s job? To ask the right questions. This is the second in a series of profiles of News-Decoder correspondents. Dressed in a red T-shirt and jeans, youthful Elaine Monaghan...
Maggie Fox witnessed the toppling of a president and war in the Balkans. For this News-Decoder correspondent, journalism “is the coolest job ever.” Fox holding a T-shirt reading “Another Meddling Foreign Journalist” in the Philippines in 1986 This is the...
I used to associate the Middle East with violence, devastation and instability. On a trip to Israel, I discovered hospitality and generosity. Artwork by Banksy in Bethlehem (Photo by Jasmine Li) Sitting in the shade, I touch the sand in my hand, cold and moist....
Mexico is under pressure to stop migrants from fleeing Central America to the U.S. Are Mexicans’ attitudes towards their neighbors hardening? A raftsman navigates the Suchiate River between Guatemala and Mexico, 17 June 2019 (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) ...
The U.S. has pulled out of a major arms control treaty amid tensions between Washington and Moscow. Weapons treaties are out of favor — but they matter. When U.S and Russian warships nearly collided in the Philippine Sea recently, the world received a stark...
By Jane Macartney Emerging from the midnight darkness enveloping Beijing’s main street, a People’s Liberation Army soldier pointed his AK-47 at two young men who were crouched by the roadside to watch massed troops marching on Tiananmen Square. He shouted at them to...
They were eccentric code-breakers hidden in a Victorian mansion. Their secret work underpinned the D-Day invasion and shaped World War Two. Mike Hillyard, one of the volunteers who rebuilt a replica of the Turing Bombe machine that helped crack the Nazi Enigma Code,...