by Nelson Graves | 22 Jun 2021 | News Decoder Updates
In a leadership shuffle, Lauren Heuser, who has helped News Decoder grow its global network of partners, will be succeeded by Maria Krasinski. Maria Krasinski Today, News Decoder announces a changing of the guard in senior management as our not-for-profit seeks new...
by Tendayi Chirawu | 17 Jun 2021 | Africa, Kepler, News Decoder Updates
Kepler in Rwanda adds a new university program to News Decoder’s community, extending our reach to 20 partners in 15 countries. Kepler is a non-governmental organization working in Rwanda since 2013, in partnership with Southern New Hampshire University. (Photo...
by Elisabeth Wachtel | 4 Jun 2021 | Educators' Catalog, News Decoder Updates, Transylvania College
They’ve worked with News Decoder for a year. Now students at a school in Romania have launched a magazine — a first in their city. The cover of the second edition of “Transylvania Insights” Inspired by their work with News Decoder, students at...
Ioan Pristavu and Octavian-Anton Ghisa, students at Transylvania College in Romania, launched a school magazine that offers a platform for fellow students to examine meaty issues ranging from the impact of COVID-19 on stock markets to racism in the UK’s royal family. Their initiative illustrates the impact that News Decoder seeks to have on students at our partner schools, who work with our experienced correspondents on the world’s most pressing issues.
Exercise: Ask your students to list issues they would want to explore in a school magazine and how they would report on them.
by Nelson Graves | 27 May 2021 | Americas, Health and Wellness, Hewitt, News Decoder Updates, Podcasts, Students in the Spotlight, Youth Voices
In a series of articles and a global webinar, students at the Hewitt School in New York have drawn lessons from COVID-19 that point to a better future. Students from the Hewitt School and the African Leadership Academy during their April webinar on how COVID-19 has...
by Elisabeth Wachtel | 13 May 2021 | Americas, Europe, Eyewitness, Government, Health and Wellness, Personal Reflections, Youth Voices
COVID-19 has hit France and the U.S. to a similar extent. But their approaches to tackling the pandemic have been radically different — as I’ve seen. Elisabeth Wachtel in front of the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral In January, I moved from the United States to...