by Nelson Graves | 14 Nov 2018 | News Decoder Updates
Survivors of a killing at a U.S. school and The Guardian paper have received an award from News Decoder for coverage of a gun-control protest. Student Dara Rosen (3rd from L) answers a question from News-Decoder founder Nelson Graves (L) as faculty advisor Melissa...
by News Decoder | 1 Jun 2018 | Climate change, Contest winners, Contests, La Jolla Country Day School, Student Posts, Youth Voices
The media sensationalizes wildfires, overlooking beneficial effects that fire can have nature. Journalists need to take a more sophisticated approach. A firefighter lights a “backfire” to contain the Rocky Fire near Clearlake, California, 3 August 2015. (AP Photo/Josh...
by Emily T. Metzgar | 28 Dec 2017 | Discovery, Indiana University
Media outlets in the U.S., usually dismissive of unidentified aerial phenomenon, have suddenly changed their tone. I’m not saying it’s aliens, but … Michael Savage, 15-year-old son of a prominent San Bernardino physician and surgeon, was practicing...
by Nelson Graves | 17 Aug 2017 | News Decoder Updates
News-Decoder brings together youth and experience to shine a light on the world’s most pressing problems and to create a distinctive learning dynamic. News-Decoder brings together youth and experience to shine a light on some of the world’s most pressing...
by Nelson Graves | 14 Mar 2017 | Fake News, Future of Democracy, Media Literacy
This is the first in a series of News-Decoder articles on fake news. By Nelson Graves What is fake news? How does it spread? What can we do about it? News-Decoder has been working with students around the world to address these questions, which have acquired urgency...