by Norma Hilton | 26 Oct 2022 | Art, Asia, Culture, University of Toronto Journalism Fellows
Social media influencers from Europe and North America are flocking to South Korea’s capital, Seoul, to tap into the K-pop craze and boost earnings. Banners featuring Jimin, a member of South Korean K-pop band BTS, are displayed in Busan, South Korea, 12 October...
by Li Keira Yin | 29 Nov 2021 | China, Discovery, Eyewitness, Identity, Personal Reflections, Politics, Student Posts, Thacher School, Youth Voices
Curious about my family’s roots, I visited a remote region of China where minority Uighurs celebrated and laughed despite repression and a pandemic. Uighur Women in Procession at Sunrise, Kashgar, July 2021 (All photos by Li Keira Yin) I took these photos on a...
by Nelson Graves | 8 Jul 2021 | Culture, La Jolla Country Day School, News Decoder alumni, Youth Voices
A graduate of a News Decoder partner school, Pip Lewis is juggling her studies with her passion for music — and winning accolades along the way. Students are forever encouraged to “follow their passion” as they contemplate what to study, where to go to...
by Philippa Lewis | 5 May 2020 | La Jolla Country Day School, Student Posts, Youth Voices
Gun violence, racism and mental health are issues we should care about, but they aren’t always easy to discuss. Music can help. Protesters sing as they demonstrate against the presence of federal immigration agents outside a school in New York, 12 March 2019....
by Nelson Graves | 15 Jun 2018 | Discovery, Eyewitness
It was the best of times and the worst of times. The 1960s stirred so many hopes — utopia was within reach! — only to see many crushed. The lessons? (Photos courtesy of the AP and Wikimedia Commons) This post script ends our series of articles by...