by Nelson Graves | 30 Jun 2021 | Human Rights, La Jolla Country Day School, News Decoder Updates, Youth Voices
Lucy Jaffee interviewed a top expert to get a jump on the mainstream press in a landmark free-speech case that reached the U.S. Supreme Court. Lucy Jaffee Eight months before the U.S. Supreme Court took up a free-speech case covered by the world’s largest news...
by Nelson Graves | 24 Jun 2021 | Friends Seminary, Youth Voices
Samara Friedman of Friends Seminary in New York City, a News Decoder partner school, has won a spot in a selective FBI youth program. Samara Friedman Samara Friedman is interested in learning more about law and government – what she calls “keeping people safe.”...
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 Nelson Graves | 10 Jun 2021 | African Leadership Academy, Climate change, Environment, European School Brussels, Health and Wellness, News Decoder Updates, Youth Voices
A reporting project profiling youth who are fighting climate change includes two students at a News Decoder partner school in Belgium. Video of “The Writing’s on the Wall” mural being painted at the European School of Brussels II. Video by Amélie...
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.