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 Nelson Graves | 30 Sep 2022 | News Decoder Updates
When leading educational publishers look for articles that decode complex issues for youth authoritatively and clearly, they turn to News Decoder. Tira Shubart turns cosmology into understandable stories about the importance of space to humankind. (AP Photo/Stocktrek...
by Paul Spencer Sochaczewski | 27 Sep 2022 | Climate change, Environment, Personal Reflections
I helped put nature conservation on the global agenda. But now I fear for Earth’s future. Will the next generation save us from disaster? Climate change, conceptual illustration (Photo by SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY via AP Images) This story by News Decoder...
by Susanne Courtney | 31 Aug 2022 | Africa, Culture, Educators' Catalog
COVID-19 has given media firms in Africa a chance to create TV shows that teach science to children and challenge outdated gender norms. (Photo courtesy of N*Gen) COVID-19 lockdowns put the brakes on learning for children across Africa and around the world. It also...
COVID-19 has kept many students around the world at home, setting back their intellectual development despite efforts to pivot to virtual learning. In Africa, creators using media to educate youth have taken advantage of the situation and a widespread lack of Wi-Fi to create TV shows that teach children about science and sexual health while challenging gender stereotypes. Correspondent Susanne Courtney has spoken to experts in science and entertainment to explore a silver lining in the otherwise dire pandemic.
Exercise: Ask your students to identify a positive outcome in their community stemming from the coronavirus pandemic. It could be a business that took advantage of the situation to pivot or increase sales, or new investments in hitherto neglected areas.
by Nelson Graves | 16 Aug 2022 | News Decoder Updates
Jessica Strickland and Stefani Aleksandrova join the ranks of interns who infuse our nonprofit with energy and ideas before tackling global challenges. Jessica Strickland Stefani Aleksandrova They spearhead communications with News Decoder’s global community....