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News Decoder
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Our mission is to build a better future with more informed, connected and empowered citizens through #StudentJournalism and youth-oriented journalism.

You'll find explainers, #SolutionsJournalism and #MediaLiteracy here.

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Here's who we are in short. #10YearsOfNewsDecoder

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🌍 News Decoder publishes stories from across our global network, places that don’t always get big spotlights. How well did you pay attention?

📝 Test yourself on our 2025 News Decoder quiz!

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Think you're a news whiz? Take our news quiz | News Decoder
You recall the big headlines in your news feed. But News Decoder took you to places that don't get big spotlights. How well did you pay attention?
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December 23, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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🗞️ Georges Ki-Zerbo explores the effects of U.S. funding cuts to international aid for maternal health programs.

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What happens when people lose access to birth control?
Contraception reduces mortality and can improve the lives of women. But the United States has pulled its global funding for maternal health programs.
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December 22, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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🖋️ Writing for a teacher or group of academics is one thing. Now imagine the audience is a group of your friends. Would you write it the same way?

🗞️ Marcy Burstiner breaks down the difference between writing essays and journalistic pieces that hook people and keep them reading.

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You can write a great essay. But can you tell a great story?
Writing for a teacher or group of academics is one thing. Now imagine the audience is a group of your friends. Would you write it the same way?
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December 19, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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News Decoder’s Amina McCauley reflects on our two-year Empowering Youth through Environmental Storytelling project and the development of a guide to teaching climate change and climate journalism.

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To fight climate change, begin in the classroom
It is one thing for students to read what a teacher assigned. It's another to discover information themselves and use it to inform others and take action.
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December 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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❓ Do you know which country emits the most greenhouse gases per capita? If not, you aren’t alone.

🗞️ Student reporter Amaury Chauve explores climate misconceptions and climate ignorance through his work with The Climate Academy.

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Are you aware of your level of climate ignorance?
Ask people at random what countries emit the most greenhouse gases and you find we have long way to go in educating people about climate change.
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December 16, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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🦾 Artificial intelligence apps are too useful to avoid. But can schools use them in ways that won't harm creativity or turn students into robots?

🗞️ Nelson Graves speaks to four News Decoder alumnae about their use of and approaches to AI.

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Can we use AI intelligently?
Artificial intelligence apps are too useful to avoid. But can schools use them in ways that won't harm creativity or turn students into robots?
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December 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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🍇 Grapes are notoriously sensitive to weather. That leaves grape growers struggling to adapt to the long term effects of climate change.

🗞️ Student reporter Slav Karaslavov investigates the effects of changing climate on wine and champagne production in Belgium.

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Climate change brings new worries to an old industry
Grapes are notoriously sensitive to weather. That leaves grape growers struggling to adapt to the long-term effects of climate change.
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December 11, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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🏆 E-cars, autism, climate change, racial discrimination, a religious cult. These were subjects students tackled in the 18th News Decoder Storytelling Contest.

🗞️ We hear from the judges and find out who took home the top prizes in this year’s contest.

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The winners are ...
E-cars, autism, climate change, racial discrimination, a religious cult. These were subjects students tackled in the 18th News Decoder Storytelling Competition.
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December 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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🥇 For 50 years, the Colgate Women’s Games have given women and girls of all ages the chance to show the world what they’ve got.

🗞️ Lance Roller II takes us to the games and meets the athletes building the next generation of female track stars.

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A track meet that pushes girls to greatness
For 50 years, the Colgate Women's Games have given women and girls of all ages the chance to show the world what they've got.
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December 9, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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🗞️ Marcy Burstiner takes the locks off learning and shares a selection News Decoder's articles and learning resources.

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Let's have no locks on learning
We need to fuel the curiosity young people have about the world around them. Let's unlock the resources they need to be informed citizens of the world.
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December 5, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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In our latest Decoder Dialogue, we sat down with young people from across our network to hear their thoughts about speaking out. Why aren’t more people listening to what they say?

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When will we listen to what young people say?
In our latest Decoder Dialogue we sat down with young people to hear their thoughts about speaking out. Why aren't more people listening to what they say?
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December 4, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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🎻 Sergiy Salo has spent his life performing in concert halls. But the audiences he prefers are the people who sit on public benches in the streets of Seoul.

🗞️ Hannah Choo explores connection, belonging and the power of music in public spaces in South Korea.

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Seoul music
Sergiy Salo has spent his life performing in concert halls. But the audiences he prefers are the people who sit on public benches in the streets of Seoul.
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December 3, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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Once young people see problems as solvable, they can find the energy to work towards those solutions. That’s why solutions journalism has become a cornerstone of our educational mission.

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Let's stop talking about problems as if they can't be solved
Despair sets in when we think a problem is too overwhelming to solve. But difficult isn't the same as impossible.
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December 2, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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🗞️ Natasha Hu, MPH, explores the rationale and policy behind offering healthier, more sustainable food options across New York City's public institutions.

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Dishing out healthy food options kids will eat
Can schools entice young people to choose foods that are better for their health and the health of the planet?
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December 1, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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🕙 If you want to succeed in journalism, and most other careers, you need to be able to meet deadlines. How hard can that be?

🗞️ Educational News Director Marcy Burstiner gives advice on how to set and meet your deadlines.

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When the clock ticks
To succeed in journalism, and most other careers, you need to be able to meet deadlines. How hard can that be?
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November 28, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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🗞️ As we continue our Annual Giving Campaign, day four spotlights the partnerships that allow us to widen our global footprint, strengthen our work and help young people make sense of complex issues.

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A partnership across the Atlantic to inform the world
At the University of Toronto, people with specialized information become journalists and work with News Decoder to inform teens hungry for good inforamation.
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November 27, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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🌎 Thanks to your support, News Decoder’s transformative learning experiences reach educators, classrooms and student worldwide.

🗞️ Learn more about our programs and how you can support the next generation of global citizens in today's article.

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With News Decoder, students explore their role in the world
Through storytelling, we challenge students to discover their connections to the world around them and to each other, whether across town or countries.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Our pool of professional #correspondents contribute their expertise, breaking down complex issues with clarity and depth for a #global audience.

Marcy Burstiner explores how they help bridge the “knowledge gap” and #connect with students worldwide.

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Can we close the "knowledge gap"?
Young people struggle to make sense of world events. That's where our correspondents come in. Experienced journalists and teens learning from each other
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November 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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🗞️ Marcy Burstiner speaks to News Decoder alumni to find out how the ND experience and the skills they developed with us impact their lives and careers beyond school.

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When young people ask big questions and seek answers
With News Decoder, young people not only question what is going on around them, they discover they've got peers across the globe asking similar questions.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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We live in an age of misinformation. Here are ways you can make sure you aren’t part of the problem.

🗞️ Educational News Director Marcy Burstiner gives her advice on how to spot misinformation and make sure you’re not spreading falsehoods.

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Can you believe it? | News Decoder
We live in an age of misinformation. Here are ways you can make sure you aren't part of the problem.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Deepfakes and AI fuel disinformation that puts democracy at risk. How can we combat it?

🗞️ Correspondent Stuart Grudgings explores how deep fakes and artificial intelligence are being used to spread dangerous falsehoods in this week's Decoder Replay.

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Decoder Replay: Disinformation and the decline of democracy
Deepfakes and AI fuel disinformation that puts democracy at risk. How can we combat it?
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November 19, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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🗞️ Climate Education Program Manager Amina McCauley unveils our new Empowering Youth through Environmental Storytelling (EYES) curriculum.

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Empowering youth through environmental storytelling
It will take the whole world to solve our climate crisis. Now educators have a roadmap for teaching young people about climate change and how to stop it.
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November 12, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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🔥 When fire swept through Southern California, it left a trail of toxic waste in Los Angeles.

🗞️ Student reporter Paolo McCarrey explores the underreported issue of dealing toxic battery waste in the wake of environmental disasters.

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Are you storing toxic waste in your home or car?
When fires swept through Southern California, they left a trail of toxic waste in Los Angeles from such mundane possessions as vacuums, power tools and e-cars.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Correspondent Martin Langfield unpacks Bukele's dictatorship in El Salvador and the country's relationship with the United States.

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A warm rapport with the "world's coolest dictator"
The people of El Salvador, and Donald Trump, love Nayib Bukele's iron boot approach to fighting crime. But how long can a state of emergency last?
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November 10, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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🥘 Writing a good story is like cooking a good meal. There’s a satisfaction to creating something from scratch.

🗞️ Educational News Director Marcy Burstiner shares her recipe for a great story.

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Cook up a news story
Many think writing a story isn't worth the effort when you have AI to do it. But there is satisfaction that only comes by doing it from scratch.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM