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Decoder: Are treaties worth the paper they are signed on? When nations sign a treaty they volunteer to abide by certain terms. But what, if anything, happens if they break those agreements?

📜 When nations sign treaties they volunteer to abide by certain terms. But what, if anything, happens if they break those agreements?

🗞️ Correspondent Daniel Warner decodes treaties.

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Top Tips: Are your sources reliable? You can interview any number of people for a news story. But how many of them know what they're talking about and won't steer you wrong with bad information?

📰 As a reporter you’re only as good as your sources. That’s why it is important to choose sources who are knowledgeable.

🗞️🎥 Find out how to do this in this week’s News Decoder Top Tips from the Mobile Stories project and investigative journalist Matt Drange.

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🎥 We hear from News Decoder Correspondent and Board Member Betty Wong about how News Decoder helps young people and how it has evolved over the past decade. | News Decoder 🎥 We hear from News Decoder Correspondent and Board Member Betty Wong about how News Decoder helps young people and how it has evolved over the past decade. Betty Wong is a journalist, communications ...

How does News Decoder help young people?

Hear from journalist, ND board member and former Global Managing Editor at Reuters, Betty Wong.

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#criticalthinking #medialiteracy #globalcitizenship

Call an ambulance! But be ready to pay. In India, a private ambulance service is filling a need in a country with a dire shortage of emergency medical services. But should there be profit in that?

🚑 In India, a private delivery company is now rolling out an emergency ambulance service at a cost to end users.

🗞️ Christianez Ratna Kiruba explores the systems taking advantage of a deterioriating free public health service.

#healthcare #India #profit

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A decade waking teens up to the world around them. For 10 years News Decoder has engaged teens through experiential learning and connecting them with people who have been eyewitnesses to world events.

"For 10 years News Decoder has engaged teens through experiential learning and connecting them with people who have been eyewitnesses to world events."

🗞️ Educational News Director Marcy Burstiner takes a look back at #10YearsofNewsDecoder.

#think #global #media

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Top Tips: Cross platforms to reach a wider audience Audiences are spread far and wide and get their information from all kinds of sources. How can your story catch their eyes and ears?

📰 There are many ways to tell stories: Articles, podcasts, photos, videos, memes, social media content...

🗞️ We look at how to maximize your reach and tell stories across a diverse range of media formats.

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Do we still value original thought? With AI taking over much of what we do, will people still value works created purely from one person's brain? Is creativity worth anything anymore?

🖋️ Can AI replace writers of original content? And what does its arrival mean for creativity?

🗞️ Correspondent Alexander Nicoll explores the effects of AI on education, journalistic careers and the role of integrity in writing.

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Can you make your podcast sound great? To give your podcast a unique identity you need to create a "rhythm of narration." Sound Director Luca Micheli gives us advice on what it takes to do that.

🎵 There’s a natural rhythm to speech.

🗞️ Luca Micheli, head of sound at Chora Media, speaks to Javi Caminero. podcast producer at @podiumpodcast.bsky.social about creating original music and sound for podcasts.

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At the library you can take out a book ... or dissect a body? You might picture stacks of dust-covered books. But nowadays knowledge comes in all kinds of forms — and libraries are adapting to meet that challenge.

🏫 Forget dusty old spaces — libraries are now centers of learning at the forefront of education and community. They are places of knowledge, community and belonging.

🗞️ Librarian Garrett Purchio takes us to forward-thinking community hubs across the world.

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School closed on account of ... war Some 90 million students across the globe lose their access to education, not from snow or hurricanes, but from the political storms that rage around them.

👩🏽‍🎓 Across the globe, 90 million students lose their access to education due to the political storms and conflicts that rage around them.

🗞️ Correspondents Tauseef Ahmad and Sajid Raina explore the disruptive effects of war on education in Kashmir and beyond.

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Top Tips: Can the information you share be trusted? To convince readers you need to base your articles on facts you get from researching the story. But to trust the information you find, you'll need a system for verification.

🤔 How can you trust the news you read?

🗞️ Journalist and fact checker Uschi Jonas of Mobile Stories gives her Top Tips on verifying information.

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An award recognizes the importance of youth journalism As the U.S. government slashes funding for public media, a PBS youth journalism project is awarded an international prize for outstanding achievement.

🏆 As the U.S. government slashes funding for public media, a PBS youth journalism project is awarded the Global Youth & News Media Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Journalism.

🗞️ Youth correspondent Andie Korenge shines a light on PBS News Student Reporting Labs (SRL).

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Decoder Replay: Is peace in the Middle East even possible? It is difficult to undo almost eight decades of hostility. To understand what's happening now in Gaza you have to go back to the creation of the Israeli state.

🛑 On 21 July, 28 countries signed a joint statement calling for the immediate end to the war on Gaza.

🗞️ As civilians accessing food aid are targeted and killed by Israeli forces, we republish a 2024 piece by Daniel Warner which asks: Is peace in the Middle East even possible?

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What's not talked about when you live overseas Racial bias isn't readily apparent in Latvia. But simply how you use your voice can set you apart as a foreigner.

🤫 In Latvia, how loud you are might give away where you’re from.

🗞️ Aida Sherwani of Connecticut College reflects on race, integration and cultural markers in foreign countries.

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Sharing is good, except when it isn't Sometimes we feel compelled to share or repost what we read. But when we do, we might unwittingly spread disinformation. Beware of "copypasta."

🍝 "Copypasta" plays a central role in online misinformation.

🗞️ Correspondent Madison Dapcevich digs into copypasta and the spread of disinformation.

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Top Tips: Make your voice heard It is tiresome hearing ignorant people spout off. But if you base your opinions on facts and knowledge, people will hear what you have to say.

📢 Feel like the media doesn't represent you? Then why not speak up and make your voice be heard?

🗞️ Get News Decoder's Top Tips on adding your voice to stories. Journalist Charis McGowan gives her advice as part of the Mobile Stories project.

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Exploring the diversity of people the world over News Decoder's summer intern, Hannah Choo, believes that differences between cultures should be appreciated, not feared.

💬 Differences between cultures should be appreciated, not feared.

🗞️ News Decoder's summer intern Hannah Choo brings a multicultural mindset and student perspective to the team.

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Decoder Replay: Let's celebrate Mandela Day On July 18, the world celebrates the birthday of Nelson Mandela. and his legacy of determination that oppression can be overcome.

🌍 On July 18, the world celebrates the birthday of Nelson Mandela and his legacy of determination that oppression can be overcome.

🗞️ To mark the occasion we republish a 2020 piece by Correspondent Jonathan Sharp marking the anniversary of Mandela’s release from prison.

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Finally, a focus on freshwater fish Fish are disappearing in an African lake that feeds the people of four countries. Freshwater lakes may not be as vast as oceans but they are just as important.

🐟 Fish are disappearing in an African Great Lake that feeds the people of four countries.

🗞️ Correspondent Enock Wanderema explores the importance of conserving freshwater ecosystems in Lake Tanganyika.

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Top Tips: Take photos that stand out | News Decoder Anyone can snap a photo. But taking one that captures the heart of a story? That takes more effort and care. Here's some advice to get you started.

📸 Anyone can snap a photo. But taking one that captures the heart of a story? That takes more effort and care.

🗞️ Photojournalist Simone Åbacka offers her advice on getting started in this week’s Top Tips.

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Decoder Replay: How important could one court be? Nine justices hold seats on the U.S. Supreme Court In their hands lie fundamental questions of liberty, equity and who has the right to American citizenship.

⚖️ Nine justices hold seats on the U.S. Supreme Court. In their hands lie fundamental questions of liberty, equity and who has the right to American citizenship.

🗞️ We republish a 2016 piece by Nelson Graves on the importance of balance in the court.

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How worried are we about the future? Let's quantify it. | News Decoder The "fear index" measures the ups and downs of the stock market. That often mirrors how we feel about the economy, and world.

📈 The “fear index” measures the ups and downs of the stock market. They mirror how we feel about the economy and the world.

🗞️ Finance expert Betty Wong breaks down the fear index and stock market volatility.

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A decade connecting young people to the world they live in For News Decoder 10th anniversary, we look at how we've worked with schools to help teens find coherence out of the chaos of their times.

"For the past 10 years we have worked to empower young people by giving them the information they need, connecting them to the world around them and providing them a forum for expression [...] — and we intend to continue doing that for the next 10 years."

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From the ground in Kenya to the gold stud in the ear Artisanal gold miners in Kenya work to extract the shiny metal even though doing so poses serious health risks.

Artisanal #goldminers in #Kenya work to extract the shiny metal even though doing so poses serious #healthrisks. BY FRANK BURKYBILE (FJHI '25) #internationalstudents for
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Can a podcast cross borders? Getting one person to listen to your podcast is hard enough. But how to make one that can travel across borders? That was the task WePod took on.

🌍 How do you make a cross-border podcast?
Two years ago, the WePod project set out to do just that.

🗞️ We look back at the start of the project through a conversation between Podium Podcast's Javi Caminero and Europod's Alexander Damiano Ricci. @podiumpodcast.bsky.social

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Decoder Replay: Is truth self-evident? Every July 4 the United States celebrates its Declaration of Independence. But behind its "self-evident" truths was a load of hypocrisy.

⚠️ Fake news is nothing new. Those in power have long moulded fact and fiction to best suit their version of often murky truths.

🗞️ We revisit a 2020 piece by Nelson Graves in which he explores histories of truth and fake news. @ngraves54.bsky.social

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🖋️ News Decoder correspondents bring years of professional experience to the table. But they don't just write; they mentor students across our global community.

Tom Heneghan reflects on his experience mentoring.
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Tourists love Spain. But the feeling isn't mutual. Across the globe, tourist hubs are losing their love for the visitors who throng to them. Can an equilibrium be reached?

Tourists are taking the blame for Spain's overtourism and related issues. But should they really be in the firing line?

🗞️ Leah Pattem explores how government and city authorities could better plan and protect cities for tourism that benefits locals and visitors alike.

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Top Tips: What does it mean to be an ethical journalist? We live in an age of disinformation. But most journalists try hard to report the truth without being sneaky or causing harm in the process. They follow a code.

💬 "We live in an age of disinformation. But most journalists try hard to report the truth without being sneaky or causing harm in the process. They follow a code."

🗞️ Marcy Burstiner gives her Top Tips on honesty, integrity and ethical practice.

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People don't know you. But do you know yourself? When we compare ourselves to others we feel lesser. But it is what makes you different that people will appreciate. Embrace what really makes you you.

The world can be a tough place to navigate, especially when you're young.

Student Reporter Mahee Mantri shares her personal reflection and advice on learning to embrace yourself, your unique qualities and on how to navigate the world as best you can.

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