by Lauren Heuser | 28 Feb 2020 | Friends Seminary, News Decoder Updates, Students in the Spotlight
U.S. school Friends Seminary wins this month’s Decoder in the Spotlight award for engaging through a webinar, article, quiz and class. A global webinar featuring students discussing homelessness, gender violence and climate change activism. An article exploring...
by Lauren Heuser | 11 Dec 2019 | News Decoder Updates
U.S. EdTech leader Newsela engages with millions of students and works with top global media brands. It’s News Decoder’s newest content partner. Grade-schools students in Hamburg, Germany, 18 March 2019 (Photo by: Daniel Reinhardt/picture-alliance/dpa/AP...
by Lauren Heuser | 2 Oct 2019 | Journalism, Media Literacy, News Decoder Updates
Two global prizes supported by News Decoder recognize projects in the UK and U.S. that fight fake news and gun violence. (Photo courtesy of The Student View) A UK not-for-profit promoting media literacy and a U.S. team reporting on gun violence have won global prizes,...
by Lauren Heuser | 29 Aug 2019 | Human Rights, Technology
A new speech policy looks set to rein in Google’s intellectually freewheeling culture. It points to difficult trade-offs today’s organizations must make. A man passes by a Google logo. (EPA-EFE/Julien de Rosa) Google recently published Community Guidelines, an...
by Lauren Heuser | 31 Jan 2019 | Human Rights
Corruption fuels a vicious cycle. It undermines democracy and human rights, and weak institutions cannot control corruption. Anti-government demonstrators in Caracas, Venezuela, 1 July 2017 (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) Most countries including the United States are...