Youth Ambassador
Become a Youth Ambassador for New Decoder, a global education news service for young people, and lead teams of students who are eager to tackle big issues and connect with youth across the globe. You can help expand minds and eliminate borders!
News Decoder recruits approximately 30 young articulate and entrepreneurial people each year to step up to the plate to be “campus champions” and to fulfill its mission of educating and connecting youth around the world. These Student Ambassadors are natural leaders and excellent communicators, and are dedicated to furthering News-Decoder’s mission to create better global citizens.
Student Ambassadors serve as a critical link between their school and News-Decoder by promoting our program on campus, helping organize webinars and workshops and strengthening student and faculty engagement. They also organize a webinar with a school in another country, oversee the production of a creative multimedia package and have the opportunity to be published on the News Decoder Site. Some of the Student Ambassadors work on the News Decoder podcast, The Kids Are Alright.
How do I get started? Just go to their website and contact them to find out how to apply.
How much time will this take? This is a high time commitment if you get selected. Getting involved will require writing an article, or recording a podcast show, developing multimedia pieces and pitching New Decoder to your school community..
How do I expand this narrative arc? If journalism and writing is in your narrative arc, consider building on this interest with one of the following:
Write for your school newspaper and ideally take a leadership role there.
Check out our post on this incredible organization promoting written and visual journalism, Podium.me
Take a summer course through The New York Times Summer Academy.
HOT TIP: This is a very impressive addition to your resume and well worth the effort! Ideally you should complement this project with leadership or transformational roles at your school newspaper and also involvement in other journalistic organizations.