Category - Appreciation

by Aileen Cevallos

Quito, ECUADOR – The great Spanish author Carlos Ruiz Zafón, who wrote the bestseller The Shadow of...

Appreciation • Perspective • Top

Fire at Notre-Dame a ‘deep wound to humanity’s...

April 15, 2019

1 Comment

by Kiernan Majerus-Collins

Auburn, Maine, U.S.A. – No one died. And yet the fire that blazed for hours in Notre-Dame Cathedral...

Appreciation • Reporter's Notebook • Top

Notre-Dame: history set in stone

April 15, 2019

by Joanna Koter

Edinburgh, SCOTLAND – When I found out that the Notre-Dame Cathedral was on fire, I was just...

Appreciation • Perspective

Excelsior! A Stan Lee tribute

November 12, 2018

by Thomas Barrett

Rotherham, England, U.K. – From comic booksto movies and TV shows, Marvel is one of the world’s...

Appreciation • Music • Perspective

Remembering Frightened Rabbit’s Scott Hutchison

May 15, 2018

by Owen Ferguson

When a famous musician dies, it’s a strange situation. In most cases, you don’t know them...

Appreciation • Music • Perspective

Mourning Avicii

April 20, 2018

by Irha Nadeem

Today was unbelievably heartbreaking. I woke up to a friend’s call, telling me that Avicii...

Appreciation • Perspective

Journalist James Foley Put His Life On The Line For Truth And...

August 20, 2014

1 Comment

by Eli Winter

HOUSTON, Texas, U.S.A. – He risked his life for our news. I write this, sitting in a safe...

Appreciation • The Tattoo

Prayers for the Mandela family

June 12, 2010

by Nicole Megan Gounder

DURBAN, South Africa — A night of celebration in South Africa kicked off with a concert in...

Youth Journalism International updated their cover photo.

2 hours ago

The World is Watching is YJI's important ongoing series of commentary on the American election from students outside the U.S. It includes thoughts from Turkey, Mexico, Canada, Australia, Morocco, Nigeria and Ecuador. Start with one and read the rest: www.youthjournalism.org/from-turkey-u-s-election-may-encourage-or-erode-global-democracy/ ...

2 hours ago

America and Trump are one and the same, according to YJI writer Bilge Nur Guven of Istanbul. In the latest installment of our ongoing series, "The World is Watching," she warns that the outcome of the U.S. election will impact new or struggling democracies all over the world - for good or ill. "Given its unique power in world affairs, any event in the U.S. has an incredibly large ripple effect all around the globe," she wrote. Read it all: www.youthjournalism.org/from-turkey-u-s-election-may-encourage-or-erode-global-democracy/ ...

5 hours ago

YJI Reporter Zurie Pope takes a look at the influence of religion - or lack of influence - on voters in his small Ohio town: www.youthjournalism.org/in-a-tiny-ohio-town-does-religion-matter-to-voters/ ...

1 day ago

"In my eyes, I grew up at the polls. I lived for the day of the first Tuesday in November that was known as Election Day to get that sticker. It was that simple.
Little did I realize or understand as a young child the real importance of that date and that sticker," wrote YJI's Norah Springborn from Pekin, Illinois. Check out her piece and even her guinea pigs sporting the coveted stickers. www.youthjournalism.org/watching-my-parents-vote-taught-me-what-it-really-means/ ...

1 week ago

"When Trump did end up winning the election, I remember being shocked but not thinking much about it. Fifth grade me didn’t fully comprehend how the U.S. election could affect my life," writes Chuying Huo from Ontario, Canada. She's not a little kid anymore and now she really cares about what happens in the American election. Read the fifth installment in our "The World is Watching" series of commentary on the U.S. election from YJI students outside the U.S. Each piece contains links to the others. Dig in!https://www.youthjournalism.org/from-canada-were-counting-on-you-america/ ...