Category - Halloween

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When your country doesn’t do Halloween, the spooky burden...

October 28, 2016

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by Celeste D’souza

KARACHI, Pakistan – Because it’s the last week of October and with Halloween right around the...

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Be True To Yourself, Even On Halloween

November 3, 2014

by Nadia Rogovsky

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Halloween. For kids, it’s finding a fun costume and staying up late...

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Carving Lesson: Pumpkins Are Orange, But Oranges Are Not Pumpkins

November 1, 2014

by Myah Guild

Without an available pumpkin to carve, YJI’s Myah Guild took a knife to an orange, with...

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Thumbs Up For Creepy Coliseum

November 1, 2014

by Mary Majerus-Collins, Yelena Samofalova

A side view of the replica of the Roman Coliseum in a Halloween yard display on North Main Street...

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Halloween Slowly Catching On In Athens

October 31, 2014

by Eleni Grigovits

ATHENS, Greece – Spooky costumes, decorations and trick-or-treating on Halloween is not something...

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It’s A Trick: Singapore Teens Give Up Halloween To Study...

October 30, 2014

by Selvaganeshamoorthi Balakrishnan

SINGAPORE – Every year on October 31, it’s normal for American teenagers to visit a Halloween party...

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Halloween? Meh. It’s Just Another Day

October 29, 2014

by Lauren Pope

BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom – October 31st has never been a particularly exciting day of the year...

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Celebrating Halloween In Uganda

November 1, 2013

by Daniel Gilbert Bwette

youthjournalism.org Ugandan youth decked out for Halloween Gilbert Bwette, a Youth...

Youth Journalism International updated their cover photo.

7 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/ ...

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7 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/ ...

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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/ ...

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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/ ...

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"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/ ...

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