MDI in #MediaAgainstHate Campaign
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Fifteen participants gathered at the MDI workshop in London. They developed their skills and knowledge on digital tools tackling hate speech. Participants also presented various projects against online discrimination in different EU countries. 
Learning not only practical skills such as camerawork and editing, but also how to report diversity through documentaries, MA Diversity and the Media students at the University of Westminster produced and screened five short films covering a wide range of topics. 
MDI panel at the Journalism Festival in Perugia explored the impact of technology on Chinese media from the way effective political supervision – and censorship – works on social networks in the country, to the specific case of the state news agency Xinhua which highlights strong ideological continuities with the past. 
Three Serbian journalists awarded for promoting tolerance through their work by the OSCE Mission and the Commission for Protection of Equality, visited London. MDI organised their visit to the Guardian, Community Channel, Article 19, Media Legal Defence Initiative and the BBC. 
Walking with my suitcase across people cheering for the rights of refugees and Muslims to arrive in their country felt as a spark of hope in a time of rising intolerance. As I later understood, this was the first visible sign of civil society waking up after a long sleep. MDI project manager met those striving for community dialogue in the U.S. 
The Media Diversity Institute Western Balkans and the Serbian Youth Umbrella Organisation (KOMS) launched “Stop the Hate”, a new project aiming to enable young people to recognise, understand and combat online hate speech by developing meaningful and nonviolent counter-narratives. The project relies on “Tips to Counter Hate Speech on Twitter”, a guide designed by MDI. 
MDI team visited Sri Lanka where two different ethnic and religious narratives still exist and women are nowhere to be seen in the newsrooms. The island remains heavily divided and except from the English language media, no other newsrooms have Sinhalese and Tamil journalists working together. 
Watch the video that pays tribute to MDI's work and its 15 years of promoting diversity in the media. The short film made by the independent film maker Rani Khanna, features MDI trainers, trainees, students and staff who contributed to the promotion of a more inclusive media with projects all around the globe. 
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