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Twenty Years of MDI - Reporting Religion: The Role of the Media in the Populist Era

We celebrated our 20th anniversary with a fascinating panel discussion on the role of media in reporting on religion during the populist era.

#RacismInThePress: An Open Letter to IPSO

Over the course of one year, IPSO received 8,000 complaints relating to racist and discriminatory language in the press. How many did they uphold? One. Today, MDI and Hacked Off are publishing an open letter, calling on IPSO to do better.

How should journalists respectfully cover (dis)ability

MDI's ongoing "Disability: A Matter of Perception" project is inspiring journalists across Macedonia to change how they cover (dis)abled communities and individuals.

Can Media and Information Literacy Change the Middle East?

We recently launched a new project in Jordan, working alongside UNESCO Jordan and the Jordan Media Institute on forming media and information literacy clubs in schools across the country.

Media Literacy in the Age of Overabundance

Macedonia has a fake news problem. MDI teemed up with the School of Journalism and Public Relations and national newspaper Nova Makedonija to educate high school students on journalism and media literacy.

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Ethics of Care in New Zealand

Ten days after the terrorist attack in Christchurch, it seems that the power of New Zealand’s response to the religious hatred-motivated mass killing comes from its deeply rooted, politically well-articulated and media-supported ethics of care. Verica Rupar gives us her take.

Cntl Alt-Right: How White Supremacists Use Coded Language to Communicate Online

Social media companies are experimenting with AI technology to remove hateful content from their platform. But what about the white supremacists who communicate in coded messages, whose hate flourishes online?

IPSO Has Responded to Our Open Letter--By Doubling Down. Here Is Our Rebuttal

Last month, Media Diversity Institute and Hacked Off wrote IPSO an open letter, calling upon them to review how they evaluate complaints. Since then, we have received hundreds of signatures, and a response from the regulator. Add your support, and check out our rebuttal here.

Fighting for Representation on Our Keyboards

Sure, it's great that Apple is finally unrolling thirteen new emoji representing a range of disabilities. At long last, there is more representation than just the wheelchair emoji. But why has it taken so long? Ace Tilton Ratcliff breaks down the need for greater inclusion--and not just on the keyboard.

How A Grassroots Campaign Called Upon the World to #StopFundingHate

Stop Funding Hate has had a huge impact on media racism since 2016. Their grassroots strategy empowers ordinary consumers worldwide to push brands they love to stop funding problematic media coverage in notorious tabloids such as The Daily Mail and The Sun. We recently spoke to Richard Wilson, the Director and co-founder of Stop Funding Hate, to find out more.

Are Search Engines Racist? It's All About Who Creates the Algorithm

Algorithms are often considered unbiased, technological entities that exist and operate outside of society. However, the exact opposite is true. Natalie Holmes breaks down how humans consciously or unconsciously encode their biases, and this impacts the results of the algorithms that dictate decisions we make.

Google in Russian: What Does An Algorithm Say About Bias?

Last year, Guardian journalist Carole Cadwalladr investigated and revealed the extent of Google's algorithmic games. MDI's Mikhail Yakovlev re-did the experiment, only this time in Russian.

Steve Bannon: To Platform or Not to Platform?

NewsXChange Edinburgh invited Steve Bannon as a speaker so that journalists could hold him to account. However, some argue that the invitation is just another way for the rightwing to have a platform for hate speech.

Can Brazilians Use Internet Humour and Memes to Fight Bolsonaro's Hate Speech?

As Brazilians, we are dead serious about our memes. But when right-wing candidate Jair Bolsonaro used memes to win the elections, we realized that our beloved memes can have a far more serious impact on our country—and potentially manipulate us into making poor decisions. How about we use our creativity to fight hate speech instead of laughing at it?