Promoting a diverse, inclusive and accurate media
With offices in London, Brussels, Belgrade, Yerevan and Gloucester, the Media Diversity Institute (MDI) works internationally to promote accurate and nuanced reporting on issues of race, religion, ethnicity, class, disability, gender and sexual identity in media landscapes around the world.
While our work is grounded in the principles of freedom of expression and the values of diversity and inclusion, our day-to-day focus is on cultivating practical skills to combat negative stereotypes and disinformation, and to improve media and information literacy.
UNESCO World Press Freedom Day 2024, Santiago, Chile
Listen to our facebook live stream about our panel discussion entitled “Rewriting climate change narratives: artistic approaches to inclusive storytelling”.
We explored the links between media developers building programmes that connect journalists with marginalised communities, and working with artists and other types of practitioners to tell climate stories.
Our speakers were:
Karla Mendes, Investigative and Feature Reporter @ Mongabay, Brazil.
Boris van Westering, Climate Journalism Development Expert, The Netherlands.
Todd M Henry, Documentarist, Filmmaker, New Zealand.
Rayen Rupayan, Mapuche Youth, co-founder of the organization Wechekeche ka Itrofillmongen (Youth and Biodiversity), Chile.
Constanza Dougnac, Journalist, FIMA NGO Communications Coordinator, Chile
MDI panel at UNESCO 2024 World Press Freedom Day
On 4 May, 2024 MDI organised a panel at the UNESCO World Press Freedom Day entitled “Rewriting climate change narratives: …
What’s in a name?
May 16th is Romani Resistance Day, the anniversary of the only recorded uprising at the Auschwitz concentration camp by Romani prisoners. Romany Journalist Jake Bowers explores the thorny issue of what to call Europe’s largest and most marginalised ethnic minority.
Media dynamics in the monumental 2024 India elections
By Rini Elizabeth Mukkath, freelance journalist India, touted as the world’s most populous democracy, has commenced its marathon parliamentary election …
guidelines, studies AND resources
Media Diversity Institute gathers the latest guidelines, studies and other resources to help journalists, academics and civil society activists integrate a diversity perspective into their work.
CoachMIL Project: New Approaches To Media And Information Literacy In ...
“It's like swimming, if you learn to swim at 40 years old, it would be very difficult, because you will be scared of the water, what's behind it, the sharks… it’s the same for media literacy.”
Hashtag Generation’s Social Media Analysis Finds that Online Abuse I...
In Sri Lanka there is a need for democratic engagement in the online space and more accountability from social media companies for the harm perpetrated on their platforms.
Training for Journalists in Northern Syria
Between 23-27 May, journalists and media activists based in Norther Syria participated in a series of free courses on investigative …
What We Are Working On Now
Media Diversity Institute is working on a number of projects on the cutting edge of media and diversity issues. Check out what we are working on now.
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