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“The Great Deceiver”: Observations on UK Coverage of the Trans Com...
By Dr Victoria McCloud, British lawyer and former High Court judge This piece is about one specific legal dramatic development …

Media coverage of the L.A protests in an age of disinformation and pol...
By Tanya Sakzewski Depending on your media of choice, the protests in Los Angeles and the violence that followed either …

From Hate to Hope: A Decade of GTTO in the Fight Against Rising Antise...
Will funding cuts accelerate the spread of unchecked hate speech online, allowing it to go undetected and unchallenged — or will they pass unnoticed?

Hungary Banned the Pride Parade and Freedom of Assembly
By Sandor Adam Gorni, a PhD candidate in political science at Stockholm University. This article is in partnership with CHASE. …

Exiled but Not Silent: The Struggle of Refugee Journalists to Be Heard
By Lailuma SADID, Journalist in Exile I didn’t plan to leave my country. Like many of my colleagues, I believed …

Syrian authorities ramp up LGBTQ+ crackdowns under al-Sharaa rule
By Maysaa Ajjan When Bashar al-Assad’s iron-fist rule over Syria collapsed last December, it was a moment of revelation for …

Weaponisation of disinformation
By Saba Chaudhry Media should play an important role during conflicts, but the recent India and Pakistan clashes illustrate how …

Neurodivergence can be a reporter’s strength – but only with t...
By Nicholas Fearn Over the past few years, there’s been an influx of articles about increasing ADHD and autism diagnoses. …

A DANCE OF IDENTITY
The struggle of bringing the story of a trans dancer to the public The past six years for Sophie, a …

The left owning up to its past
Wokeism has “had its day” and to effectively highlight and combat social injustices, the ‘left’ should self-reflect on its own …

South Asian media’s narratives on refugees need to change
By Anmol Irfan As of mid-2024, 122.6 million people remain forcibly displaced – removed from their homes or even countries …

Book launch of Coming clean
With just a week to go! The Media Diversity Institute (MDI), in collaboration with the Centre for Law, Democracy, and …