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Black History Month UK: Tips on How to Commission Black Writers ALL YE...
Let’s put some respect on Black History, the strong importance it holds for so millions around the world, and the constant reminder to honour it beyond one single month.
Young Journalists on Course to Revolutionise the Media Landscape
The gap between mainstream and student media in the UK, the popularity of the latter is quickly growing, and they’re well on their way to defining a new kind of journalism and what should and should not be acceptable.
The Politics of Being a Superhero and the Importance of Diversifying t...
It is easy to quote statistics or surveys, and a lot harder to dig into the systemic inequalities that run deep within the film industry and often only become more obvious when we see them blatantly visualised in extreme situations like superhero stories.
Being Trans in Serbia (Part 2): Bringing change through the theatre
Despite the fact the LGBTQ+ community is increasingly thematized in all arts, from film and theatre to dance, fine and visual arts, the trans identity is still a taboo in Serbia.
Being Trans in Serbia (part 1): The media’s silence
Serbia seems to have built a wall of silence around the trans community. This approach is flawed in many aspects, especially as some from the trans community report it can have detrimental consequences.
Lessons learnt from Channel 4’s Black to Front Initiative: An Interv...
"This should be a wakeup call that you need to look at the structure of your organisations and make sure diverse voices are really being heard." - Ayshah Tull
How Qui? (Who?) became the new antisemitic slogan of the far right and...
Antisemitic conspiracy narratives are flaring up in France, finding fertile ground in street demonstrations and online discussions against vaccination and the coronavirus health pass.
Montenegro ethnic divisions mirrored in divisive media discourses
Divided media create parallel realities for different people and it is now not clear if there is a way for the citizens of Montenegro to overcome the divisions served by politicians through the media.
Digital Services Act: Appeal from European NGOs to the Members of the ...
Media Diversity Institute supports and signs the following letter
Does the UK’s draft Online Safety Bill threaten free speech and dive...
Because content moderation requires many thousands of human moderators the threat of fines or criminal prosecution may lead to online platforms further entrenching their use of algorithm-driven automated content moderation systems, which lack transparency about how they...
Media Diversity Institute at the Fazana Media Fest
Media Diversity Institute co-organised this year's International Multimedia Journalism Festival Fažana Media Fest, on 6-12 September, in Fazana, Croatia, where we presented some of our recent work.
September Newsletter: Reporting Diversity after 9/11
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