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How Do You Draw the Lines of Cultural Appropriation When Everyone “I...
19 September 2019 Country: Brazil by: Sofia Ferreira Santos Brazilian singer Anitta sparked an international debate when she released a …

Have Young Brits and American Stopped Reading the Papers? And, Why?
Earlier this year, the Reuters Institute for Study of Journalism at Oxford University published a report titled “How Young People Consume News.” Are its finding as apocalyptic as all the hype in the conventional media leads us to believe?

Meghan Markle and the Press: Where is the Hate Coming From?
By Eline Jeanné It is no secret that the British monarchy has a certain power over the public; whether that …

Sarajevo’s First-Ever Pride Gets Dismissed as “Shame Parade” by ...
Threats, insults and rejection prior to the first-ever pride march in Bosnia and Herzegovina, topped with protests and ignorance, are mirrored not challenged in Bosnian media.

Announcement: Rose-Marie Farinella Awarded Top Honour in France
Media and Information Literacy Educator Rose-Marie Farinella is being honoured with the “Legion of Honour” award this week, the highest …

Indian Journalist Vinod K Jose Asks #DefendMediaFreedom Organizers To ...
17 July 2019 Country: United Kingdom At the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s conference on International Media Freedom earlier this month, …

Is the Far Right’s Crackdown on Gender Studies A Threat to Democracy...
Date: 11 July 2019 Country: Europe by: Mikhail Yakovlev Last year, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban became the first European …

Geoblocking: What Is It, and How Effective Is It In Practice?
29 June 2019 Country: Global by: Eline Jeanné Recently there has been more talk about ‘geoblocking’ on social media platforms, …

Muslim and LGBTQ? A Diversity Battle Plays Out In Birmingham
14 June 2019 Country: UK Over the past six months, a diversity battle has been playing out in Birmingham. Earlier …

LGBTQ+ YouTube Row: Real Pride Month Representation?
13 June 2019 Country: Global By: Eline Jeanné It’s June, also known as Pride Month. This is a time to …

Gender “Inclusive” Initiatives Like 50:50 Ignore Trans and...
4 June 2019 Country: UK by: Mikhail Yakovlev Over the past few years, the BBC’s reputation for fair and high-quality …

European Elections: How To Combat Hate Speech & Disinformation?
16 May 2019 Country: Europe by: Anna Lekas Miller Earlier this week, news broke that twenty “fake news” Facebook pages …