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Dear “Woke” Celebrities: How to Respond to Criticism, and ...
by: Jeremy Ullmann Recently, the publishing world has been abuzz with Jeanine Cumming’s novel American Dirt—a novel that follows the story …

Serbian Media: Covering the Church Crisis, Missing the Other Side
By: Jelena Jorgačević Kisić A month and a half after the Religious Freedom Law in Montenegro was passed, the Church-led …

The Consequences of the Daily Mail’s “Trans Trolls” ...
by: Mikhail Yakovlev Last week, MDI posted a brief Twitter thread in reaction to online harassment of our partner Stop Funding Hate UK. …

TikTok and Xinjiang: An Unconventional Activist’s Tool
By: Eline Jeanné We recently reported on TikTok and how the increasingly popular app has raised concerns in regards to censorship …

Xenophobia and the Coronavirus: An Unacceptable Response
News outlets around the world have been covering the coronavirus extensively this past week. The coronavirus virus originated in Wuhan, …

A Lack of Diversity, Not A Lack of Talent. Why Are the BAFTAs Not Reco...
by: Safiya Ahmed Awards season is upon us. Once again, glaring omissions of talent from minority backgrounds has brought on …

The Eye as Witness
by: Veronique Mistiaen We all have seen images of Nazi ghettos and concentration camps. But through whose eyes are we …

Where Media Development and Internet Governance Meet
By: Luc Steinberg On 25 November 2019, Media Diversity Institute attended the third-annual Media Development and Internet Governance Symposium at …

#AustraliaBushFire: Where Are The Indigenous Voices?
Over the past month, more than 150 wildfires have ripped through the continent of Australia, killing twenty-four people and displacing …

Watch Out, 2020! What Media Trends Should You Keep An Eye On?
The roaring twenties have just begun. We have left behind a decade where online media morphed from being about sharing …

Instagram: A Place For Indian Students To Organize Against Facism
by: Gopika Shaji When Indian police fired teargas at students at Jamia Millia Islamia University campus on the night of …

Iraq Is Once Again In The Headlines. What About Iraqis?
It feels almost impossible to avoid scaremongering headlines predicting an imminent war in the Middle East. It didn’t take long …