Past Projects
Media Diversity Institute works on projects that promote media and information literacy, better representation of minority groups in the media and combat disinformation around the world.
South Sudan: The People’s Voice Newspaper
This project will support rural and disadvantaged groups to comment on important issues in South Sudan by ensuring that their voice will be heard in mainstream Sudanese newspapers. During the project, MDI and the Union of Journalists of South Sudan (UJOSS) will produce 15 monthly supplements titled The People’s Voice, telling the stories of ordinary people and giving their views on issues that are important to them. The People’s Voice will be inserted into major South Sudanese Newspapers.The South Sudanese...
European Union: Study on Media and Diversity
The objective of this pan-European Study is to assist in the process of promoting diversity and fighting discrimination in the media across the 27 EU Member States & 3 EFTA countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway). The first stage involves researching best practice by identifying the most significant and/or innovative initiatives by or about the media that combat discrimination and/or promote diversity. The initiatives will then be classified, their outcome and impact assessed, and any gaps identified. Based on this research,...
First Combined Pakistan and Afghan Conflict Reporting Course
This course was the first joint course for Pakistani and Afghan journalists on Conflict Reporting. Held in London in March 2008, the course was organized by Intermedia Islamabad and the Media Diversity Institute, with the support of the British High Commission in Pakistan. During the two-week course, journalists explored the practical, theoretical and management issues of working in conflict zones. The most important aim of the training was to build the capacity of journalists from Pakistan and Afghanistan in reporting...
Part II: Seeing the Roma Without Prejudice
A large, two-year media diversity project that aims to help Roma communities overcome discrimination, marginalisation and the violations of their rights through a process of media education and empowerment, and increasing the amount of fair representation of Roma voices in the media. The programme targeted Roma journalists working in both specialist Roma media and in the mainstream media; non-Roma journalists and media outlets; Roma NGOs and community leaders. The project activities included: a translation into Albanian and Macedonian languages of...
