Stories
Our stories examine the ways that race, religion, class, dis/ability, age, gender and sexual identity issues intersect with major topics in the media, and aim to bring new perspectives to light.
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Seen but Not Yet Heard: A New Phase in Disabled People’s Relationshi...
By Harry Smith, Ability Today student and freelance journalist in collaboration with the Media Diversity Institute “I’m going to ban …
British Media must commemorate all the fallen – including Indian and...
By Santiago Bracho, Queen Mary University Graduate Remembrance Sunday is commemorated on the second Sunday of November.. Memorials are raised …
Trump’s attacks on diversity in the age of algorithms
By Verica Rupar, MDI Trustee, professor of journalism at the School of Communication Studies, AUT, New Zealand, and a former …
The struggle of the Lumad people to defend climate in The Philippines ...
By Anmol Irfan, freelance journalist To mark the occasion of Philippines Indigenous People’s Month in August, Sabokahan, a grassroots organisation …
Media’s framing of the football violence in Amsterdam
By Boris van Westering, MSc. Journalism Development Expert (from Amsterdam) Some journalists who covered the violence that erupted in Amsterdam …
Georgian democracy at risk: How Russian influence is threatening Georg...
By Dea Bakashvili, MDI YoCoJoin project participant In Georgia, the pro-European population is fighting for their human rights while a …
PRESS RELEASE – MDI online event ” African and European Gen Z ...
For immediate release. Amid the chaos of war raging in the Middle East and in other parts of the world, …
The French media’s coverage of a mass rape case reveals deep mis...
By Jeremy Martin, freelance journalist The trial of 51 men accused of the decade-long abuse of Gisèle Pélicot has sparked …
#Endbadgovernance: The social media twists and turns in Africa
By Olunifesi Adekunle Suraj (PhD), Professor, Strategic Communication, Disinformation and Digital Media Literacy, Department of Mass Communication, Faculty of Social …
UK Media reform must entrench standards for diversity and equality to ...
By Santiago Bracho, Queen Mary University Graduate. Since the election of the first Labour government in the UK in fourteen …
