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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Scholarships: MA Diversity and the Media
Students interested in taking the innovative postgraduate MA Diversity and the Media course at the Westminster University, can apply for …
Arab Media Coverage of the Refugee Crisis
Published: 9 October 2015 Region: Worldwide As millions of Syrians refugees began to embark on the dangerous journey to Europe …
MDI Supports Community Media in Serbia
Date: 24 September 2015 Country: Serbia ‘In the future journalists will need civil society organisations (CSOs) more than the other …
Is Charlie Hebdo Mocking Aylan Kurdi or Europe?
Published: 16 September 2015 Region: Worldwide French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo published a cartoon picturing a dead Syrian boy Aylan …
European Online Monitors against Antisemitic Speech
Published: 11 September 2015 Region: Europe What are the images of Judaism and Jews that you’ve been exposed to during …
MDI at the Newsweek Press Freedom Conference
Date: 3 September 2015 Country: Serbia “Everybody is talking about the laws [on media freedom] but these laws need to …
The Photo that Spurred Media Activism
Published: 9 September 2015 Region: Worldwide Despite not being the first of this kind, the photo of lifeless washed up …
Operation Storm: Some Media Still in the 90’s
Published: 28 August 2015 Country: Serbia Twenty years after the war in former Yugoslavia, officials and media in Croatia and …
Book Preview: Hate Speech and Democratic Citizenship
Published: 27 August 2015 Country: UK Should hate speech always be punished? Does limiting the freedom of expression to some …
Elections in Morocco: How to have more Women in the Media?
Dates: 31 July – 2 August 2015 Country: Morocco Fatima is a university professor in Morocco who is also a …
