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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Meta’s fact-checking shift: A threat to media diversity and accounta...
Meta’s decision to scale back its fact-checking efforts in the U.S. marks a significant shift in its approach to content …
How I became a digital activist, the story of Esha Dey
By Shahenoor Akther Urmi, freelance journalist In August 2024, a generation known as Generation Z was in the media spotlight …
The representation of migrants in the advertising industry in Chile
By Valery Romero, student at the University Diego Portales (UDP) in Santiago de Chile. Translated by Santiago Bracho. “I can’t …
The 10th anniversary of MDI Western Balkans office – a big milesto...
By Ivana Jelača, MDI Western Balkans Executive Director It’s been 10 years since the launch of the Media Diversity Institute’s …
MDI’s achievements in 2024
By Milica Pesic, Media Diversity Executive Director As 2024 comes to an end, I’d like to highlight some of MDI’s …
Freedoms under fire: Pakistan’s shrinking media space and recent int...
By Arsalan Ashraf, Research & Operations Coordinator, Bytes for All (B4A), Pakistan. The throttling of press freedom in Pakistan is …
Representations of German and Polish migrants in the British media
By Anja Anđušić, MDI Western Balkans Media monitor A recent report sheds light on significant disparities in the portrayal of …
In Tunisia: Freedom of expression and media diversity in danger
By Hanene Zbiss, investigative journalist, Tunisia. Tunisia’s presidential election on 6th October, 2024, resulted in a landslide win for President …
The forgotten families of Upper Egypt: marginalization and the struggl...
By Barbara Youssef, investigative journalist They’re known as the “Descendants of Strangers”, and years of social exclusion have forced them …
Media Coverage Fell Short on Amsterdam’s Night of Chaos
By Gaffar Rampage On 7 November 2024, following a football match between Ajax Amsterdam and Maccabi Tel Aviv, unrest erupted …
