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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British Media Misses the Voices of Immigrants over ‘Go Home’ Campa...
Published: 8 August 2013 Country: UK The government sent two advertising vans to the streets of London with the message …
MDI Brings Egyptian Media Experts to London
Published: 19 August 2013 Region: UK, Egypt Influential Egyptian media experts visited London for a study tour and a conference …
Most of the Press in Lebanon Disregarded HRW Torture Report
Published: 2 August 2013 Country: Lebanon Mohammad is a victim of police abuse in Lebanon. “They took me to interrogation …
Channel 4 Airs Daily Muslim Call to Prayer During Ramadan
Date: 1 August 2013 Country: UK The broadcaster Channel 4 is offering its viewers 4Ramadan, a season of programmes to …
Egyptian State Media Turns a Blind Eye on Protests Coverage
Published: 1 August 2013 Country: Egypt The political polarisation taking place in the Egyptian streets in the last few weeks …
Do Italian Media Really Counter Racist Hate Speech?
Published: 25 July 2013 Country: Italy by Giulia Dessi In a long series of racist slurs against Cecile Kyenge, the …
MDI Representatives Address the UN in Geneva
Date: 24 July 2013 Region: Worldwide The Media Diversity Institute’s Director, Milica Pesic, addressing delegates at the 5th session of …
Fact-finding Mission: Labour Bid to Expose Bias Against Older Women in...
Published: 25 July 2013 Country: UK By Aidan White The men who run Britain’s national newspapers (and a couple of …
BBC Trust: BBC Should Have Listened to the Public More Carefully
Published: 19 July 2013 Country: UK A review recently published by the BBC Trust concludes that the BBC didn’t get …
No Further Action from the BBC Over Sexist Comments
Date: 19 July 2013 Country: UK The BBC presenter John Inverdale made the sexist comments during the women’s final at …
