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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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Women Absent in US Presidential Campaign

Women Absent in US Presidential Campaign

Published: 05 November 2012 Country: US The 2012 US Presidential Campaign has highlighted many of the problems the American society …

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MDI Representatives at the Conference on Independent Media

MDI Representatives at the Conference on Independent Media

Dates: 1-2 November 2012 Country: Serbia, Belgrade International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) and The United States Agency for International …

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Searching for heroes of everyday life – MDI training in Morocco

Searching for heroes of everyday life – MDI training in Morocco

Dates: 11- 16  October 2012 Region: Casablanca, Morocco By Milica Pesic Imagine you are running a live show. An elderly …

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MDI contributes to EuroPCom, EU public communicators conference

MDI contributes to EuroPCom, EU public communicators conference

Date: 17 – 18 October 2012 Place: Brussels EuroPCom, the third conference of the public communicators at all levels in …

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Fish stinks from the head down – International Conference on Media a...

Fish stinks from the head down – International Conference on Media a...

Date: 19  October 2012 Region: Belgrade, Serbia By Milica Pesic Though the Serbian equality and human rights legislation has improved …

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Anna Lindh Foundation – Call for Participation

Anna Lindh Foundation – Call for Participation

Deadline: 25 October 2012 Country: Morocco, Casablanca The Anna Lindh Foundation (ALF) will hold the second Preparatory Meeting of the …

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More Journalists with Immigrant Backgrounds Needed

More Journalists with Immigrant Backgrounds Needed

Dates: 17 – 18 July 2012 Region: Palermo, Italy The Anna Lindh Foundation (ALF) in cooperation with the Ethnobarometer organised …

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More than half of Australian female journalists sexually harassed

More than half of Australian female journalists sexually harassed

Published: 19 October 2012 Country: Australia Female journalists are more than twice as likely to be sexually harassed in the …

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Media’s Male Mindset Exposed in Britain and Australia

Media’s Male Mindset Exposed in Britain and Australia

Published: 18 October 2012 by Aidan White Sexism in public life is hardly new, but in the last few days …

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Fischer’s anti-gay hateful statements on CNN

Fischer’s anti-gay hateful statements on CNN

Published: 18 October 2012 Country: US American TV network CNN had given an airtime to Bryan Fischer, spokesman of American …

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