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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Boston’s Tragedy Exposes the Dangers of Media Bias
Published: 18 April 2013 Country: US by Aidan White When media jump to dangerous conclusions in reporting acts of terrorism …

MDI Program Director at the South Valley University in Egypt
Date: 14 April 2013 Country: Egypt Media Diversity Institute Programme Director for Egypt, Hala Morgan, talked to the students at …

MDI provides Media Relations Training for NGOs in Southern Morocco
Dates: 5-7 April 2013 Region: Dakhla, Morocco How to get the attention of the media was the main topic of …

Awards for Projects on Intercultural Dialogue
Deadline: 25 April 2013 Region: Central Asia and MENA The “Living Together Peacefully in a Diverse World” is a prize …

A Sea of Words Competition
Deadline: 25 May 2013 Region: Euro-Mediterranean The Anna Lindh Foundation and the European Institute of the Mediterranean have launched the …

Women lose Political Support When Media report on Their Look
Published: 11 April 2013 Region: US Women’s Media Center and the organisation She Should Run have released two studies that …

Thessaloniki Commemorates its First Jewish Deportation
Published: 11 April 2013 Country: Greece The Greek organisation Symβiosis organized a short tribute for the victims of the first …

Egyptian Superhero fights Sexual Harassment
Published: 10 April 2013 Region: Egypt Sexual harrassment against women has an enemy in Egypt, Superrmakh. He is an Egyptian …

Sexism? Obama is Right to Apologise, but he’s no Berlusconi
Published: 10 April 2013 Region: US by Aidan White The widely-publicised apology from Barack Obama for complimenting a leading United …

More Women Nominated to Media Top Awards in US
Published: 8 April 2013 Region: US The number of women nominated for the National Magazines Awards in the United States …