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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Cartoons – Response to Cartoons
Published: 28 September 2012 Country: Egypt An Egyptian newspaper has responded to the French magazine’s cartoons mocking Prophet Muhammad by …
Second year of MA Diversity and the Media
Published: 28 September 2012 Country: UK Second year of the MA Diversity and the Media course at University of Westminster …
MDI launches School and Colleges of Sanctuary
Date: 27 September 2012 Country: UK, Bristol Media Diversity Institute (MDI) in partnership with Bristol City of Sanctuary will be …
Handy Books for Journalists on Religion
Date: 27 September 2012 Country: UK, London Lapido Media will be launching a new book series “Handy Books for Journalists …
Poor diversity among US newsroom managers
Published: 24 September 2012 Country: US The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) published a report which consists of two …
Symβiosis and MDI’s roundtable on how to fight xenophobia in Gr...
Date: 13-14 September 2012 Country: Greece In Greece where xenophobic violence and far-right party have been on the rise, Symβiosis …
Media in US need to cover US Muslims more
Published: 19 September 2012 Country: US Media in US need to give a better coverage of American Muslims and even …
Seattle Times supports the same-sex marriage
Published: 19 September 2012 Country: US The Seattle Times launched a social media campaign supporting the same-sex marriage. The newspapers …
New BBC director pledges more female presenters
Published: 19 September 2012 Country: UK The new BBC director general George Entwistle has promised that gender and age would …
Anti-American Politics Takes Centre Stage in Film Row
by Aidan White Posted: 18 September 2012 Protests across the Arab and Islamic world over a provocative anti-Islam film put …
