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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US Journalism’s Lack of Focus on Wall Street
Published: 21 October Region: US & Worldwide By Pedja Urosevic They’ve been ‘occupying’ Wall Street for almost a month, but …
Media and the Riots Conference: The Big Debate
Event date: 26 November 2011 Region: UK & Worldwide One-day conference that brings together young people from riot areas in …
Ethical Journalism Initiative: National Conference in Bratislava
Event date: 21 October 2011 Region: EU The Slovak Syndicate of Journalists (SSN) is to organise a two-day national conference …
Road Accidents in South Sudan: Who is to Blame?
By Yuggu Charles Over the past few years, there has been a marked increase in the number of road accidents …
Muslim Community Calls for Religious Tolerance
By Agele Benson Amos The Muslim community in Yei River County has called for religious harmony and tolerance amongst various …
New Government Development Plan gives Hope to Citizens
By Abraham Machuor Lum The Government of South Sudan has unveiled an ambitious three-year development strategy to help bring about …
Minority Rights Group Global Advocacy Training Programme
Deadline: 24 October 2011 Countries: Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkey & Ukraine. The Minority Rights Group is opening …
Life on MARS — a Way of Combating Discrimination in Sport throug...
Deadline: October 2011 – November 2012 Region: Europe The programme Media Against Racism in Sports (MARS) is offering media people …
In Other Words – A New Vision to Combat Discrimination in Europe’s...
Published: 14 October 2011 Region: Europe By Elena Borghi Press monitoring units that will help combat media stereotypes in reporting …
Belgian Survey of Diversity and Equality in the Francophone Press
Published: 12 October 2011 Country: Belgium The Association of Professional Journalists (AJP) has published the first study that examines the …
