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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Killing the Messenger: attacks on press freedom in South Sudan
By Paul Jimbo, MDI South Sudan Country Coordinator Despite the general feeling that all is well in South Sudan with regards to press freedom, the truth is, that the media in the world’s youngest nation is under attack. A closer...
Questionable Journalism at the BBC
Published: 19 August 2011 Pedja Urosevic for the Media Diversity Institute If Fiona Armstrong or anyone else at the BBC …
Video Series: 100 Questions About Islam
Published: 19 August 2011 Region: Worldwide UN Alliance of Civilizations, British Council and top US universities release timely video …
Aidan White joins MDI
Published: 18 August 2011 “I’m delighted to be joining the team at MDI. These are committed activists and specialists who understand well the role …
Stop the gender war on women and promote their rights instead
By Ating Benson Okello for Sudanvotes.com (MAGWI, Eastern Equatoria State) – Gender-based violence and discrimination, widely considered human rights violations, …
Nutty Professors and Remembering Enoch Powell
Aiden White for the Media Diversity Institute Perhaps the most unhelpful contribution to understanding the riots in Britain came last …
Media Relations Workshop for NGOs from EU States
Event date: 27 & 28 October 2011 Location: London The Media Diversity Institute is seeking applications for a media relations …
July Edition of the People’s Voice
This issue of The People’s Voice brings you fresh feature stories that capture the mood of the newly independent Republic …
Corruption: will we learn from the mistakes of our fellow Africans?
(Author Anonymized) South Sudanese citizens are saying silent prayers that corruption, Africa’s biggest development problem, does not swallow their country. A series of interviews conducted by the People’s Voice in Western Equatoria State revealed that the majority of South Sudanese...
Voices from the Villages
By Alfred Taban Barely one month after the birth of the new nation of South Sudan, The People’s Voice travelled …
