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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Media for Liberty journalism award open

Media for Liberty journalism award open

Deadline: 9 January 2012 Region: Worldwide The Media for Liberty Award is open to journalists who work on societal issues, …

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Serbian Media Watch: The peculiar case of ‘bogus asylum seekers’

Serbian Media Watch: The peculiar case of ‘bogus asylum seekers’

Published:17 June 2011 Region: Serbia & EU ‘Stricter border control’ has become a buzz-phrase in Serbia. It used to mean …

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Ethical Journalism Initiative: National Conference, Thessaloniki

Ethical Journalism Initiative: National Conference, Thessaloniki

Event date: 14 – 16 June 2011 Region: Greece & EU On the eve of a 24-hour strike to protest …

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Who do you trust? One man against the LGBT community in Syria

Who do you trust? One man against the LGBT community in Syria

Published: 17 June 2011 Region: Worldwide ‘This experience has sadly only confirmed my feelings regarding the often superficial coverage of …

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Everyone has a story

Everyone has a story

Published: 14 June 2011 Region: UK A couple of weeks ago, the BBC – probably the biggest and certainly the …

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Verica Rupar

Verica Rupar

Keywords: Diversity, Conflict, Media relations, Investigative journalism, Basic journalism, English, Serbian, Print, Academic Curricula Development, south east Europe, rest of …

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Brigitta Busch

Brigitta Busch

Keywords: Diversity, Human rights, Conflict, Media development, Basic Journalism, Language, Discourse analysis, community/minority  media, conflict, human rights, Western Europe, South …

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Rasha Abdulla

Rasha Abdulla

Keywords:  media & diversity, cross-cultural communication, new media uses and effects, and freedom of expression, particularly as it relates to …

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Nick Carter

Nick Carter

Keywords: Media, communications and community cohesion, reporting of diverse communities, local government relations with media around cohesion and diversity issues, …

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Jean-Michel Duffrene

Jean-Michel Duffrene

Keywords: Radio, TV & online, mediation and conflict resolution, training design and delivery in developing countries, international recruitment, strategy development …

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