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

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 …

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 …

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 …

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

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

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

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

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

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