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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Training the Next Generation of Media Professionals at the University ...
As the new academic year starts, graduates from the MA Diversity and the Media developed by Media Diversity Institute in collaboration with the University of Westminster, are sharing their experiences by reminiscing about their time as students in the course.
Journalists Feel Religion Coverage Is Poor
A groundbreaking study which examines the attitudes and perceptions regarding the state of faith and religion in the media found …
September 2022 Newsletter: Highlights from the Fazana Media Fest and M...
What a week we had at Fazana! Just over a week ago, Media Diversity Institute had the honour of co-organising …
The British Crown’s Colonial Legacy and the Media Debate in the ...
Academics, journalists, and activists from Britain, and beyond, are calling for a different conversation on history. This conversation should be safe from sanitising popular culture approaches in the style of Downton Abbey or The Crown.
Joint Statement on the Proposal for the European Media Freedom Act
The undersigned journalists’, media freedom, and human rights organisations welcome the European Commission's initiative to strengthen the free and pluralistic media system and the commitment to protect journalists and editorial independence within the European Union
Does Meta Feel Pressured to Deliver on Their Diversity Goals?
The results of the report show a prevalent and quite familiar fact in the tech industry – like most other IT companies, the Meta employees are predominantly white and male. Though, Meta’s efforts to overcome this cannot be denied.
Women’s Trauma and Sexual Violence at the Centre of the Italian Elec...
Everything suggests, unfortunately, that this relationship between flawed coverage and ruthless propaganda will occur more and more often.
Media Diversity Institute and Reporting Diversity Network 2.0 at Faža...
For the past four years, every September journalists, media workers, academics and CSOs gather in Fažana, a small town in …
Social Media Enables Creators to Shine a Light on Invisible Disabiliti...
Social media has begun shining a light on disabilities including invisible disabilities which are disabilities that are not immediately apparent such as chronic illnesses, sleep disorders and neurological illnesses that significantly impair normal activities of daily living.
Climate Crisis Brings Media Attention to Brazil’s Indigenous People
The environmental and humanitarian disaster represented by the Bolsonaro government has opened more space for dissident voices to express the circumstances they live under as well as to denounce the crimes they have been suffering.
