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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UK Media reform must entrench standards for diversity and equality to ...
By Santiago Bracho, Queen Mary University Graduate. Since the election of the first Labour government in the UK in fourteen …
Israel’s war on Gaza is fuelling online hate
By Simone Süsskind, member of the Belgian Socialist Party, former president of the Jewish Secular Community Centre in Brussels, Belgium. …
Equal Pay Day: Global pay gap in journalism must be addressed immediat...
PRESS RELEASE 18 September 2024 While the gender pay gap globally approaches 20%, women in journalism are no exception and …
German media reporting on the attack in Solingen
This article is produced by MDI project Get the Trolls Out Three people were killed by a man with a …
MDI DEBATE: Should experts grant interviews to biased or controversial...
When should experts say no to interview requests? How do they balance the need to present audiences with valuable information …
Media reporting about the gender Gen Z political divide
By Santiago Bracho, Queen Mary University Graduate. It has been a little over a month since the end of the …
Music and Hatred: How a Song Caused Ethnic Tensions at a Student Party...
By Despina Kovachevskа, media monitor specialist A student party in Skopje in Spring took an unexpected turn when the playing …
STATEMENT – MDI condemns any form of pressure on its members and...
Members from the Media Diversity Institute (MDI), along with experts from other UK charities, have been banned from entering the …
Youth digital activism: The social media Guillotine and other moveme...
By Alexandra Alexandrova, freelance journalist with MDI Communications team In an online environment flooded with influencers pushing users to indulge …
Can TV series challenge stereotypes, the case of ‘AlRawabi Schoo...
By Anmol Irfan, freelance journalist Near the end of the Netflix original AlRawabi School for Girls – a Jordanian show …
