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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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The Eye as Witness

The Eye as Witness

by: Veronique Mistiaen We all have seen images of Nazi ghettos and concentration camps. But through whose eyes are we …

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Where Media Development and Internet Governance Meet

Where Media Development and Internet Governance Meet

By: Luc Steinberg On 25 November 2019, Media Diversity Institute attended the third-annual Media Development and Internet Governance Symposium at …

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#AustraliaBushFire: Where Are The Indigenous Voices?

#AustraliaBushFire: Where Are The Indigenous Voices?

Over the past month, more than 150 wildfires have ripped through the continent of Australia, killing twenty-four people and displacing …

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Watch Out, 2020! What Media Trends Should You Keep An Eye On?

Watch Out, 2020! What Media Trends Should You Keep An Eye On?

The roaring twenties have just begun. We have left behind a decade where online media morphed from being about sharing …

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Instagram: A Place For Indian Students To Organize Against Facism

Instagram: A Place For Indian Students To Organize Against Facism

by: Gopika Shaji When Indian police fired teargas at students at Jamia Millia Islamia University campus on the night of …

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Iraq Is Once Again In The Headlines. What About Iraqis?

Iraq Is Once Again In The Headlines. What About Iraqis?

It feels almost impossible to avoid scaremongering headlines predicting an imminent war in the Middle East. It didn’t take long …

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TikTok, China and the World: A Complex Relationship

TikTok, China and the World: A Complex Relationship

“Hi guys, I’m going to teach you guys how to get long lashes”, Feroza Aziz says to the camera whilst …

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CIVIS Media Prize: Migration, Integration and Cultural Diversity

CIVIS Media Prize: Migration, Integration and Cultural Diversity

European programmes exploring the topics of migration, integration and cultural diversity are invited to enter. A new addition to the 2020 competition is the topic of democratic culture – with a particular focus on the fault lines of an integrative...

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Ága – A Glimpse of Cultures Being Destroyed by Russian Colonialism ...

Ága – A Glimpse of Cultures Being Destroyed by Russian Colonialism ...

This year’s London Migration Film Festival screened Ága, an eco-drama set in Northern Siberia’s Sakha Republic that shows the silent struggle of an …

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Counting the Dead, Calling Out Femicide: How  French Media Has Finally...

Counting the Dead, Calling Out Femicide: How French Media Has Finally...

By: Sophie Chauvet A year ago, 12,000 purple-clad French women took the streets of Paris in the biggest march against …

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