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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Silencing Lebanon: Journalists Under Pressure on Multiple Fronts
By Layla Bartheldi “If you behave like animals, we won’t talk to you anymore.” It has been over a month …
Charlie Kirk’s murder, Trump’s war on DEI and attacks on free spee...
By Angelo Boccato International reaction to the murder of Charlie Kirk, who was shot in September while speaking at a …
Breaking Words, Building Bridges: Regional Experts Warn Against Rising...
This article was first published by the Reporting Diversity Network Hate speech in the Western Balkans is becoming more complex, …
Nepal protests: Victims’ voices sidelined by fake news and biase...
By Saba Chaudhry On September 8, 2025, anti-corruption protests erupted across Nepal, primarily led by young people calling for accountability …
Missing voices: The UK media’s asylum coverage ignores some stories,...
By Anna Scott People watched from hotel windows this summer as demonstrators gathered below, calling for their deportation from the …
Free Speech in peril?
Is free speech under attack more in the UK or the US? That was a question for President Donald Trump …
Media portrayal of Serbia’s LGBTIQ community
How the media represents young queer people in Serbia was discussed at an event as part of Pride Week in …
Journalism in Peril: The Gaza Genocide as a Global Test of Press Fre...
In Gaza, it isn’t only civilians that are being laid to ruin; the freedom to tell the story of its people is being muzzled by successive Israeli strikes targeting and killing Palestinian journalists.
Action on Gaza
More than 200 media outlets, journalists, and press freedom organisations, including MDI, united on 1 September for a day of …
A Tribute to Veronique Mistiaen
A good friend, a brilliant journalist who championed human rights and humanitarian issues, and a wonderful media trainer – that’s …
