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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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Twitter Claims It is Cracking Down on Hate Speech. But is All Hate Spe...
23 July 2019 Country: Global by: Giulia Dessi Over the past few months, major social media platforms such as Facebook …
How Not To Report on Climate Change
23 July 2019 Country: United Kingdom by: Eline Jeanné It seems that climate change is finally becoming a mainstream issue. …
Announcement: Rose-Marie Farinella Awarded Top Honour in France
Media and Information Literacy Educator Rose-Marie Farinella is being honoured with the “Legion of Honour” award this week, the highest …
Indian Journalist Vinod K Jose Asks #DefendMediaFreedom Organizers To ...
17 July 2019 Country: United Kingdom At the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s conference on International Media Freedom earlier this month, …
Event: Religion and the Media: Telling the Untold Story
Date: 10-11 July 2019 Country: UK Last week, Media Diversity Institute was honored to join the Foreign & Commonwealth Office’s …
Is the Far Right’s Crackdown on Gender Studies A Threat to Democracy...
Date: 11 July 2019 Country: Europe by: Mikhail Yakovlev Last year, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban became the first European …
#DefendMediaFreedom: New Pledges Not Credible Without Action
9 July 2019 Country: UK Today Media Diversity Institute was one of 33 press freedom and media development organisations that …
Women’s World Cup: A Step Forward in Sports Journalism
2 July 2019 Country: Global by: Eline Jeanné Depending on where you live, you have likely seen a lot of …
Geoblocking: What Is It, and How Effective Is It In Practice?
29 June 2019 Country: Global by: Eline Jeanné Recently there has been more talk about ‘geoblocking’ on social media platforms, …
How to Be Inclusive and Grammatically Correct: A Guide for Journalists...
16 June 2019 Country: Global by: Mikhail Yakovlev Last week, I came across a Buzzfeed listicle explaining why you should …
