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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Ethics of Care in New Zealand
25 March 2019 Country: New Zealand by: Verica Rupar The terrorist attack in Christchurch has shaken New Zealand to its …
How A Grassroots Campaign Called Upon the World to #StopFundingHate
21 March 2019 Country: UK by: Mikhail Yakovlev From a small social-media campaign to a co-drafter of a UN agreement, …
Update: Open Letter to IPSO
20 March 2019 Country: UK Earlier this year, Media Diversity Institute and Hacked Off authored an open letter to the …
“Not On Our Soil” – How Australian Media Narratives Fuel Isl...
19 March 2019 Country: Australia by: Madeline Rose Leftwich Last week Australian national Brenton Tarrant opened fire on two mosques …
Media Diversity Institute’s MAMIL Project To Be Recognised at #EUMed...
13 March 2019 Country: Macedonia We are thrilled to share that our “Media Literacy in the Age of News Overabundance” …
Fighting for Representation On Our Keyboards
11 March 2019 Country: Global by Ace Tilton Ratcliff Exactly this time last year, Apple unveiled plans for thirteen new …
International Women’s Day 2019: A Media Perspective
8 March 2019 Country: Global Today Media Diversity Institute is demanding a #BalanceForBetter—better gender equality to create better, more representative …
#LigueDuLOL: A Long Road to Inclusivity in the French Media
4 March 2019 Country: France by: Sophie Chauvet The #LigueduLOL scandal shook the French media to its core. Now that …
Report: The Troubling Rise of Rebel Media
4 March 2019 Countries: Canada, Global A Canadian alt-right website platforming the likes of Tommy Robinson, Katie Hopkins and Lauren …
#RacismInThePress: An Open Letter
28 February 2019 Countries: UK Over the past year, the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) has received 8,000 complaints—but upheld …
