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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There Has Never Been A More Critical Time To Study Diversity in the Me...
Date: Ongoing Country: UK, London By: Eline Jeanné “I’d definitely encourage people to go for it; it has widened my …
8Chan: What To Do About the Online Belly of the Far Right Beast
30 April 2019 Country: US, Global by: Anna Lekas Miller Last Saturday, an armed gunman stormed the Chabad Synagogue in …
“The Media Magnifies Fears About Minority Communities”: Sr...
29 April 2019 Country: Sri Lanka Over the past week, Sri Lanka has struggled to control the repercussions of the …
Ctrl Alt-Right: How White Supremacists Use Coded Messages to Communica...
15 April 2019 Country: Global by: Grant Williams It is no secret that terrorists have used online platforms such as …
Exploring Diversity and the Media at the International Journalism Fest...
3 – 7 April 2019 Country: Italy This year’s International Journalism Festival in Perugia, Italy hosted 650 speakers taking part …
MDI Contributes to United Nations Panel on Cybersexism and the Media
21 March 2019 Country: United States, Global In honor of International Women’s Month, Media Diversity Institute joined a Global Forum …
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 …
