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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How Do You Solve A Problem Like Islamophobia?
17 December 2018 Country: United Kingdom By: Anna Lekas Miller Over the past year, a video went viral of a …
Call for Entries: CIVIS Media Prize 2019
CIVIS again recognizes programme contributions on the radio, film, television and the Internet, which are particularly suitable for the promotion of the peaceful coexistence of people of different geographic or cultural backgrounds. This year there is an additional prize for...
Zwarte Piet: The Dutch Christmas Character Causing Controversy
3 December 2018 Country: The Netherlands By Eline Jeanne Around this time of the year, Dutch children eagerly await the …
Media Literacy Training Can Truly Empower Youth
November 21, 2018 Country: Jordan Over the weekend, Media Diversity Institute (MDI) participated in a seminar titled, “Support to Media …
Steve Bannon: To Platform, Or Not To Platform
19 November 2018 Countries: United Kingdom By: Mikhail Yakovlev Every year, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) organizes NewsXchange, a conference …
#WalkAway: How the US Media Ignores Conservative Minorities
17 November 2018 Country: United States By: Safiya Ahmed “Once upon a time I was a liberal,” Brandon Straka, a …
Can Brazilians Use Internet Humor and Memes to Fight Bolsonaro’s...
16 November 2018 Country: Brazil By Andréa Doyle As Brazilians, we are dead serious about our memes. Last year we …
Report: Serbian Media Regularly Violates Serbian Journalists’ Co...
Published: 15 November 2018 Country: Serbia Every tenth newspaper story about children violates the Serbian Journalists’ Code of Ethics, a …
Rod Liddle’s Track Record of Hate
8 November 2018 Countries: United Kingdom By Eline Jeanne Last month, Sunday Times columnist Rod Liddle came under fire for …
This Year’s Central Asia Human Rights Festival Focuses on Diversity
1 November 2018 Region: Central Asia By Mikhail Yakovlev Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan will host the 12th annual Central Asia Human Rights …
