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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MDI at the US Embassy Media Literacy Event
Date: 25 April 2018 Country: UK, London By Daphne Visser “We want children to become more sceptical about the news …
MDI’s Executive Director on BBC Weekend
Date: 28 April 2018 Country: London, UK Milica Pesic, MDI’s Executive Director, was a guest on BBC Weekend on 28 …
MDI in Perugia: Journalism Can Fight Far Right
Date: 13 April 2018 Country: Italy, Perugia Panelists of the Media Diversity Institute (MDI) panel at the International Journalism Festival …
Hungarian Media Campaigns against Refugees and Soros
Published: 11 April 2018 Country: Hungary By Angelo Boccato After the Hungarian leader Viktor Orban won a landslide victory at …
A Media Storm: Antisemitism in the Labour Party
Published: 4 April 2018 Country: UK By Eline Jeanne The past few days have seen the media reporting heavily on …
German Far-right AfD’s Digital Artillery
Published: 23 March 2018 Country: Germany By Angelo Boccato Social media had played a big role in the success of …
Hatred in Everyday Life in Serbia
Date: 28 February 2018 Country: Serbia, Belgrade The Media Diversity Institute (MDI) Western Balkans organised a debate on hate speech …
#SilenceHate Media Camp in London
Dates: 23 – 27 April 2018 Country: UK, London The Media Diversity Institute (MDI) is organising a media camp for …
Mechanisms of Media Control in Serbia
Published: 15 March 2018* Country: Serbia by Jovanka Matic, Research Associate at the Institute of Social Sciences, Belgrade Freedom of …
Most of the Indonesian Media in anti-LGBT Campaign
Published: 15 March 2018 Country: Indonesia By Eline Jeanne Indonesia has recently drafted a new penal code, one that looks …
