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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Hate Speech and Hate Spin – How to Counter it?
Date: 18 November 2016 Country: UK, London “Take a stand against hate speech. Never report it neutrally” – this is …
Burqa, Veils and Burkini in the Arab Media
Published: 19 November 2016 Region: Worldwide Indian Sport Shooter Heena Sidhu has decided to “skip the Asian air weapon competition” …
South Social Film Festival – Celebration of Diversity in Cinema
Published: 17 November 2017 Country: UK, London South Social Film Festival is not an ordinary festival. Its focus is on …
Action Day Against Antisemitic Hate Speech
Date: 9 November 2016 Region: Europe On the night between 9 and 10 November 1938, a night which than became …
US Elections, Media Coverage and Minorities’ Issues
Published: 10 November 2016 Country: USA “I honestly don’t know what to say. I am a woman. I am a …
Bans on Holocaust Denial Don’t help Jews
Published: 9 November 2016 Region: Worldwide by professor Eric Heinze* I’d rather not think about how horrible Germany would be’, …
Unique MA Diversity and the Media Combines Theory and Practice
Published: 9 November 2016 Country: UK by Roxane Biedermann The number of students attending the MA in Diversity and the …
“Reporting on Migration, Asylum Seekers and Syrian Conflict̶...
Date: 24 October 2016 Country: Belgium, Brussels The Media Diversity Institute (MDI) Executive Director Milica Pesic moderated a workshop for …
MDI Ends a Project in Morocco Pledging to Continue its Mission
Date: 28 September 2016 Country: Morocco The Media Diversity Institute (MDI) worked together with its partners, human rights and political …
10 Years Without Anna Politkovskaya
Published: 7 October 2016 Country: Russia by Nadezda Azhgikhina, Russian Union of Journalist and Vice-president of the European Federation of …
