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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The Internet as a Way to Fight Antisemitism
Dates: 9-10 November 2017 Country: UK and Europe The 9th and 10th of November mark the No Hate Speech Movement’s …

Westminster Media Forum Seminar on Improving Diversity in UK Screen In...
Date: 22 November 2017 Country: UK The scale and nature of the diversity challenge facing the TV industry in the …

London Kids Examine Media Literacy
Date: 31 October 2017 Country: UK, London In order to learn more how to counter sensationalism, bias and misinformation in …

MDI at the UNESCO Global MIL Conference
Dates: 24-27 October 2017 Country: Jamaica, Kingston One of the main conclusions of the Seventh Media and Information Literacy and …

International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists
Published: 2 November 2017 Country: Worldwide Over the past eleven years, 930 journalists have been killed for doing their job. …

Between Fear, Disinformation and Oligarch-owned Media
Published: 31 October 2017 Countries: Azerbaijan, Moldova, and Ukraine To celebrate the Global Media and Information Literacy (MIL) week 2017, …

Harvey Weinstein: Why Did It Take So Long?
Published: 27 October 2017 Country: USA Ever since The New York Times published a report detailing Weinstein’s abusive behavior over …

Lack of Media Coverage on Discrimination against Roma in Serbia
Published: 27 October 2017 Country: Serbia Most of the Serbian media failed to report that 20 years ago two teenagers …

Exhibition about Young Asylum Seekers in the UK
Published: 25 October 2015 Country: UK “Being an asylum seeker means waiting – always waiting. We’ve been waiting for four …

Social Media Campaigner Vacancy
Media Diversity Institute – Get the Trolls Out Project Working hours: Part time, 22.5 hours a week Salary: £28600 – …