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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Remembering the Night of Broken Glass
Published: 9 November 2015 Region: Worldwide On this day 77 years ago, mass violence against Jews broke out across Germany. …

Gender Equality in the Media to be Discussed in Geneva
Dates: 7 – 10 December 2015 Country: Geneva, Switzerland It will take another 70 years to achieve gender equality in …

Nieman-Berkman Fellowship for Journalists Worldwide
The Nieman Foundation is inviting journalists working in all media in every country around the world for Nieman-Berkman Fellowship in …

Dune Voices – A Platform for Stories about People and their Communit...
Dates: 28 September – 20 October 2015 Country: Mauritania Mauritania is one of the richest fishing grounds in the world. …

Gender Equality Through Women’s Magazines?
Published: 19 October 2015 Region: Worldwide The term “women’s magazines” in many cases prompts us to think of fashion and …

MDI in Milan: No Vocabulary to Talk about Diversity?
Date: 9 October 2015 Country: Italy With politicians wearing t-shirts with bulldozers representing the razing to the ground of Roma …

Scholarships: MA Diversity and the Media
Students interested in taking the innovative postgraduate MA Diversity and the Media course at the Westminster University, can apply for …

Arab Media Coverage of the Refugee Crisis
Published: 9 October 2015 Region: Worldwide As millions of Syrians refugees began to embark on the dangerous journey to Europe …

MDI Supports Community Media in Serbia
Date: 24 September 2015 Country: Serbia ‘In the future journalists will need civil society organisations (CSOs) more than the other …