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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Is Charlie Hebdo Mocking Aylan Kurdi or Europe?
Published: 16 September 2015 Region: Worldwide French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo published a cartoon picturing a dead Syrian boy Aylan …
European Online Monitors against Antisemitic Speech
Published: 11 September 2015 Region: Europe What are the images of Judaism and Jews that you’ve been exposed to during …
MDI at the Newsweek Press Freedom Conference
Date: 3 September 2015 Country: Serbia “Everybody is talking about the laws [on media freedom] but these laws need to …
The Photo that Spurred Media Activism
Published: 9 September 2015 Region: Worldwide Despite not being the first of this kind, the photo of lifeless washed up …
Operation Storm: Some Media Still in the 90’s
Published: 28 August 2015 Country: Serbia Twenty years after the war in former Yugoslavia, officials and media in Croatia and …
Book Preview: Hate Speech and Democratic Citizenship
Published: 27 August 2015 Country: UK Should hate speech always be punished? Does limiting the freedom of expression to some …
Elections in Morocco: How to have more Women in the Media?
Dates: 31 July – 2 August 2015 Country: Morocco Fatima is a university professor in Morocco who is also a …
Egypt Homosexuality Debate: Luxury or Breaking a Taboo?
Published: 10 August 2015 Country: Egypt By Heba Katoon Facebook turned into a rainbow-drenched platform following the U.S. Supreme Court’s …
Broken Borders: Films about People Beyond the News Coverage
Dates: 7-13 August 2015 Country: UK Broken Borders is a new season of films exploring different and deeper perspectives on …
Media in Sri Lanka: from Division to Inclusion?
Published: 3 August 2015 Country: Sri Lanka Ahead of August 17 Parliamentary elections, all Sri Lankans are talking about is …
