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MDI Reporting Diversity Courses at SYSU in China
At the prominent Sun Yat-Sen University (SYSU) in the capital of the most economically prosperous Chinese province, Guangdong, the first ever series of Reporting Diversity modules has finished. The Reporting Diversity modules are a result of the cooperation between the...
Dune Voices Journalists Develop their Multimedia Reporting Skills
Published: 2 December 2016 Countries: Algeria, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia “Sometimes I think about suicide but then when I …
Black History Month in the UK Media
Published: 28 November 2016 Country: UK What month is the Black History Month (BHM)? If you are an average news …
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 …
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 …
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’, …
