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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Study: Strong Public Service Media Contributes to a Healthy Democracy
A healthy democracy is partially dependent on its public service media, according to a new research by the European Broadcasting …
Rio 2016: Some Media Trapped in Sexist Coverage
Published: 18 August 2016 Region: Worldwide Instead of celebrating the biggest number of female athletes competing in this year Olympic …
EBU: Strong Public Service Media Good for Democracy
Published: 16 August 2016 Region: Europe A healthy democracy is partially dependent on its public service media, according to a …
Media Diversity On and Off-Screen
Date: 8 November 2016 Country: UK, London Experts and representatives from Channel 4, BBC, Sky, Creative Diversity Network and the …
Women in Conflict from a Writer’s Perspective
Date: 21 September 2016 Country: UK, London The Women’s Interfaith Network (WIN) is organising an event “Women in Conflict from …
MDI Launches the Guide on Countering Hate Speech Online
Date: 22 July 2016 Region: Europe The Media Diversity Institute (MDI) within its project Get the Trolls Out published the …
MDI at the Global Minority Rights Summer School
Dates: 10 – 16 July 2016 Country: Hungary, Budapest Are minority rights still relevant? Participants of the 4th Global Minority …
Join the Q&A on Countering Hate Speech! #askGTTO
Date: 22 July 2016 Region: Europe Hate speech online: how to stop it? Should you respond to it? Do counter …
Sexism in the Media Coverage of Theresa May
Published: 19 July 2016 Country: UK Some British media could not avoid falling into stereotyping and gender insensitive reporting when …
Nice, Paris, Istanbul, Orlando: Toxification by the Media
Published: 15 July 2016 Country: France A day after several dozens of people were killed during the attack in Nice, …
