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A Hero of the Past Shines again as Journalism Takes the Nobel Prize
As journalists celebrate, many will hope that this award will throw a protective cloak of international publicity around them and the community of journalists they represent around the world.

From Hate Speech to Being Kitoed: The Precarious Online Lives of the N...
Falling under the category of legitimized violence, gay people in Nigeria increasingly experience traumatic and life-threatening crimes like being cat fished and Kito.

Children on Television Programmes: In between Bullying and Use for Mar...
This article initially appeared on Reporting Diversity Network 2.0. By Dorentina Hysa and Kristina Lani, Albanian Media Institute In the …

What is Newsworthy in a Meeting between a Rabbi, a Priest, and an Imam...
Around 170 participants from 55 countries participated in the first hybrid-style workshop within the Global Exchange on Religion and Society (GERIS) project implemented by PARTICIP and Media Diversity Institute (MDI), and supported by the European Commission.

Battle over Headlines: The Kosovar and Serbian Media are on Different ...
When the media only works to serve those in power, or to agree with the majority public opinion, the flames of tension will only be fanned.

Black History Month UK: Tips on How to Commission Black Writers ALL YE...
Let’s put some respect on Black History, the strong importance it holds for so millions around the world, and the constant reminder to honour it beyond one single month.

Young Journalists on Course to Revolutionise the Media Landscape
The gap between mainstream and student media in the UK, the popularity of the latter is quickly growing, and they’re well on their way to defining a new kind of journalism and what should and should not be acceptable.

The Politics of Being a Superhero and the Importance of Diversifying t...
It is easy to quote statistics or surveys, and a lot harder to dig into the systemic inequalities that run deep within the film industry and often only become more obvious when we see them blatantly visualised in extreme situations like superhero stories.

Being Trans in Serbia (Part 2): Bringing change through the theatre
Despite the fact the LGBTQ+ community is increasingly thematized in all arts, from film and theatre to dance, fine and visual arts, the trans identity is still a taboo in Serbia.

Being Trans in Serbia (part 1): The media’s silence
Serbia seems to have built a wall of silence around the trans community. This approach is flawed in many aspects, especially as some from the trans community report it can have detrimental consequences.

Lessons learnt from Channel 4’s Black to Front Initiative: An Interv...
"This should be a wakeup call that you need to look at the structure of your organisations and make sure diverse voices are really being heard." - Ayshah Tull

How Qui? (Who?) became the new antisemitic slogan of the far right and...
Antisemitic conspiracy narratives are flaring up in France, finding fertile ground in street demonstrations and online discussions against vaccination and the coronavirus health pass.