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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Media’s Invisible Women: A Continuing Story of Discrimination
Published: 27 February 2013 Country: UK by Aidan White Aspects of how women are marginalised in media – old and …

MDI at UNAOC Global Forum: Dialogue with Ourselves
Dates: 26-28 February 2013 Country: Austria, Vienna During the 5th Global Forum of the United Nations Alliance of Civilisations (UNAOC), …

MDI Executive Director’s Lecture at City University
Published: 22 February 2013 Country: UK, London The Executive Director of the Media Diversity Institute (MDI), Milica Pesic, addressed the …

Media Fear of Romanians and Bulgarians Coming to UK
Published: 22 February 2013 Region: Europe Nine countries, members of the European Union, will lift their labour market restrictions on …

Training on Strengthening Social Cohesion in Albania and Montenegro
Dates: 4 – 8 February 2013 Country: Albania, Tirana Promoting an inclusive and accurate journalism for 15 years, executive Director …

Studies on Media Diversity in Egypt
Published: 21 February 2013 Country: Egypt The Media Diversity Institute (MDI) launched three studies on how inclusive and diverse Egyptian …

Media Facing Tensions and Transitions in the Mediterranean
Date: 28 February and 1 March 2013 Country: Spain, Barcelona The Anna Lindh Foundation will hold a meeting on ‘Media …

Coverage of Reeva Steenkamp’s Murder Shows Media Sexism
Published: 18 February 2013 Region: Worldwide There have been some serious concerns about the way media across the globe reported …

A Hundred Articles, Several Videos and a Short Film in “Let the ...
Published: 13 February 2013 Country: UK Media Diversity Institute is pleased to publicise the results of one year-long project “Let …

Report on media coverage of diversity during Egypt’s Constitutional ...
Published: 12 February 2013 Region: Egypt The Media Diversity Institute (MDI) launched its third study on how inclusive and diverse …