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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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Aurat March: Hateful Coverage Marks Pakistan’s International Women�...
Despite the popularity of the Women's March in Pakistan, the day is usually marked by negative comments, hate speech and backlash from the media.
“A Woman, A Mother, A Wife”: The Debasing Portrait of Ital...
The way in which Italian media diminish women is so common that an Instagram profile called “Una donna a caso” was created, with the aim of shedding light on a common and devaluing practice and reflect on it.
Journalists with Disabilities Face Marginalisation and Ignorance in th...
In a competitive industry where papers are scrambling to be the first to get the golden scoop, it is unfortunate but not surprising, to hear that journalists with hidden disabilities have been dismissed as “lazy” when they cannot perform certain...
“The Right Kind of Refugees”: Racism in the Western media coverage...
Scores of journalists and influencers have called out racism in reports by some major Western media organisations describing white Ukrainian refugees as “civilised” and “European”, with the implication that conflicts “normally” happen in the “third world developing nations”.
Jewface and the role of journalism in telling the story of diversity ďż˝...
Journalism should provide clarity in the fog of bias and confusing terminology whether it’s about cultural appropriation, racial bias and white privilege, or micro-aggression and gender identity. Above all, reporters and editors need to take care over political mischief-making that...
February Newsletter: Diversity and the Media in Reflection
“Diversity will be on the news agenda more than ever in 2022, but how media will cover the story remains an open question. In the coming months – whether it’s through coverage of sport, the pandemic, migration, policing or community...
Voices of a Hostile Environment: The UK Media’s Role in Hostile Migr...
The migration discourse in the country has to be detoxified. Mainstream and independent media need to diversify the conversation, or increase their efforts in doing so.
MDI reports find that Serbian media tend to use stereotypical represen...
For every report about activism in the mainstream media, there are 13 reports detailing criminal activity or violence. However, youth portals have shown far greater sensitivity to reporting on youth activism than the mainstream media.
MAGIC Project Publishes First Media Monitoring Results
MAGICÂ (Muslim women and communities Against Gender Islamophobia in society)Â is a project devised to prevent gender Islamophobia in Spain and in …
Media Diversity Institute Western Balkans Publishes Two Reports on You...
Media Diversity Institute Western Balkans has recently published two reports on youth and the media in Serbia. “Production and Distribution …
