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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Unethical, Biased and Complicit in Homophobia: Media Representations o...
In areas where being LGBTQ+ is considered a taboo or even criminalised, the media have a larger responsibility for ethical and unbiased reporting.
On Screen Moments in Love and Diversity within the LGBT Community
There is certainly still a lot of work to be done in order to ensure that promoting diversity within the LGBT communities on screen is not reduced to a “ticking the box” exercise.
“Islamo-leftism”: An Analysis of the Strawman Rhetoric Fee...
Despite repeated denouncements the French government, right-wing opposition parties, and the media continue to push the message that "islamo-leftism", would be the biggest threat to French society.
How an Informal Conversation Was Used to Scapegoat Immigrants During t...
German media widely disseminated unsubstantiated claims by a specialist lung doctor that Muslim and migrant populations were the majority of Covid-19 intensive care patients. The comments were made in a private conversation and Correctiv confirmed they have no factual basis....
Disability Inclusive Theatre Could Bring Change in Serbia’s Medi...
The way that people with developmental disabilities are treated needs to change and the role of the media in all this is crucial.
Anti-Muslim Hate on European Media
In April’s monitoring, Get the Trolls Out! saw news outlets across Europe publish anti-Muslim hate.
Debunking Islamophobia with Collaborative Media
Launched in March 2021, Get the Trolls Out! 4 has already debuted its first radio collaboration, tackling German media’s Islamophobic and anti-migrant framing of the COVID-19 pandemic in the latest instalment of Radio Dreyeckland’s Our Voice.
Hate Speech in the Western Balkans and the Media
This article was initially published on Reporting Diversity Network 2.0 with the title Hate Speech in the Western Balkans: Monthly …
When Global Diversity in Publishing Disrupts Narratives
Breaking the chains that bind everyone to a select few, helping them monetise their own careers and be independent is the only way to break the publishing system.
George Floyd and the Change in Media Conversations about Race
Lack of diversity is felt in the overall quality and emphasis of news coverage. It shapes the language and the narrative portrayed by the media and therefore has the power to shape people’s understandings of events around them.
