Media Diversity Institute

Promoting a diverse, inclusive and accurate media

Media Diversity Institute (MDI) works internationally to encourage accurate and nuanced reporting on race, religion, ethnic, class, disability, gender and sexual identity issues in media landscapes around the world. While our work is grounded in the principles of freedom of expression and values of diversity and inclusion, our day-to-day work focuses on cultivating practical skills to combat negative stereotypes and disinformation and improve media and information literacy.

Mental Health: How Do We Avoid Stigmatisation and Normalisation?

Caroline Flack’s suicide sent shockwaves across the UK, reigniting a debate about how the covers suicide and mental health. Does the media examine these issues with sensitivity? Or does it further the stigma of mental illness, complicating the media’s potential impact on vulnerable people who mi...

Coronavirus: Keeping the “Infodemic” in Check

The Coronavirus is at the top of the news agenda around the world.

Is Hate Speech Driving Celebrities Off Twitter?

By: Mikhail Yakovlev What does this mean for the platform’s role in artistic creation and freedom of expression? Earlier this …

Press Harassment, IPSO’s Ineffectiveness, and Why We’re No Closer ...

What is freedom of expression? When is bullying someone in the public interest? The ethics, culture and practices of the …

Digital Transformation and Media Diversity: Two Sides of the Same Coin

In this day and age, media outlets are frantically trying to navigate the digital transformation—the pivot to video, the shift …

Rough Sleepers, Faceless Statistics and Misperceptions: How the Media ...

If the media reframed homelessness, could the readers who have been lucky enough not to have a personal connection to homelessness be more sympathetic?

Training: Helping Journalists Make Youth Voices Mainstream

Training: 27 – 29 February 2020 Country: Serbia Youth rarely feel represented in the media, and youth from marginalised communities …

Religion in the Balkan Media Landscape: Forgotten Nuance

By Jelena Jorgačević Kisić As Serbian journalist Borivoj Erdeljan mentioned in the recent debate about the Churches under Communism in former Yugoslavia, …

guidelines, studies AND resources

Media Diversity Institute gathers the latest guidelines, studies and other resources to help journalists, academics and civil society activists integrate a diversity perspective into their work.

For Journalists

Here are upcoming conferences, job openings and fellowship and grant opportunities.

For Students

Here are academic resources and internship and scholarship opportunities.

For CSOs

Here are training opportunities and resources on how to work with the media and create effective campaigns.

Training: Helping Journalists Make Youth Voices Mainstream

Training: 27 – 29 February 2020 Country: Serbia Youth rarely feel represented in the media, and youth from marginalised communities …

Symbols of Humanity: Syrian Artist Bridges Times, Religions

16 October 2019 Event: 17 October – 17 November Country: UK In our divided and polarised world, who, but artists, …

Live Recording: Reporting Refugees and Hate Speech

What We Are Working On Now

Media Diversity Institute is working on a number of projects on the cutting edge of media and diversity issues. Check out what we are working on now.

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