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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 impa...
How to Write About Trans Issues: Global Edition
Resources in this section provide general guidance on reporting trans issues, no matter where you are reporting from. Reference Guide …
How Should You Cover Trans and Non-Binary Issues? A Toolkit for Britis...
Resources in this section relate specifically to covering trans and non-binary issues in the UK. Briefing sheet | Gender Recognition …
Coronavirus: Keeping the “Infodemic” in Check
The Coronavirus is at the top of the news agenda around the world.
CIVIS Media Prize: Migration, Integration and Cultural Diversity
European programmes exploring the topics of migration, integration and cultural diversity are invited to enter. A new addition to the 2020 competition is the topic of democratic culture – with a particular focus on the fault lines of an integrative society, the media...
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, …
“Sanctions Would Show the Non-Democratic Governments that the Intern...
Recently, MDI Executive Director Milica Pesic attended the Ministerial Meeting on Media Freedom. Hosted in the margins of the 2019 …
Join the South Social Festival Celebration of China
Launched in 2015 by Paola Melli an Italian-born film festival curator, the festival strives to meet the growing demand for independent films with an intersectional perspective that is not being met by mainstream cinemas. On 3rd October, they will be celebrating China* w...
How Not To Report on Climate Change
23 July 2019 Country: United Kingdom by: Eline Jeanné It seems that climate change is finally becoming a mainstream issue. …
Event: Religion and the Media: Telling the Untold Story
Date: 10-11 July 2019 Country: UK Last week, Media Diversity Institute was honored to join the Foreign & Commonwealth Office’s …
Event: The Media Have a Major Role To Play in Breaking Down the Stigma...
Date: 28 June 2019 Country: Belgium Originally posted on the European Economic and Social Committee Website. An EESC hearing points …