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.

International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists

International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists

Published: 2 November 2017 Country: Worldwide Over the past eleven years, 930 journalists have been killed for doing their job. …

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Between Fear, Disinformation and Oligarch-owned Media

Between Fear, Disinformation and Oligarch-owned Media

Published: 31 October 2017 Countries:  Azerbaijan, Moldova, and Ukraine To celebrate the Global Media and Information Literacy (MIL) week 2017, …

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Lack of Media Coverage on Discrimination against Roma in Serbia

Lack of Media Coverage on Discrimination against Roma in Serbia

Published: 27 October 2017 Country: Serbia Most of the Serbian media failed to report that 20 years ago two teenagers …

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Harvey Weinstein: Why Did It Take So Long?

Harvey Weinstein: Why Did It Take So Long?

Published: 27 October 2017 Country: USA Ever since The New York Times published a report detailing Weinstein’s abusive behavior over …

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Exhibition about Young Asylum Seekers in the UK

Exhibition about Young Asylum Seekers in the UK

Published: 25 October 2015 Country: UK “Being an asylum seeker means waiting – always waiting. We’ve been waiting for four …

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Social Media Campaigner Vacancy

Social Media Campaigner Vacancy

Media Diversity Institute – Get the Trolls Out Project Working hours: Part time, 22.5 hours a week Salary: £28600 – …

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IARJ in Asia: Getting Reporting Religion Right

IARJ in Asia: Getting Reporting Religion Right

Dates: 17 – 19 October 2017 Country: Indonesia, Jakarta Accurate reporting on minority religions is sorely lacking, said journalists participating …

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Social Media and Self-Harming amongst Young People

Social Media and Self-Harming amongst Young People

Published: 20 October 2017 Country: UK Social media has become a staple in the life of young people. In many …

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Tight Control of Online News Portals in Malaysia

Tight Control of Online News Portals in Malaysia

Published: 16 October 2017 Country: Malaysia In the last year the authorities in Malaysia have been closing down news portals …

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Media Meets Literacy in Sarajevo

Media Meets Literacy in Sarajevo

Dates: 20 – 21 September 2017 Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina Fake news and misuse of information in the media were …

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