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.
Media Reporting on Identity-Based Violence
Date: 28 April 2016 Country: UK At the International Journalism Festival in Perugia earlier this month, where MDI was present, …
‘Auschwitz was the end, while the story began here’
Country: Greece Published: 28 April 2016 What is the story of Jews of Thessaloniki and what places today tell us …
MDI Brings Leading Chinese Professors to the UK
Published: 14 April 2016 Country: China/UK Gender is a ‘safe topic’ in China that can be discussed in the media, …
MDI to create Macedonian Media and Information Literacy Coalition
Published: 4 April 2016 Country: Macedonia The Media Diversity Institute (MDI) has joined the School of Journalism and Public Relations …
Celebration of Diversity amongst Women in Armenia
Date: 8 March 2016 Country: Armenia “Women are different.” That was the main slogan Armenia’s Feminist Platform group chose to …
Fighting Racism with Satirical Cartoons
Published: 31 March 2016 Region: Worldwide On the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the Media Diversity Institute …
MDI at the World Journalism Education Congress
Dates: 14-16 July 2016 Country: New Zealand The fourth World Journalism Education Congress (WJEC) gathered leading journalism educators from around …
Women Seldom a Topic in Political Shows in Morocco, MDI Study Shows
Date: 8 March 2016 Country: Morocco Gathering more than 200 media decision makers, journalists, editors, directors of public media services, …
The Main Targets of Hate Speech in Kyrgyzstan: Russians, Chinese and C...
Published: 29 February 2016 Country: Kyrgyzstan Muslims, different ethnic groups, and LGBT people are the main target of hate speech …
Lawyer Attacks Gay Man on Armenian TV
Published: 29 February 2016 Country: Armenia During a popular TV show in Armenia, a gay man and his mother were …