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.
UK TV and Film: Mind the (Gender) Gap
Published: 9 December 2014 Country: UK Only one in ten film directors in the UK are women. Those female directors, …
“Their Feast”
Published: 9 December 2014 Country: Egypt Egyptian filmmaker Reem Morsi recently featured her short film “Their Feast” at the BBC …
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Unwanted & Discriminated by the Media: Refugees & Migrants i...
Date: 29 November 2014 Country: Algeria ‘Welcome, Ebola and AIDS’ and ‘Africans create their Republic’ – these are just some …
The Sandford St Martin Awards Invites Entries 2015
Deadline: 13 February 2015 Country: UK The Sandford St Martin Awards is now calling for entries to the UK’s most …
Immigrants as ‘Aliens’ for the Right-Wing Media
Published: 4 December 2014 Country: US US President Obama’s immigration plan is the most recent opportunity utilised by the some …
MDI US Head of Operations at Columbia University
Published: 29 November 2014 Countries: US, Serbia, Montenegro “The fall is coming, so the good housewives would do better if …
Rage or Race – US Media on Ferguson
Published: 29 November Country: US The majority of the media describe the situation in Ferguson, Missouri as a warzone, a …
Ferguson: Media Misses the Positive Stories
Published: 29 November 2014 Country: US by Joan Lipkin* With a few exceptions, the media coverage of the situation in …
2+2=5? The Misleading Media Interpretation of Immigration Data
Published: 26 November 2014 Country: UK by Dafina Halili For some of the British media, 2+2 does not always equal …