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.
What Can Google Searches Tell Us About Cultural Appropriation?
29 August 2019 Country: Global by: Anna Lekas Miller It is starting to feel like there is always a cultural …
LGBTQ+ Creators Are Suing YouTube for Discrimination. Here is Why It M...
21 August 2019 Country: Global by: Anna Lekas Miller How do you know you’re in love? “You’re willing to try …
A Tale of Misinformation: Deforestation of the Amazon in Five Tweets
15 August 2019 Country: Brazil by Andréa Doyle Cultural tip: To learn a bit more about Amazonia I strongly suggest …
How Do Media Representations Help and Hurt Women in India?
15 August 2019 Country: India by: Mikhail Yakovlev During the last week of July, a lorry rammed into a car …
New Project, Countering Cyberbulllying Around the World
12 August 2019 Country: Global The Media Diversity Institute Global (MDI Global) is excited to announce FACE, a new project …
Greta Thunberg: The Climate Change Activist Vilified by the Media
7 August 2019 Country: Global by: Eline Jeanné If you have been following news related to climate change in recent …
We Are Cracking Down On Discrimination in the Press. So Why Are Trans ...
12 August 2019 Country: UK by: Mikhail Yakovlev When Garry Jones became editor-in-chief at the Daily and Sunday Express, he …
“Merely” A White Supremacist: How The Media Is Missing the Story o...
6 August 2019 Country: Worldwide by Jean-Paul Marthoz Last Sunday’s New York Times editorial got right to the point: We …
Training: Passing On The Tools of Media and Information Literacy in Am...
On #InternationalYouthDay, the importance of media and information literacy education has never been greater. Between the dates of 29-31 July, …
Training: Digital Media Skills for Serbian Youth
Media Diversity Institute recently completed the first MLADI (Media Literacy Alliance and Digital Importance) training in Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia. It …