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.
New BBC director pledges more female presenters
Published: 19 September 2012 Country: UK The new BBC director general George Entwistle has promised that gender and age would …
MDI launches second study on diversity in Egyptian Media
Published: 10 September 2012 Region: Egypt The Media Diversity Institute has published its second study on how inclusive and diverse …
Anti-American Politics Takes Centre Stage in Film Row
by Aidan White Posted: 18 September 2012 Protests across the Arab and Islamic world over a provocative anti-Islam film put …
Channel 4 “Islam: The Untold Story” controversy
Published: 18 September 2012 Country: UK After UK broadcaster Channel 4 cancelled a repeat screening of its documentary “Islam: The …
MDI partner to the ‘Eastern Davos’
Date: 4 – 6 September 2012 Country: Poland Media Diversity Institute, thanks to the support of Open Society Foundation, took …
Greek police’s Xenios Zeus against immigrants
Posted: 7 September Country: Greece Police in Greece stopped and questioned over 15,500 people, mostly immigrants and asylum-seekers, as a …
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist reporting poverty
Posted: 7 September 2012 from Magazine Guernica, Emily Brennan interviews Katherine Boo While covering poverty and social welfare for the …
Invisible Paralympics – US media criticised for its coverage, UK...
Posted: 7 September 2012 Region: Worldwide Whilst the British media are praised for its coverage of the Paralympic Games 2012, …
Journalism – Profession Depending on Money and Class?
Posted: 7 September 2012 Country: UK The Guardian‘s journalist writes about how she got into the profession “thanks to a …
Contest on Migrants in Europe and Russia
Deadline: 24 September Region: Europe, Russia Russian-speaking journalists, scientists, students and nonprofit activists can participate in this contest. The Centre …