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.

Sarkozy’s Crackdown on Hate Sites Sparks Media Concern

Sarkozy’s Crackdown on Hate Sites Sparks Media Concern

Published: 23 March 2012 Region: France & Worldwide By Aidan White As media across Europe begin to debate the consequences …

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Putting ‘Britishness’ to the test in Bradford

Putting ‘Britishness’ to the test in Bradford

Published: 23 March 2012 Region: UK By Radman Selmic The Channel 4 reality show Make Bradford British has attracted public …

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Cypriot Community Media Calls for Greater Racial Representation in the...

Cypriot Community Media Calls for Greater Racial Representation in the...

Published: 23 March 2012 Region: Cyprus On the occasion of the European-wide Action Week Against Racism (17-25 March) and the International …

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Argentine Newspaper Convicted for Discrimination Against Women

Argentine Newspaper Convicted for Discrimination Against Women

Published: 20 March 2012 Region: Americas By Liliana Honorato/NR An Argentine federal court convicted the newspaper Clarín for publishing an …

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Azhar Ahmed: Facebook Thought Criminal

Azhar Ahmed: Facebook Thought Criminal

Published: 16 March 2012 Region: Great Britain *Edited: 27 March 2012 Pedja Urosevic & Patrick White 19-year-old Azhar Ahmed has …

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Romani Film Nominated for International Film Festival

Romani Film Nominated for International Film Festival

Published: 16 March 2012 Region: Worldwide A Hungarian Romani film has been nominated for the 8th AlJazeera International Documentary Film …

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Egyptian Media Discuss Diversity at MDI Cairo Conference

Egyptian Media Discuss Diversity at MDI Cairo Conference

Published: 13 March 2012 Region: Egypt By John Owen “The title of the conference made me start laughing,” was how …

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MDI launches first ever study on diversity in Egyptian Media

MDI launches first ever study on diversity in Egyptian Media

Published: 10 March 2012 Region: Egypt The Media Diversity Institute has launched the first ever study on diversity in the …

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Women and the News: Speak Up, Speak Out

Women and the News: Speak Up, Speak Out

Published: 9 March 2012 Region: Worldwide The Internews toolkit ‘Speak Up, Speak Out: A Toolkit for Reporting on Human Rights …

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Big Fat Gypsy Confusion

Big Fat Gypsy Confusion

Published: 9 March 2012 Region: UK By Patrick White The new series of the hit UK television show Big Fat …

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