Login \ Sign Up Contact Us Support Us Opportunities English العربية Home About News & Events Resources Blog MDI Dune Voices GET UNIQUE VOICES FROM SAHARA! Read, share and republish stories from Dune Voices multimedia platform. Follow us online MDI Regional Offices Fighting Discrimination in Russia through Tolerant and Inclusive Reporting MDI in Russia - Stories from Four Regions MA Diversity and the Media - Apply Now A highly innovative course by MDI & the University of Westminster, UK. Call for Experts to Join Media4change Reporting Ethnicity & Religion Study South Sudan People’s Voice CIMA and MDI: Strengthening Freedom of Expression in a Multicultural World MDI and CIMA organised an engaging debate on social responsibility, good journalism and practical ways to strengthen freedom of expression. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Arab Media Coverage of the Refugee Crisis Stories and reports on refugee crisis have been dominating Arab newspapers, popular TV shows and social media platforms. Media coverage varied across outlets and great volume included condemnation of alleged Arab indifference, calls for internal reforms and criticism of the West. Read more... The Photo that Spurred Media Activism The majority of media codes of conducts recommend not using photos whose aim is to indulge into sensationalism and voyeurism. But most of the media around the world published the photo of Aylan Kurdi, a Syrian boy, whose tragic image changed the way media report on refugees and current crisis. Read more... Scholariships for MA Diversity and the Media Students interested in taking the innovative postgraduate MA Diversity and the Media course at the Westminster University, can apply for Chevening Scholarships until 3 November 2015. MA Diversity and the Media was designed by MDI and the Westminster University and the application process is open now. Read more... Media in Sri Lanka: from Division to Inclusion? Ahead of 17 August Parliamentary elections, MDI team visited Sri Lanka where two different ethnic and religious narratives still exist and women are nowhere to be seen in the newsrooms. The island remains heavily divided and except from the English language media, no other newsrooms have Sinhalese and Tamil journalists working together. Read more... Get the Trolls Out! MDI to Counter Anti-Semitism The recently launched MDI project “Get the trolls out!” will counter incidents of anti-Semitic speech with arts, satire, and fact-based messages all across Europe. Young people, especially vulnerable to dangerous ignorance and indifference about anti-Semitic attitudes, will be engaged in this programme. Read more... MDI Supports Community Media in Serbia Civil society could play a crucial role in the future providing alternative sources of information and contacts for journalists. At the event marking 20th anniversary of LocalPress, supported by MDI, experts from the Balkans and the rest of Europe discussed community media and current media situation in Serbia and the region. Read more... Egypt Homosexuality Debate: Luxury or Breaking a Taboo? After same-sex marriage was legalised in the U.S., some Facebook users around the world painted their profile pictures in rainbow colours. Some of them were based in Egypt. There were also many who protested by sharing Qura’an verses and asking if debating homosexuality online is a luxury in a post-conflict society such as Egypt. Read more... EaP Media Conference on Russian Propaganda in Riga 'What is evident is that Kremlin is doing its best to win ‘hearts and minds’ not only of the Russian speaking neighbours but internationally too, through its media such as TV Russia Today. International community should avoid mistakes from the Balkan wars,' said MDI Milica Pesic at the First Eastern Partnership Media Conference in Riga. Read more... Reporting from the Sahara on Dune Voices Website There have been more than 100 articles published on Dune Voices website and republished in many other media outlets. Covering the topics of marginalised groups and minorities in the region of the Sahara, forgotten by the mainstream media in Mali, Mauritania, Libya, Morocco and Algeria, Dune Voices has become a source of an accurate, independent and diverse reporting. Read more... Story of MDI in 8 Minute Film Watch the video that pays tribute to MDI's work and its 15 years of promoting diversity in the media. The short film made by the independent film maker Rani Khanna, features MDI trainers, trainees, students and staff who contributed to the promotion of a more inclusive media with projects all around the globe. Read more... Powered by Fusis Design: In Web Design | Built on Joomla © Media Diversity Institute