RESOURCES FOR MEDIA

ISD equips media professionals with the analysis, tools and expertise needed to understand, communicate and address the risks posed by extremist propaganda and information manipulation.

We train journalists on the use of our dashboards, toolkits and curricula to help them recognize and counter extremist narratives, hate speech and disinformation. We brief newsrooms - more than 100 local ones in the US since 2024 – to help media outlets report accurately on complex issues related to extremism and social cohesion.

Our experts are routinely interviewed by international outlets to provide clarity on extremism, terrorism, hate speech and information warfare, including in the wake of major global crises.

Please get in touch if you have any media-related queries: [email protected].

Featured Media Mentions

September 2, 2026

Canada must modernize school violence prevention amid diverse threat environment

In an article in The Globe and Mail, ISD's Steven Rai writes how Canada must shift its school violence prevention model.

July 14, 2026

ISD finds mainstream social media platforms refer users to ‘nudify’ apps

May 8, 2026

Iran’s meme strategy blurs the line between entertainment and propaganda

May 2, 2026

Recommendation systems and the rapid exposure to antisemitism online

April 26, 2026

Active Clubs engage in ‘forest fights’ across US

April 24, 2026

Iran’s novel approach to war propaganda

April 17, 2026

Iran takes new approach to war propaganda

April 17, 2026

ISD report results in disruption of threat to Washington school

April 8, 2026

ISD’s Cody Zoschak featured in CNN documentary on True Crime Community

Recent Media mentions

July 29, 2023

Profile on Julia Ebner for The Times: “My life undercover” infiltrating extremist groups

ISD’s Senior Resident Research Fellow Julia Ebner was interviewed by The Times about her research career and her latest book.

July 25, 2023

The intersection of anti-feminism and the tradwife movement

ISD's Cécile Simmons spoke to 20 Minutes about the anti-feminist tones and internationalisation of the tradwife movement.

July 21, 2023

‘Sustainability’ festival cancelled after activists expose it as a conspiracy theorist event

ISD’s Ciarán O’Connor spoke to VICE about the ‘Think Local Festival’ that was cancelled after organisers were exposed as being conspiracy theorists.

July 18, 2023

UAE’s Presidency of COP28: A commitment to renewable energies or an opportunity for greenwashing?

ISD’s Jennie King spoke to CNN about the implications of UAE hosting COP28.

July 14, 2023

Q and A with Julia Ebner: We’re at the beginning of the “digital Middle Ages”

Julia Ebner speaks to El País's Jordi Pérez Colomé about gateways into extremist ideology and technology's role in mainstreaming extremism.

July 11, 2023

Jennie King: Climate denial content removal policies are unenforceable, demonetisation is the solution

ISD’s Head of Climate Research, Jennie King, featured in Deutsche Welle talking about what makes climate mis- and disinformation thrive.

July 9, 2023

Can Meta deliver on its promise of making Threads a “kinder” alternative to Twitter?

ISD’s Head of Research, Melanie Smith, speaks to The Guardian about right-wing figures signing up for Threads, Meta's "kinder" alternative to Twitter.

July 2, 2023

Moms for Liberty rejects SPLC’s ‘extremist’ designation during summit engulfed in anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric

In an op-ed for the Daily Beast, ISD’s Jared Holt reflects on the Republican presidential hopefuls that attended the recent Moms for Liberty summit.