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

May 8, 2026

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

ISD's Bret Schafer talks to the Wall Street Journal about Iran's shift in communications strategy since the beginning of the conflict with the US.

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

March 16, 2026

‘Germanic New Medicine’ spreads dangerously on Telegram, ISD finds

March 14, 2026

Iran floods global social media with AI content during ongoing conflict

Recent Media mentions

August 27, 2021

The far-right and alt-right find common ground with the Taliban

ISD’s Moustafa Ayad provides insight to the New York Times in this piece on "Right Wingers who Admire the Taliban."

August 25, 2021

Hate in plain sight: Extremists unchecked activity spreads on TikTok

Ciarán O’Connor’s research on the state of hate on TikTok is featured in articles by POLITICO Europe, USA Today, Jewish Insider, PBS and The Journal.

August 12, 2021

Far-right gamers on Steam and Discord, an uncensored community

Our findings on popular gaming platforms Steam, Discord, DLive and Twitch, are featured in this article for WIRED UK.

August 2, 2021

Pro-Trump social media platform inundated with Jihadist propaganda

ISD’s Moustafa Ayad shared with POLITICO various findings relating to the rapid exploitation of the social media network Gettr by ISIS.

July 20, 2021

Mackenzie Hart speaks on CBC News about right-wing extremism in Canada

Mackenzie Hart discusses the findings and implcations of ISD's new report: An Online Environmental Scan of Right-Wing Extremism in Canada.

July 12, 2021

Emir Hasanovic on ISD’s Strong Cities Network in the Balkans

ISD’s Emir Hasanovic is a guest on North Macedonia's most watched national station for a 30-minute interview on ISD's Strong Cities.

July 1, 2021

Chloe Colliver on disinformation narratives and risks in the antivaxx movement

ISD’s Chloe Colliver speaks with Newsnight about the risks of radicalisation, and radicalisation toward violence, after prolonged exposure online.

June 28, 2021

The overlap between QAnon narratives and antisemitic tropes

Aoife Gallagher speaks with the Morning Consult about how QAnon believers often also follow antisemitic tropes.