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

April 10, 2026

US mayors highlight modern-day challenges, the threat of targeted violence

Targeted violence is reaching towns and cities across the United States—forcing leaders to ask questions about how to grapple with this threat. 

April 10, 2026

Russian information operations target Hungarian election

Fabricated claims about the Hungarian election spreading online appear to be linked to Russian disinformation campaigns. 

April 4, 2026

ISD’s Paula Matlach speaks to Der Spiegel about the ‘manosphere’

The ‘manosphere’ is increasingly permeating all levels of society, making understanding this growing phenomenon more crucial than ever before.

April 2, 2026

AI playing crucial role in Iranian propaganda war

The Iranian regime has launched an online propaganda war in the wake of the ongoing conflict using novel AI tools. 

April 2, 2026

Iran war highlights dangers of AI-generated media

AI-generated content is decreasing the ability to distinguish fact from fiction—a particularly pressing issue in the face of breaking news. 

April 2, 2026

AI content continues to cloud information environment amid war in Middle East

Artificial intelligence has created immense fog as the conflict in the Middle East unfolds. 

March 30, 2026

DW interviews ISD’s Milo Comerford on surge in antisemitic attacks

There has been a surge in antisemitic attacks across North America and Europe, targeting synagogues, Jewish schools and Jewish community ambulances.

March 25, 2026

Far-right group The Base connected to European arrests

Investigators across Europe have dismantled several neo-Nazi groups over the past 18 months—all connected to the far-right group known as The Base.