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

January 6, 2023

Two years since Jan 6 Capitol riot, extremist groups continue to find common ground to move forward

ISD Senior Research Manager Jared Holt spoke to USA Today about the state of extremism in the US on the two-year anniversary of the Capitol riot.

January 2, 2023

All-age drag shows, the latest target in the US’s culture war

ISD's Jared Holt comments in USA Today on far-right activists targeting drag performers, claiming the shows are indoctrinating children.

December 30, 2022

Pandemic prompted an increase in conspiratorial thinking, online extremism

ISD's Tim Squirrell and Jacob Davey discuss on BBC the rise of online extremism linked to the pandemic's ongoing effects.

December 29, 2022

Extremists attempted to justify the mass shooting in Colorado with anti-LGBTQ discourse

Moustafa Ayad spoke to WaPo on the influx of far-right groups and influencers attempting 'to justify the Colorado mass shooting' on social media.

December 28, 2022

Salafi-jihadist groups adapt to social media security measures in order to keep up online propaganda

ISD's Simeon Dukić discusses Salafi-jihadist groups adapting online tactics to target Albanian speakers with Balkan Insight.

December 22, 2022

Jakob Guhl: QAnon and Reichsbürger movements are “perfectly compatible”

Jakob Guh spoke to GRID about the interplay between QAnon and Reichsbürger narratives in Germany.

December 22, 2022

ISD’s Francesca Arcostanzo talks BEAM, disinformation research and monitoring major world events

ISD's Francesca Arcostanzo features in Arete News discussing our award-winning tool BEAM and its use in monitoring major events around the world.

December 20, 2022

Conspiracists resort to ‘cover-up’ narratives regarding deadly police shoot out in Australia

Elise Thomas spoke to The Guardian about the 'cover-up' conspiracies emerging online after the deadly police shoot-out.