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

October 9, 2026

Scam advertisements promoting concealed carry permits target vulnerable populations

Straight Arrow covered ISD's recent Dispatch on scam advertisements and interviewed Analyst Will DiGravio.

October 6, 2026

Recent German state elections show Russian information operations’ renewed focus

September 28, 2026

Islamic State’s decentralized digital ecosystem

September 23, 2026

Voters increasingly rely on AI for election questions, raising concerns about information accuracy

September 4, 2026

NBC, NYT, POLITICO and more feature ISD’s report on AI chatbot responses to election questions

September 2, 2026

Canada must modernize school violence prevention amid diverse threat environment

August 19, 2026

Crisis over migration in Europe reveals dangers of manipulated online information

July 14, 2026

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

July 8, 2026

The serious threat posed by Patriot Front

Recent Media mentions

March 1, 2021

Violent anti-lockdown protests in Ireland: Aoife Gallagher on RTÉ Radio 1

Aoife Gallagher discusses how the the Gardaí handled anti-lockdown protests in Ireland on Saturday, 27 February, on RTÉ Radio 1.

February 16, 2021

Telegram and the post-organisational extremism paradigm

An article by the SPLC draws on analysis from ISD to explain the changing dynamics of right-wing extremist activity.

February 10, 2021

Podcast: Aoife Gallagher discusses QAnon global reach on Al Jazeera’s The Take

Aoife Gallagher features in this episode of Al Jazeera's The Take: 'How did the QAnon conspiracy go global?'

January 28, 2021

Cécile Guerin writes for Wired about the yoga world, antivaxxers and QAnon believers

Cécile Guerin writes for Wired about the increasing presence of conspiracy theories, anti-vaxx and QAnon narratives in the wellness community.

January 25, 2021

New QAnon conspiracies about Trump spread on TikTok

Aoife Gallagher is quoted in a Rolling Stone article on the increasing convergence between QAnon and the anti-government Sovereign Citizen movement.

January 18, 2021

Chloe Colliver on CNN’s Don Lemon Tonight

ISD's Chloe Colliver speaks on CNN's Don Lemon Tonight about the Capitol Hill riots.

January 14, 2021

Trump’s post-Jan 6 speech fails to convince MAGA nation to back down

Following the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, Chloe Colliver provides insight to POLITICO about the continued activity of right-wing extremists.

December 29, 2020

Amarnath Amarasingam on the ability of some conspiracy theories to mitigate violent mobilisation

Amarnath Amarasingam outlines how pro-Trump conspiracy theories may have actually discouraged postelection violence in an op-ed for Slate Magazine.