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

October 16, 2023

Far left, far right antisemitism likely to rise amid Israel-Hamas conflict

POLITICO features our Explainer on far-left antisemitism, explaining how there has been a long history of conflating Jews, Zionism and Israel.

October 15, 2023

Disinformation around climate change largely targeting solutions, not denying global warming

ISD's Jennie King spoke to NPR about how climate solutions such as the 15-minute city urban planning model are under attack from conspiracy theorists.

October 10, 2023

Social media platforms inundated with unverified claims about Israel and Gaza

ISD's Executive Director for AMEA, Moustafa Ayad, told NPR about the dangers of unverified sources being left to gain traction around Israel and Gaza.

October 10, 2023

The role of Tucker Carlson in Russian state media’s propaganda strategy

In an op-ed for the Moscow Times, ISD's Elise Thomas discusses Tucker Carlson's ubiquity in Russian media despite not working for or with state media.

October 9, 2023

Europol and EU leads removal of over 2,000 terrorist content posts on TikTok

Spanish outlet Newtral cited an ISD investigation In reporting on efforts against terrorist and violent extremist content on TikTok.

September 16, 2023

Julia Ebner on the ‘conspiracy mentality’: How it starts and how it evolves

ISD’s Julia Ebner spoke to RNZ about how extremist ideas and conspiracy mentalities are becoming mainstream and what is causing it.

September 13, 2023

Huberta von Voss and Julia Ebner discuss freedom of the press, the far right and conspiracy theories

ISD Germany's Executive Director, Huberta von Voss and extremism expert Julia Ebner discuss freedom of the press and the far-right on a NDR broadcast.

September 12, 2023

Anti-LGBTQ+ protests in Ireland shift focus from libraries to schools, curriculums and educators

In an op-ed for the Irish Examiner, ISD's Ciarán O'Connor covers a recent shift among Irish anti-LGBTQ+ protestors to target schools and educators.