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

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.

June 18, 2021

Aoife Gallagher speaks on the misinformation storm surrounding the death of George Nkencho in Ireland

ISD's Aoife Gallagher is featured in a story by BBC News Africa following the death of George Nkencho and the misinformation storm that ensued.

June 18, 2021

Far-right tactics to undermine the German federal election

ISD's work monitoring social media platforms in the lead up to the German Federal Election this September is featured in a POLITICO article.