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

December 19, 2022

Major e-commerce sites profiting and facilitating the sale of extremist-themed merchandise

Yahoo News covered ISD findings on how major e-commerce sites facilitate and profit from the sale of products promoting hate and extremism.

December 14, 2022

Is the Colorado shooter “trolling” the LGBTQ community?

Clara Martiny comments on the Colorado shooter's pronoun choice could be a way of further "marginalizing" and "dehumanizing" the LGBTQ community.

December 13, 2022

Scepticism around the Colorado shooting suspect’s pronoun choice

ISD's Jared Holt spoke with NBC News about the "immediate" scepticism he felt when he heard the Colorado shooting suspect identified as nonbinary.

December 12, 2022

The plot to overthrow the German government, explained

Jakob Guhl explains the plot to overthrow the German government and its links to the QAnon conspiracy theory.

December 9, 2022

A judge, an aristocrat & other high society members among suspects arrested over coup plot in Germany

ISD's Jakob Guhl commented to Reuters on the Reichsbürger raid that resulted in 25 arrests for allegedly plotting to overthrow the German government.

December 9, 2022

Instagram & TikTok suggested abusive hashtags related to US female candidates, ISD finds

ISD analysis found TikTok and Instagram prompted abusive hashtags to users searching for female political candidates in the 2022 US midterms.

December 8, 2022

Russian connection to foiled coup plot to overthrow the German government

ISD Research Manager Jakob Guhl provided some context to Newsweek in their investigation on the Reichsbürger group's connections to Russia.

December 4, 2022

UK census reveals a drop in Christianity in England & Wales, far-right reacts

ISD researchers spoke to Euronews about the far-right's reaction to UK census data showing Christianity is no longer the majority religion.