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

July 7, 2026

Canada’s local elections face growing foreign interference risks

ISD-US' Managing Director for Transatlantic Policy and Programming David Salvo warns of foreign threats to Canadian elections in The Globe and Mail.

June 23, 2026

ISD’s Katherine Keneally featured on CBC about Montreal shooter’s manifesto

ISD's Katherine Keneally speaks to CBC about manifesto left behind by the suspected Montreal shooter.

June 19, 2026

Iranian regime’s propaganda pushes message of US defeat

ISD's Moustafa Ayad and Krysia Sikora broke down the recent wave of Iranian propaganda for The Hill.

June 18, 2026

How citizen journalists fell foul of anti-migrant rioters in Southampton

ISD's Sid Venkataramakrishnan spoke to the BBC about the role citizen journalists played in the anti-migrant riots in Southampton.

June 15, 2026

Russian information operations target Keir Starmer with conspiracy theories

Keir Starmer stood at the center of a conspiracy theory that began with a handful of X accounts and was eventually circulated by Russian state media.

June 9, 2026

ISD analysis featured after wave of UK violence

A wave of anti-immigrant violence erupted across Belfast after a knife attack Monday night.

June 5, 2026

Russia’s information operations target Armenia amid elections

Russia recently launched aggressive information operations targeting Armenia amid their recent elections.

May 31, 2026

ISD’s Guy Fiennes speaks to ABC on the rise of Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiya

ISD's Guy Fiennes spoke to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation about the rise of the previously unknown "Islamic Resistance" network.