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 22, 2026

ISD’s Milo Comerford discusses new documentary on the Com at UK Parliament

ISD’s Milo Comerford joined an expert panel discussing the findings of the documentary and how to further prevent online violence targeting children.

October 9, 2026

Scam advertisements promoting concealed carry permits target vulnerable populations

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

Recent Media mentions

February 1, 2024

Nikki Haley faces escalating racist attacks as she emerges as Trump’s last GOP primary rival

ISD's Jared Holt spoke to NPR's All Things Considered about Trump's attacks against Nikki Haley's identity and the strategy behind them.

February 1, 2024

Katherine Keneally on Justin Mohn: The case “illustrates the severity of the threat posed by anti-government extremism”

ISD's Director of Threat Analysis and Prevention, Katherine Keneally, spoke to WIRED about a gruesome murder apparently inspired by conspiracism.

January 30, 2024

Violent anti-immigrant riots in Dublin in November, fuelled by misinformation, hate and extremism

ISD Senior Analyst Ciarán O’Connor spoke to BBC Radio 4 about the 23 November riots in Dublin city centre following the stabbing of three children.

January 28, 2024

Cécile Simmons on France’s “dangerous game with abortion rights”

Cécile Simmons' Guardian op-ed highlights how Macron's 'demographic rearmament' plan may have validated anti-abortion narratives.

January 26, 2024

‘Project 2025,’ what it is and what it could mean if Trump wins office

ISD Senior Research Analyst Jared Holt discusses Project 2025, who is behind it and what is at stake on the Daily Beast's The New Abnormal podcast.

January 23, 2024

The UK government bans Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir

ISD’s Rashad Ali talked to Tortoise Media about the UK government’s decision to designate Islamist group Hizb-ut Tahrir as a terrorist organisation.

January 21, 2024

Hannah Rose on the connection between antisemitism and the targetting of LGBTQ+ people

ISD Analyst Hannah Rose spoke to the Guardian about the antisemitic, anti-LGBTQ+ ideology behind the October 2022 attack at a Bratislava LGBTQ+ bar.

January 19, 2024

‘Cross-pollination’, far-right figures in Ireland and the UK influence each other on anti-immigrant activity

ISD Senior Analyst Ciarán O’Connor spoke to the Times about "cross-pollination" between the far-right in Ireland and the UK on anti-immigrant activity