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

January 14, 2021

Trump’s post-Jan 6 speech fails to convince MAGA nation to back down

Following the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, Chloe Colliver provides insight to POLITICO about the continued activity of right-wing extremists.

December 29, 2020

Amarnath Amarasingam on the ability of some conspiracy theories to mitigate violent mobilisation

Amarnath Amarasingam outlines how pro-Trump conspiracy theories may have actually discouraged postelection violence in an op-ed for Slate Magazine.

December 18, 2020

QAnon narratives spread on Facebook despite ban

Research from ISD and NewsGuard about the spread of QAnon narratives on Facebook is exclusively covered by the New York Times.

December 17, 2020

Op-ed: Jakob Guhl on online extremism in German-speaking countries for GNET

Jakob Guhl writes about online extremism in German-speaking countries during the COVID-19 pandemic.

December 15, 2020

Australia’s far-left: A security threat?

Mario Peucker and ISD's Jacob Davey write for ABC (Australia) on whether Australia’s radical left pose a national security threat.

November 25, 2020

Milo Comerford on the behaviour of extremist groups during the pandemic

Milo's Comerford's article for the Institute of Economics and Peace on the behaviour of extremist groups during the pandemic.

November 2, 2020

Chloe Colliver on coordinated inauthentic behaviour on Faceboook

Chloe Colliver is quoted in The Forward on Iranian-linked coordinated inauthentic behaviour targeting users on Faceboook.

October 27, 2020

Despite cries of censorship, conservatives dominate social media

ISD's research work featured heavily in this article in Politico on how a small number of conservative users routinely outpace their liberal rivals .