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

July 1, 2025

ISD analysts warn against overapplying the label of nihilistic violence

ISD’s Steven Rai and Cody Zoschak break down the rising threat of nihilistic violence (and how mislabelling could make it worse) for Just Security.

June 30, 2025

Kremlin and far-right tactics fuel online attacks on German Chancellor Merz

ISD's Pablo Maristany de las Casas speaks with German Press Agency about sources behind a surge in false claims targeting German Chancellor.

June 26, 2025

Toronto Star highlights ISD’s dispatch on the rise of anti-South Asian bigotry in Canada

ISD’s latest dispatch exposing a sharp rise in anti-South Asian hate in Canada was featured in the Toronto Star.

June 23, 2025

ISD’s Katherine Keneally on tracking the rise of political violence in the US

ISD’s Katherine Keneally spoke to Vox about political violence in the US—and the growing challenges in tracking, understanding and responding to it.

June 15, 2025

ISD’s Katherine Keneally speaks to The Washington Post on rising political violence in the US

Katherine Keneally, ISD’s director of threat analysis and prevention, was featured in a Washington Post article on the rise in political violence.

June 12, 2025

ISD highlights information operations trends and AI use amid LA protests

ISD spoke to media outlets about a rise in conflicting narratives surrounding the LA riots.

June 6, 2025

Anti-LGBTQ+ posts surge in relation to offline events

ISD's analysis on rising anti-LGBTQ+ posts relation to offline events, particularly targeting trans individuals, is featured in Bloomberg.

June 4, 2025

Palm Springs bombing highlights challenges of detecting nihilistic violence

ISD’s investigation on the rise of nihilistic violence was cited in a recent Los Angeles magazine article.