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

October 8, 2022

GOP gubernatorial candidate claims she is prepared for office thanks to her media career

Tudor Dixon, who pushed conspiracy theories on her show 'Real America News', is aiming to unseat Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

October 8, 2022

Ciarán O’Connor on Musk and Zelenskyy’s Twitter “tussle”

ISD's Ciarán O'Connor analyzed Elon Musk's and President Zelenskyy's "master" use of social media in an op-ed for the Irish Examiner.

October 7, 2022

Workaround Russian propaganda sites slipping through EU bans

ISD's Jordan Wildon spoke to VICE about our report on Russian state-media workarounds to circumvent the EU ban.

October 4, 2022

High-stakes trial against Oath Keepers’ Jan. 6 “armed rebellion” begins

Extremism expert Jared Holt discussed the stakes of the court case against the militia group and the federal government with USA Today.

October 4, 2022

Facebook’s autogenerate feature is creating business pages for extremists

ISD's Moustafa Ayad spoke to Yahoo News about how FB's autogenerate feature benefits Islamist extremists.

October 3, 2022

How platforms’ systems contributed to the rise of manosphere influencer Andrew Tate

ISD's Tim Squirrell spoke to Nicky Woolf for Tortoise's Slow News podcast, discussing the rise of manosphere influencer Andrew Tate.

September 29, 2022

Salutes & chants: Trump embraces QAnon in the lead up to the 2022 midterm elections

ISD's Jared Holt speaks to USA TODAY and Insider about Trump's loyal QAnon supporters.

September 29, 2022

Trump re-energizes QAnon community just weeks ahead of the midterm elections

Senior Research Manager Jared Holt features in VICE News' article about Trump's recent activity endorsing the QAnon community.