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

July 18, 2022

Reality check for Elon Musk’s utopian dream for Twitter

ISD's Jared Holt spoke to Axios about the challenges facing Twitter as it continues negotiating with Elon Musk.

July 13, 2022

Conspiracists and nationalists support Dutch farmers’ protest against climate measures

Katherine Keneally spoke to Grid about the convergence of climate policies and conspiracies currently playing out in the Netherlands.

July 13, 2022

Documentary: The Russian-German perspective on the war in Ukraine

ISD analyst Julia Smirnova features in this documentary for SWR about the role of Russian-language propaganda amongst Russian-Germans.

July 11, 2022

‘Self-initiated terrorists’ reference the ‘Great Replacement’ in far-right attacks

ISD's Tim Squirrell featured in the VICE documentary 'The Replacement Conspiracy Inspired Mass Shootings'.

July 10, 2022

Time to restore the ‘forgotten right’

Zahed Amanullah spoke to the Times after a session on the digital world at the International Ministerial Conference on Freedom of Religion or Belief.

July 8, 2022

Vulnerabilities and red flags are crucial to the intervention of mass shootings

ISD's Head of Communications and Editorial Tim Squirrell spoke to NBC Chicago in the wake of the Highland Park shooting that left seven people dead.

July 7, 2022

Vovan and Lexus: Pranksters or political actors?

ISD's Julia Smirnova, spoke to TV magazine ARD Kontraste about Russian 'comedians' Vovan and Lexus and their relation to the Russian state.

July 6, 2022

‘Gore-posting’ and the online footprint of the Highland Park shooter

ISD's Melanie Smith spoke to NPR about the online footprint and radicalisation trajectory of the Highland Park shooter and those like him.