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 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.

July 3, 2022

Aoife Gallagher: Social platforms lack the ‘will’ or ‘ability’ to tackle misinformation

ISD analyst Aoife Gallagher commented to The Independent about how current response efforts to misinformation are not enough. 

July 3, 2022

Pro-Kremlin campaign blaming EU, US on food security crisis gains traction in Africa

ISD’s Moustafa Ayad spoke to Bloomberg about the pro-Kremlin narratives being deployed in Africa to redirect blame for the global food crisis.