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

June 30, 2020

How Covid-19 spread QAnon in Germany

Jakob Guhl, Coordinator in Policy & Research, contributed to this story on Coda about the sprawling movement which centers on an alleged “deep state.”

June 30, 2020

White supremacists openly organize racist violence on Telegram, report finds

Jakob Guhl talks to CNN about Telegram and its white supremacist problem.

June 22, 2020

Undercover im Nazi-Chat

Jakob Guhl, Coordinator in Policy & Research was interviewed for this ZDF exposé of right wing activity on the Telegram chat platform.

May 12, 2020

Extremists seizing on the pandemic to push their own political agendas

Chloe Colliver is quoted in POLITICO about how COVID-19 is providing a global rallying cry for conspiracy theorists and far-right extremists.

May 11, 2020

How Coronavirus has changed the world: Chloe Colliver on BBC Click

Chloe Colliver features in an episode of BBC Click that looks at the rise of disinformation during the coronavirus pandemic.