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

September 13, 2022

Hungary’s conservative right approves ‘fetal heartbeat’ statute further complicating abortion access

DW draws on ISD findings over Hungary's role in a 'global network' against sexual and reproductive rights.

September 12, 2022

Inside NAFO: The meme collective countering Kremlin talking points online

POLITICO's investigation into the online pro-Ukraine collective NAFO features ISD research. 

September 12, 2022

The case of Enoch Burke and how media coverage can play into the hands of extremists

ISD's Ciarán O'Connor wrote an op-ed about Enoch Burke's case and how the media might be playing into the hands of extremist groups.

September 12, 2022

Pro-Kremlin narratives look to stir social unrest in Germany ahead of energy crisis

ISD's Julia Smirnova features in DW speaking on the concerns around Russian influence operations exploiting fears and sowing social unrest in Germany.

September 10, 2022

Analyst Aoife Gallagher challenges anti-trans rhetoric in op-ed

ISD's Aoife Gallagher wrote an op-ed about the mainstreaming of anti-trans rhetoric and its inherent roots in far-right ideology.

September 10, 2022

The 1972 Munich Olympic Games attack informs current counter-terrorism efforts

In a new documentary, Julia Ebner analyses the counter-terrorism failures and outcomes of the 1972 Munich Olympic Games attacks.

September 8, 2022

Jared Holt: Trump is openly promoting QAnon theories and supporters on Truth Social

In The Daily Beast, ISD's Jared Holt argues it's a mistake to give Donald Trump plausible deniability for promoting QAnon on Truth Social.

September 7, 2022

Kremlin-linked accounts use beauty influencer imagery to target men with disinformation

Newsweek has featured findings from Moustafa Ayad's research published in Propaganda Primping: The ‘Kremlinistas’ of Twitter.