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 11, 2022

Podcast: The current climate disinformation ecosystem is delaying urgent climate action

Our Head of Climate Disinformation, Jennie King, along with fellow Climate Change Coalition member Michael Khoo, discuss climate disinformation.

June 10, 2022

ISD’s Jacob Davey on the mainstreaming of the ‘Great Replacement’ theory

ISD's Jacob Davey took part in a panel for The Real Story on BBC World Service discussing the dynamics driving the Great Replacement conspiracy.

June 9, 2022

Climate action sidetracked by ‘culture wars’ and delay tactics

ISD’s head of climate disinformation, Jennie King, spoke with the Guardian about our findings monitoring climate mis- and disinformation around COP26.

June 9, 2022

Podcast: Climate action up against delayism and culture wars politics

ISD’s Jennie King is a guest on The Conduit speaking about climate mis- and disinformation and the small, closing window for action we are facing.

June 9, 2022

Climate delayism narratives outperforming science-based content on Twitter, Facebook

Newsweek profiles our report on evidencing trends of mis- and disinformation identified around COP26.

May 29, 2022

New Pro-Kremlin media outlet Southern Front is targeting Russian occupied areas in Ukraine

ISD's Julia Smirnova on pro-Kremlin media outlet Southern Front disseminating misleading claims over areas in Ukraine newly under Russian control.

May 27, 2022

Conspiracists turn to familiar pattern following the Uvalde school shooting

ISD's Melanie Smith comments to Grid News about how "conspiracy theories thrive" in moments of crises like the Uvalde school shooting.   

May 26, 2022

Australians dissatisfied with election outcome turn to baseless voter fraud theories

ISD's Elise Thomas spoke with VICE News about the general conspiracist sentiment setting over Australia since the general elections in May.