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

February 16, 2021

Telegram and the post-organisational extremism paradigm

An article by the SPLC draws on analysis from ISD to explain the changing dynamics of right-wing extremist activity.

February 10, 2021

Podcast: Aoife Gallagher discusses QAnon global reach on Al Jazeera’s The Take

Aoife Gallagher features in this episode of Al Jazeera's The Take: 'How did the QAnon conspiracy go global?'

January 28, 2021

Cécile Guerin writes for Wired about the yoga world, antivaxxers and QAnon believers

Cécile Guerin writes for Wired about the increasing presence of conspiracy theories, anti-vaxx and QAnon narratives in the wellness community.

January 25, 2021

New QAnon conspiracies about Trump spread on TikTok

Aoife Gallagher is quoted in a Rolling Stone article on the increasing convergence between QAnon and the anti-government Sovereign Citizen movement.

January 18, 2021

Chloe Colliver on CNN’s Don Lemon Tonight

ISD's Chloe Colliver speaks on CNN's Don Lemon Tonight about the Capitol Hill riots.

January 14, 2021

Trump’s post-Jan 6 speech fails to convince MAGA nation to back down

Following the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, Chloe Colliver provides insight to POLITICO about the continued activity of right-wing extremists.

December 29, 2020

Amarnath Amarasingam on the ability of some conspiracy theories to mitigate violent mobilisation

Amarnath Amarasingam outlines how pro-Trump conspiracy theories may have actually discouraged postelection violence in an op-ed for Slate Magazine.

December 18, 2020

QAnon narratives spread on Facebook despite ban

Research from ISD and NewsGuard about the spread of QAnon narratives on Facebook is exclusively covered by the New York Times.