WEBINAR: The Media and I.S. Returnees: Gender, Bias and Perceptions

This webinar brought together Times journalist Anthony Loyd, Sara Shaban, Assistant Professor of Journalism at Seattle Pacific University,Dr. Vera Mironova, Research Fellow at Harvard University and Myriam Francois, journalist, filmmaker and writer to discuss the role the media has played in creating narratives around the individuals that left to join militant groups in Syria and Iraq. News agencies and journalists have prioritised the stories of the radicalised, the violent and the extreme, as well as the paths of those that come out the other side. But how far has this focus had an impact on the situation on the ground?