Barish Center for Media Integrity
The Barish Center for Media Integrity at FDD addresses the national security threats posed by misinformation campaigns and influence operations waged by foreign adversaries against the United States and allied democracies.
A key part of the Center’s activities is a Media Fellowship for mid-career journalists, social media content creators, and strategic communications professionals. The fellowship provides educational programing and professional development opportunities to help media professionals gain a deeper understanding of the intersection between media, strategic communications, public diplomacy, misinformation, disinformation, and national security. Upon joining the program, Media Fellows join FDD’s National Security Network of more than 600 mid-career practitioners.
The Center supports research into how foreign adversaries, both nations and non-state actors, use influence operations to advance their strategic goals. This focus includes both investigative journalism and technical research to identify and examine manipulation campaigns carried out by foreign adversaries. Through this research, the Barish Center for Media Integrity develops specific, actionable recommendations for defending against these national security threats.
Products
What the “Voice of Gaza” Chose Not to Tell the World
In a wide-ranging interview lasting more than three hours with the Arabic-language podcast Taqarob, photographer Motaz Azaiza discussed his work in Gaza and what went on behind the scenes of local media coverage. His admissions about self-censorship, Hamas repression and the withholding of footage from October 7 challenge his image as the “perfect correspondent” and raise questions about the ethics of Western media.
Atlantico
Confronting Authoritarians around the Globe
Foreign Podicy
Security Challenges in the Western Balkans
Briefing delivered to the Counter-Kleptocracy Caucus
House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe
Russian Command and Control in Information Warfare and Reflexive Influence
Implications or NATO and Counter-Reflexive Control
NATO C2COE
Why Congress Should Tear Down USAGM’s Firewall
As US adversaries clog global airwaves, US-funded media should advance US interests around the world.