In this issue: WACC President, Dennis Smith, and General Secretary, Randy Naylor, were among six leaders conferred Doctor of Divinity (Honoris Causa) by the Academy of Ecumenical Indian Theology and Church Administration.

Also in this issue:

• WACC North America sponsors GMMP Roundtable in New York City.
• Radio gives expression to indigenous communication rights in Southern Mexico.
• ICTs training brings luster to the lives of marginalised women and girls.
• Women in media in Bangladesh.
• Political power, technology and mass media.

In this issue: The Rev. Karin Achtelstetter is appointed new General Secretary of WACC. 

Also in this issue:

• Randy Naylor accepts call to serve congregation.
• GMMP 2010 report to be launched in September.
• New press law gives sweeping powers to military regime.
• WACC North America sponsors GMMP Roundtable in New York City.
• Communication rights of people with disabilities.
• Communication at the heart of church work and mission.
• Dangers of environmental reporting.

In this issue: WACC photo competition winners have been announced. The winner is Chetan Soni, a news Photographer for a National Hindi daily, DainikBhaskar.The theme of the competition was Communication and Poverty.

Also in this issue:

• “Becoming WACC: Milestones on the road”
• International religious leaders Summit.
• Resources to combat HIV-related stigma.
• Online radio helps raise Bangladesh’s indigenous voices.
• Asia Communication Sunday 2010
• UN sets dates for civil society input to MDGs Summit

This special issue focuses on WACC’s participation in the RCCongress 2010, a once-a-decade multi-faith forum of communicators of religion, held in Chicago, April 7-10. It was attended by over 500 communicators.

In this issue:

• WACC installs three new Honorary Life Members.
• Emerging global trends in religious communication.
• Impact of communication technologies on religious communication.
• NABS-WACC remembers 40 years.

Also in this issue:

• WACC exchanges best practices with UK-based agencies.
• WACC-North America Executive Committee meeting: Video postcards.

In this Issue:  WACC’s summary report on Haiti.

Also in this issue:

• Preliminary report of the 2010 Global Media Monitoring Project launched in New York.
• Changing Leadership in WACC.
• WACC participates in Berlin film festival.
• WACC to participate in RCCongress 2010.
• WACC annual photo competition.

In this Issue: WACC's appeal for Haiti.

Also in this issue:

• WACC annual photo competition launched.
• GMMP preliminary results to be released in March.
• WACC and DFID support fight against HIV-AIDS Stigma.
• New WACC North America Executive Committee elected.

In this Issue: WACC's Director of Programmes speaks about  the Global Media Monitoring day. Over 15,000 news stories were analysed in some 130 countries.

Also in this issue:

• WACC introduces a new process for applications for project support.
• WACC's concern on climate change.
• Environmental journalists censored and assaulted.

Cover photo: GMMP Monitoring in Dominican Republic.

• GMMP materials available in Arabic for the first time!
• Measuring Change in Media Development.
• WACC sponsors documentary screening at RCC2010.
• A video interview with Doreen Spence, a renowned campaigner for indigenous people’s rights.
• The Chair of WACC-Asia speaks about regional priorities in a video interview.

• WACC on Facebook and YouTube!
• Media play key role in poverty reduction.
• Report on WACC-North America Peace Monitoring Project.
• Democratization of Argentina’s audiovisual communications gets a hearing.

• WACC DVD, communicating for peace, is on sale.
• WACC is recruiting a Fundraising Coordinator.
• Strengthening peace communication capacities in Nepal.
• WACC Caribbean elects new Regional Executive Committee.
• Good governance and media: A development partnership?.

• WACC calls for submission of project partnership proposals .
• WACC-Asia celebrates “Communication Sunday”.
• WACC releases DVD on communication and peace.
• Groundbreaking document links freedom of expression and equality.

Cover photo: A student being honored for participating in a speech competition during the Asia communication week.

• WACC calls for volunteers for its upcoming Global media monitoring day.
• WACC calls for action to solve environmental problems.
• WACC supported Telecentre connects rural communities in Fiji.
• Revitalizing a media reform movement in Canada.

Cover photo: Rural communities in Fiji learning how to use the internet and other ICTs at a Telecetre supported by WACC.(Photo by: Ecumenical Centre for Research, Education and Advocacy, Fiji)

• WACC calls for restoration of media freedom in Fiji.
• Christian journalists call for effective use of Internet for evangelism.
• WACC Africa defines three-year programme
• WACC supported documentary facilitates national process of truth and reconciliation.

Cover photo: The winning photo for WACC's annual photo competition, 2005. It was submitted by Frederick Omondi from Kenya.

In this Issue: Religious communicators moved by screening of Reel Bad Arabs

Also in this issue:

• WACC addresses Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, which concludes “not enough news coverage of women”.
• WACC supported documentary continues to receive international recognition
• Extensive interest in WACC project support.
• Venezuela's media is caught in a vicious circle.

In this Issue: WACC Statement on International Women’s Day !

Also in this issue:

• Peace journalism can challenge impunity!
• WACC hosts a seminar on "on-line" advocacy.
• WACC’s photo competition gets competitive.
• WACC-Asia Region promotes Communication for Peace.
• WACC invites letters to the editor.

Cover photo:  Marilyn McKim, Urgent Action Coordinator for Amnesty International Canada, addressing a seminar on “on-line” advocacy at WACC. (Photo by Carole st. Laurent).