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).

In this Issue: WACC launches its annual Photographic Competition. This year’s theme of the competition is “portraying gender”.  

Also in this issue:

• Peruvian citizens demand better TV
• Tools for fighting HIV and AIDS stigma in Northern Uganda.
•  Reminder for submission of project applications
• UNIFEM partners with WACC for the Global Media Monitoring Project.

Cover photo:  WACC's project partners in Peru working on communication and peace.

• WACC’s statements on Human Rights day and World Aids Day.
• Community advocacy improves women’s lives in Benin.
• New WACC president speaks about Violence against women.
• Documentary reveals atrocities in El Salvador.

Cover photo: WACC New President, Dennis Smith attending a meeting at WACC offices in Toronto, 9-11 December 2008. (Photo by Tim Meadley, WACC).

In this Issue: WACC’s Congress 2008 ends with a unanimous call for peace around the world by 300 participants drawn from 73 countries.  A declaration issued by the participants underscores communication as the key means of overcoming inequalities and injustices that give rise to conflicts and violence. 

• Congress resolutions
• Congress recommendations
• Closing ceremonies
• An interview with WACC’s new President, Dennis Smith.

• “Mute journalism” is debated.
• Un documentaire titré « Reel Bad Arabs ».
• Mujeres latinoamericanas hablan sobre el poder femenino.
• Building peace in Papua New Guinea through media advocacy.