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27 Sep 2026 AI is accelerating decline of trust in independent news. Time to step up for trusted journalism.

Posted at 20:20h in Blog, Communication Rights, News

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25 Sep 2026 “Radio gets there first” – Community communicators make the case for local media as climate infrastructure

Posted at 17:48h in Climate Justice, News, One Year Projects

At Festival Compartilhe, WACC partners from four Latin American countries described how climate disinformation lands in their territories – and launched a new WACC publication advocating for community communication to be funded as climate infrastructure.Climate disinformation is no longer mainly about denying that the climate...

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25 Sep 2026 AI and the social gospel: Reclaiming a moral voice for advocacy

Posted at 12:39h in Digital Justice, News, WACC Europe

What can churches learn from the Christian response to the Industrial Revolution as artificial intelligence reshapes our societies?That question drove the latest WACC Europe Discussion, “AI and the Social Gospel: Reclaiming a Moral Voice for Advocacy,” led by Christian social ethicist Professor Kate Ott.Ott teaches...

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23 Sep 2026 New WACC resource: Why climate justice requires democratic communication

Posted at 19:55h in Climate Justice, News, One Year Projects, Resources

A new WACC resource makes the vital link between climate justice and communication rights, outlining how the climate crisis is also a communication crisis that demands investment in community-led communication ecosystems.Filling the Infrastructure Gap: Why we need democratic communication and information to achieve climate justice...

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21 Sep 2026 The solution to everything?

Posted at 08:00h in Comment, Communication Rights

A free press may not be the solution to everything for a just, sustainable planet, but it is an essential ingredient....

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11 Sep 2026 Project develops tools for ethical, rights-based media coverage of violence against women

Posted at 19:46h in Gender, News, One Year Projects

A WACC-supported project in Mexico has placed media’s social responsibility for gender-sensitive reporting – particularly of violence against women – onto the public agenda....

27 Sep 2026 AI is accelerating decline of trust in independent news. Time to step up for trusted journalism.

25 Sep 2026 “Radio gets there first” – Community communicators make the case for local media as climate infrastructure

25 Sep 2026 AI and the social gospel: Reclaiming a moral voice for advocacy

23 Sep 2026 New WACC resource: Why climate justice requires democratic communication

21 Sep 2026 The solution to everything?

11 Sep 2026 Project develops tools for ethical, rights-based media coverage of violence against women

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