The Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP), WACC’s flagship initiative since 1995, will receive the Donald H. McGannon Award at the United Church of Christ’s 37th annual Everett C. Parker Ethics in Telecommunications Lecture and Awards Breakfast October 17, in Washington,...
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Walk around any city and your face will be caught on camera and might even be added to a facial-recognition database. That data can now be processed in real-time. Regulations about how it can be used are minimal and generally weak.
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A
survey conducted by UNESCO has found that 125 of the UN’s 193 member
states have enacted right to information laws or similar provisions.
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There was a mantra among communities and businesses when foreign goods and huge chain stores started crowding out small, local operations. “Buy local” was the cry.
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Fifty young Kankuamos, Wiwas,
Koguis, and Arthuacos recently took part in a media production and
communication rights training organized by Tayrona Estereo, an Indigenous community radio station in Colombia.
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Radio Newa FM, a community
radio station based in Kirtipur, Nepal, has launched a series of field
visits and dialogues on Indigenous heritage and Indigenous rights across
the Kathmandu Valley....