WACC member and former director Gotson Pierre of Haiti has been designated an “information hero” by the media freedom organization Reporters Without Borders. For the first time, Reporters Without Borders has published a list of profiles of “100 information heroes” for
Peter Prove is stepping down as executive director of the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (EAA) on 30 April 2014, after leading the global Christian alliance for advocacy and policy engagement for the past four years, according to an EAA news release. Sara Speicher has...
International conference participants issue declaration against "Incitement to Hate and Violence through Media."
...The 18th European Television Festival of Religious Programmes, to take place June 11-14 in Hilversum, the Netherlands, will examine whether religious expression is taking place primarily in private or in the public arena, according to organizers....
As the recent IPCC report confirms, how the science of climate change is communicated is a significant factor in public understanding of the issues involved and may well contribute to inertia around policies to tackle it. Those responsible for content in mass media,...
In 2005, Internews conducted its first digital safety training seminar, with journalists in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Since then, Internews has trained and collaborated with hundreds of journalists and bloggers around the world on digital security issues, according to a story on its website.
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