News fatigue is an age-old phenomenon. Not only do media have a reputation for “moving on” after a catastrophe, but readers, listeners, and viewers have a tendency to get bored. Sadly, extended calamities – the drought in the Horn of Africa, the war in Ukraine...
To promote awareness about the care and sustainable management of natural resources, especially in rural and peasant communities in Venezuela, WACC has supported a project aimed at strengthening the programming and production capacity of community radio stations, particularly in stories related to gender and the...
The news media need to reconsider their “run-of-the-mill approach” to reporting on gender-based violence (GBV) if they wish to become part of the solution to this lingering global issue, said Sarah Macharia, WACC programme manager for gender and coordinator of the Global Media Monitoring Project...
Take a quiz to test your knowledge of digital justice. Solve a crossword puzzle based on the theme of digital technology. Or watch a video about how communication can advance social justice in a digital age.As part of their campaign to raise awareness and promote...
Seventy-one Indigenous communicators from 17 community radio stations in Honduras and Guatemala have received extensive training on how to develop new content about issues affecting remote communities as part of a project supported by WACC and Cultural Survival, a US-based NGO. The project also provided specialized...
The World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) is a non-governmental organisation that builds on communication rights in order to promote social justice. We believe that everyone has the right to communicate and to be in communication, in the same way that they have the right...