WACC Europe has elected a new Regional Executive Committee (REC) during its once-every-four-years Assembly, held as part of as joint seminar organised with the Conference of European Churches from 10-12 April in Helsinki and Stockholm and on board the M/S Gabriella.
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Truth, human dignity and non-violence are three universal principles that ought to “shape and define communication rights in a divided world,” said Philip Lee, general secretary of the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC)....
About 50 Christian communicators are expected to gather April 10-12 in Helsinki to address the global phenomena of hate speech and disinformation.
...Living in a post-truth era, where people disregard facts or cherry-pick those that bolster their own beliefs, is the biggest challenge facing communication rights of people around the world, says Piet Halma, one of WACC’s honorary life members for 2018....
Two international church film and media organizations presented an honorary award to Dieter Kosslick, renowned director of the Berlin International Film Festival, during an ecumenical reception in Berlin February 10....
A television film dealing with how eight Dutch monks remaining in a monastery originally built for 120 decided to move to Schiermonnikoog, an island in the north of the Netherlands, has been awarded the prize of the international jury at the 19th European Television Festival...
WACC Europe has been very active in recent months and we want to take this opportunity to offer information about our most recent activities:
...Murri Selle - “an indefatigable supporter of WACC’s mission.”
...The 2017 WACC-SIGNIS European Television Festival of Religious Programmes will take place in Paris, 14-17 June 2017 – the 19th such festival since the first was held in Monte Carlo in 1969.
...New project to assess media portrayal of refugees in Europe and promote their rights to speak on their own behalf....