WACC and the World Council of Churches (WCC) have launched a key resource to address tech-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) and are inviting individuals and groups to become part of a...
WACC and the World Council of Churches (WCC) are combining networks and expertise to create an equal online space for all.Join the two global organizations on 12 September for the...
WACC has received with sadness the announcement of the closing of ALC News, the pioneering ecumenical communication agency for Latin America and the Caribbean based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. After 30...
The climate emergency is a challenge of such magnitude that we tend to forget that solutions are often found at the local level and in unexpected places. Such is the case...
Constructive journalism has an important role to play both within and without conflict situations, editor Philip Lee says in the 3/2024 issue of Media Development, WACC’s quarterly journal.Such communication can...
How to regulate social media platforms effectively has become the quest of liberal and illiberal governments alike. The one to eradicate hate speech, and the other to control rebellious populations. The...
Media Development 2024-3 Communication in Conflict Situations Exploring the notion that constructive journalism can engender greater understanding by those on the outside of the situation, as well as greater trust by those...
Peter Prove The first casualty of war is truth. This familiar adage has been attributed to many authors, from Chinese military strategist and philosopher Sun Tzu (c.544BC – c.496) and ancient...
Deutsche Welle Rousbeh Legatis is a peace and conflict researcher, former UN correspondent and international consultant on the role of journalists as actors in conflict transformation processes. In a 2019 interview...
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) The media shape how the public perceives the risks posed by hazards; these perceptions in turn influence the set of strategies for the...