14 Feb 2022 On the Screen MD 2022/1
Lübeck (Germany) 2021 At the 63rd Nordic Film Days Lübeck (November 3-7, 2021), the INTERFILM Jury awarded the Church Film Prize, endowed with €5,000 x by the Evangelical Church District Lübeck-Lauenburg,...
11 Feb 2022 ‘I’m only 22, but it feels like my life is over,’ says Afghan woman journalist
by Ruchi KumarNearly four months later, Sara Hussaini, is still unable to come to terms with the new and harsh reality that has emerged since her country fell into the...
07 Feb 2022 Tackling Digital Colonialism
Civil Society in the South needs to be empowered to prevent a new “Scramble for Africa” as tech giants seek to access and monetize data in countries with weak data...
01 Feb 2022 ACT Alliance urges Trudeau to lift restrictions on humanitarian aid to Afghanistan
ACT Alliance, global coalition of more than 150 churches and church-related organizations in over 140 countries, has urged Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to remove legal barriers that prevent Canadian humanitarian...
26 Jan 2022 WACC announces new Strategic Plan
WACC's Board of Directors has approved a new Strategic Plan for 2022-2026, intended as a foundation for its network worldwide "to take a leadership role that advances communication rights in...
24 Jan 2022 Media coverage of migrants, refugees can and must be better
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A former refugee from Syria is urging journalists to avoid the narrative that portrays refugees as succeeding "despite being a refugee" or "despite (their) background," and to recognize instead that...
24 Jan 2022 ‘Journalist’ or ‘Activist’?
In a recent training session for current and would be journalists, a repeated question came up – can a journalist be an activist? Or – asked with even more urgency...
20 Jan 2022 Radio production with ‘decolonizing approach’ seeks to change discourse in Bolivia
Nearly 200 years after its founding, Bolivia continues to grapple with racism and discrimination exacerbated, in part, by political forces vying for power. Much of the discrimination has been directed...
18 Jan 2022 WACC project trains journalists to transform coverage of migrants, refugees
Three WACC Regional Associations are collaborating on a pioneering initiative to help journalists cover refugee and migration issues "ethically and accurately," to enable refugees and migrants speak out on their...
10 Jan 2022 New threat to human rights in Putin’s Russia
Russia’s supreme court has ordered the closure of Memorial International, the country’s oldest human rights group. Memorial has joined a growing list of investigative news outlets, journalists, and rights organisations classed...