02 Oct 2014 When the saints go marching in
A new book by Lois M. Wilson titled “I Want to Be in That Number: Cool Saints I Have Known” was launched on 1 October...
A new book by Lois M. Wilson titled “I Want to Be in That Number: Cool Saints I Have Known” was launched on 1 October...
The theme of the Deutsche Well Global Media Forum 2015 is "Media and foreign policy in the digital age". It will explore how the culture of politics is changing,...
Indigenous peoples are being heard in New York during a week of activism on climate change, native people’s rights and indigenous philanthropy.
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Faith groups are playing a significant role in communicating the need for action on climate change in the run-up to a massive planned demonstration, interfaith conference and U.N....
The quarterly journal Media Development in its new issue highlights social, economic and communications challenges affecting the...
Open Society Foundations publishes new report investigating the forces affecting digital media and journalism in 56 countries worldwide....
To mark the International Day of Democracy on Sept. 15, 2014, WACC is calling on its worldwide network of members and partners to strengthen the voices of young people in the...
September 13 marks seven years since the United Nations General Assembly adopted the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).
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A new “truly human-centered” approach to development should include “freedom of expression and media development,” according to UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova.
...The Montréal World Film Festival’s Ecumenical Jury announced that it awarded its top prize to “Cape Nostalgia / Fushigi Na Misaki No Monoga,” directed by Izuru Naroshima of Japan.
A recent study of Palestinian media shows that women are vastly under-represented on both sides of the news report, as journalists and in the content.
...The Toronto-based IFEX network notes in a website story that the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) has been lobbying the U.N. to include access to information in the official Agenda for...
Supporters of WACC are seeing the results of its global work advancing communication rights in the 2013 annual report
...WACC-Africa and project partners identified ways to advance communication rights and gender justice at a forum on Gender and Communication in Africa at War and in Peace, held...
WACC Global Vice President Praxedis Bouwman has been awarded an honorary doctorate degree by the Academy of Ecumenical Indian Theology and Church Administration, which cited her “national and international inter-denominational...
As the U.S. debates the status of undocumented/unaccompanied migrant children at its southern border, the World Association for Christian Communication is stressing that their right to freedom of...
WACC has published a new “No-Nonsense Guide” that examines “citizen journalism and freedom of expression.”
...WACC partners with many different groups worldwide to promote communication rights by means of one-year-long initiatives under different programme areas....
Report submitted to the UN Human Rights Council paints a disturbing picture of intrusive technological surveillance.
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WACC has accepted an invitation from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) to join an advisory group preparing for the Read More
The UNESCO-initiated Global Alliance on Media & Gender (GAMAG ) has named WACC to its International Steering Committee, which will guide...
WACC has been accepted as a member of ACT Alliance, a coalition of more than 140 churches and affiliated organizations working together in 140 countries to create positive and...
The spring issue of the quarterly publication Media Development considers the art of storytelling in the context of church and of cinema.
A public presentation of the achievements of a WACC project on "Communication Rights and Marginalized People in Bolivia" took place in Toronto 23 June 2014.
Article 19, speaking on behalf of 63 civil society groups, has urged the U.N. Human Rights Council (HRC) to strengthen protections for...
Quoting hip-hop culture and poet Maya Angelou, pastor Michael W. Waters on June 19 in Toronto addressed communication rights as he reflected upon the African-American community’s struggle to...
Call for solidarity with Mauritanian human rights activist Aminetou Mint El Moctar.
...The winner of the prize for best programme at the European TV Festival of Religious Programmes 2014 was the Dutch Jewish Broadcasting network (Joodse Omroep)...
A Summer School on “Communication and Religion” is taking place 16-21 June...
The European Television Festival of Religious Programmes has begun in Hilversum, the Netherlands, exploring whether religious expression is (still) taking place in public space or whether it has...
A public presentation of the achievements of a WACC project on "Communication Rights and Marginalized People in Bolivia" will take place in Toronto on Monday 23 June 2014....
The principles of the Yemen Times newspaper are “independence – truth -- human rights advocacy -- knowledge – credibility” and Nadia Al-Sakkaf lives this credo every day in...
Pastor and preacher Michael W. Waters will be in Toronto on Thursday 19 June 2014 to speak about faith, life, and communicating today....
A Kenyan magazine, The Media Observer, in its January-March 2014 issue featured an article on a WACC-supported project that monitored gender portrayal and representation in the nation’s political news. “Are...
Embert Charles, currently President of WACC’s Caribbean Region, named to join WACC’s First Directors....
WACC presentation at Manila seminar stresses need to place communication and multimedia at the heart of the post-2015 global development agenda.
...The spring issue of the quarterly publication Media Development explores how indigenous / First Nations / aboriginal people are building their own media and communication networks. It was...
Rev. Christopher Ferguson elected next General Secretary of the World Communion of Reformed Churches....
A conference organized by the International Assembly on Orthodoxy (IAO) on the theme “Christianity – Orthodoxy and the media in the modern world” took place in Greece, 12-15...
As communities around the world observe World Telecommunications and Information Society Day (WTISD) on May 17, a grouping of Caribbean communicators has called for the establishment of a Caribbean Communications...
Religious organizations in Africa are at the front line of caring for those with HIV infection and AIDS, but they are also seeking to combat the social stigma...
Caminhos da paz (Paths of peace) directed by Sol de Carvalho has won the SIGNIS-WACC Human Rights Award 2013. The film highlights the role of the...
Help a rural women's communication project in Haiti to take place and earn a bonus.
...The Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) furthers issues of justice for women on an international scale and fits with the mission of such organizations as...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) has congratulated the Brazilian people on the adoption by the Chamber of Deputies of the
The history of an international organization can be complex: numerous streams flowing together to form a single river. And then there are the rocky stretches and cascades. Follow...
The Religion Communicators Council (RCC) - celebrating its 85th anniversary - has been promoting faith perspectives in public discourse since 1929. The council is the oldest public relations professional organization in...
Peace Direct, an international organization that supports the voices of local peace builders, has published a unique interactive map that locates peacebuilding groups in Burundi in order to get a...
CAMECO (Catholic Media Council), a consultancy specializing in media and communications, on March 31 began facilitating an 11-day online debate on how to generate income towards achieving...
WACC is currently trying to help REFRAKA, a community media group, to animate and give confidence to rural women in communicating their needs and concerns....
UNESCO Report paints a picture of change and disruption to media freedom, pluralism, independence and the safety of journalists brought on by technology and, to a lesser extent,...
The Women’s Media Center (WMC), in its Status of Women in the U. S. Media 2014 report, found that men still dominate print, broadcast and digital media. While noting barriers...
Human rights defenders from Bangladesh have called the international community’s attention to the severe
persecution of Bangladesh’s religious and ethnic minorities. Religious extremism, fundamentalism and lack of security are cited as...
Sharon Bhagwan Rolls, who is passionate about implementing Section J of the Beijing Platform for Action to advance women’s political and social...
Fiji-based Citizens Constitutional Forum (CCF), a WACC corporate member, is calling on the people of Fiji to promote a culture of peace, tolerance and coexistence among ethnic groups...
WACC members approve new governing documents prior to submission to Industry Canada to renew WACC's incorporation.
...California-based filmmaker Jennifer Lee, a 2015 Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) Ambassador, will be presenting her film...
Church press agency Protestinfo responds to attacks on its integrity following the publication of a study called “Creationist teaching: Public education displays its discomfort”....
Sharon Bhagwan Rolls, executive director of FemLINKPACIFIC in Fiji and a WACC partner, on March 11 accepted the 2014 Women of Distinction Award from the Read More
WACC announces a Summer School on “Communication and Religion” that will take place 16-21 June 2014 in Toronto, Canada....
In February 2014 the Committee to Protect Journalists released its annual analysis of Attacks on the Press, including a “Risk List” of the places where press freedom suffered...
Please help support a project for rural women in Haiti to make community radio programs! Run by WACC partner REFRAKA, it will bring women's voices to the attention of local...
Celebrate International Women's Day by participating in efforts to raise awareness about gender equality in and through the media, drive debate, and encourage action-oriented solutions until global objectives are met.
...St. Paul University, Ottawa, Canada, plans to launch a new graduate program on “Ethics and Religious Beliefs in the Media” before September 2014....
Gustavo Andújar has been elected as the new President of SIGNIS, one of WACC's international partners. It is the first time the association has a president coming from Latin America.
...An unusual conversation in the style of a TV chat show took place during the SIGNIS Congress 2014 in Rome, Italy, which concluded on 27 February. Called “A...
Hans Hodel has been presented with a trophy in recognition of the Honorary Life Membership conferred on him by WACC’s Board of Directors late last year. ...
“Media for a culture of peace: Creating images with the new generation” is the theme of the SIGNIS World Congress 2014 taking place 25-27 February in Rome, Italy....
California-based filmmaker Jennifer Lee -- one of the inaugural group of “ambassadors” for the WACC-coordinated Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) 2015 –...
Internews Community Radio Network (CRN) stations in South Sudan have made heroic efforts to remain on air and keep their listeners informed about rapidly changing events during the...
Targets and indicators for opening up civic space to the best and most creative ideas and actions to help achieve sustainable development post-2015 proposed by the Article 19.
...The Ecumenical Jury at the 64th Berlinale (6-16 February 2014) awarded its main prize in the Competition to the film Stations of the Cross directed by Dietrich Brüggemann, Germany/France 2014.
...World Radio Day 2014 was marked on Feb. 13 with a number of commemorations. UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova, in her message for World Radio Day 2014, called...
Extraordinary General Meeting to be held at the head office of the Association (308 Main Street, Toronto M4C 4X7 Canada) on 18 March 2014 commencing at 14:00 local...
African Freedom of Expression Exchange deplores the current state of attacks, arrests, detentions, incarcerations and harassment meted out to professional journalists in many countries on the continent....
A number of media and social-justice organizations such as Amnesty International, Access and Free Press, are dedicating Feb. 11 as “The Day We Fight Back” against mass surveillance...
African media can and should do more to tell the story of climate change, according to a new UNESCO publication....
Civil society organisations around the world call on United Nations to put government accountability and independent media at the centre of a new framework for global development.
...“True Harmony,” a Christian song of peace, has acquired a new life in the South Pacific, to communicate its message to the world. The anthem came from a...
Sharon Bhagwan Rolls, executive director of FemLINKPACIFIC in Fiji and a WACC partner, has been awarded the 2014 Women of Distinction Award from the NGO-Committee on the Status...
This year's World Radio Day is very important for WACC partner FemLINKpacific, which is using it to launch a series of events leading up to the 10th anniversary...
The WACC-coordinated fifth Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP), scheduled for 2015, will inaugurate the concept of “International GMMP Ambassadors,” who will represent the regions in which the GMMP...
The list of small projects being supported by WACC in 2014 includes a Brazilian group that challenges racist and sexist stereotypes in that country’s media, a center in Zimbabwe that...
Concerned citizens protesting in Cairo, Egypt. Photo: MEI. WACC deplores the escalating violence taking place in Egypt and the deteriorating political situation. It calls on media practitioners inside and outside the country...
Global communication organizations call for freedom of media in post-conflict Syria.
...Greater freedom and internet access for citizens has been met with increased state control, systematic surveillance and censorship of the web....
The latest version of Take Back the Tech! campaign is evaluating its 16 Days of Activism to End Gender Violence. The campaign, which ran from Nov. 25-Dec. 10,...
Media outlets face retribution if they appear to take sides....
Time to come clean about the politicization of science....
Global e-waste could reach annual levels of 65.4 million tonnes by 2017....
Supporting professional formation for the Church's ministry in communications....
Survey finds reportage of rural poverty issues by Nigerian print media is relatively low.
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