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.
...The Toronto-based IFEX network notes in a website story that “there are far too many countries where news and content providers constantly face a very special and formidable form of...
The Rev. Romi Márcia Bencke, general secretary of the National Council of Christian Churches of Brazil (CONIC), was honoured on Dec. 12 with a Human Rights Award presented to her...
Article 19 joins with four NGOs to argue that access to information is central to the post-2015 development agenda....
Japan’s legislature, the Diet, on Dec. 6 passed a highly contentious state secrets protection bill into law, despite protests from the opposition, the public and church leaders....
Panel reviews communication rights, community radio and role of journalists in advancing social and economic justice.
International human rights organisation ARTICLE 19 publishes report on freedom of expression and ICTs.
...Tireless ambassador for the role of film in society and for advancing human values and human rights....
The latest issue of WACC's international journal Media Development (4/2013) takes the theme "Building alliances for gender and media"....
Publication examines importance of media and entertainment in advancing a nonkilling world...
With bright colours and many photos, WACC’s new web site is vibrant and dynamic....
In the spirit of promoting gender equality in the Media, UNESCO and partners have launched a video calling for action on gender equality and women's empowerment in and through media...
Communication rights were highlighted at the 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC) during a workshop given on Wednesday 6 November. Moderated by WACC President Dr....
WACC’s new logo will be presented at the Oct. 28 annual general meeting of members in Busan, South Korea, after members of the Executive Committee reviewed it at...
The IFEX network notes that the reality of the modern world is that governments have greater capabilities to carry out invasive surveillance of citizens, no matter...
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WACC to join with WCC to sponsor four teams of eight community radio journalists to take part in the WCC 10th Assembly in Busan, Korea.
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Agencia Latinoamericana de Información (ALAI) has published "Democratizar la palabra: Movimientos convergentes en comunicación" ("Democratizing the word:Converging movements in communication"), a...
SIGNIS, the World Catholic Association for Communication, announced that due to escalating uncertainty brought about by the civil war in Syria and at the request of local hosts, it...
The United Nations Population Fund in Belarus said it has published in Russian the Resource Kit for Gender-Ethical Journalism developed by WACC and theInternational Federation of Journalists (IFJ). The material was...
The General Secretary of the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC), Rev. Dr Karin Achtelstetter, has congratulated the Rev. Dr Julia Helmke upon her election as president of the International...
WACC partner Globethics.net said it is looking for ideas, reactions and proposals related to its new discussion paper, "Ethics in the Information Society: the Nine 'P's. A Discussion Paper for the...
The Canadian-based organization Open Media International announced on May 16 that it is launching an international coalition called "Our Fair Deal," seeking to counter the potential restrictions on the Internet posed...
In Myanmar, Agape Community Services went to the Kalay-Kabaw Valley, one of the highest risk areas of HIV transmission in the country, to design a project that would be a...
The theme of World Press Freedom Day 2013 is “Safe to Speak: Securing Freedom of Expression in All Media”. How can WACC members and partners help bring about such a...
The 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC), where the theme will be “God of life, lead us to justice and peace,” will take place in Busan, Republic...
Estela de Carlotto — subject of a film that was awarded the SIGNIS-WACC Human Rights Award — on 24 April met Pope Francis and urged him to open the Vatican Archives...
An interesting article has appeared on the web site of ifex, the global network defending freedom of expression.
The United Nations Population Fund in Belarus is translating into Russian the Resource Kit for Gender-Ethical Journalism published by WACC and the International Federation of Journalists(IFJ), which is already available in English,...
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11 Apr 2013 Nigerian press center partners with WACC on media monitoringThe International Press Centre (IPC) in Lagos, Nigeria, in partnership with the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC), announced the start of a 12-month media monitoring project designed to improve media... 09 Apr 2013 Leading ecumenist the Rev. Dr. Emilio Castro dies in UruguayThe World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) is saddened to learn of the death of the Rev. Dr. Emilio Castro, a former general secretary of the World Council of Churches... 07 Apr 2013 WACC workshop explores concept of critical media practiceDr. Sarah Macharia, WACC Programme Manager for Media and Gender Justice, presented a workshop at the Religion Communicators' Council (RCC) convention in Indianapolis, which ran from April 4 to 6, exploring... 02 Apr 2013 Cultural Survival to host webinar about community radioCultural Survival, an organization that partners with indigenous peoples to defend their lands, languages and cultures, announced it will be hosting a webinar on April 8 on the topic... 26 Mar 2013 State “Enemies of the Internet” monitor journalists, activists
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