Who makes the news in 2025? What progress has been made towards gender equality in and through the media over the past three decades? Given the evidence, what critical shifts...
WACC Europe’s board reaffirmed that advancing digital justice – including responsible AI – and tackling rising polarization will stay at the forefront of its agenda, following its hybrid meeting last...
“Civic space enables civil society to play a role in political, economic and social life,” Media Development editor Philip Lee writes in “Integrity and Trust Underpin the Digital Sphere,” the...
When a woman was elected as the new member of parliament for my area, I was appalled at the misogyny and abusive comments levelled at her personally whenever she posted...
WACC’s regional association in Asia recently hosted an online discussion on how faith communities can respond to the rapid development of artificial intelligence. WACC Asia secretary Trudy Bandara reports on...
Digital justice advocates need to get ahead of the technological curve and reclaim the digital agenda for all. This is the conclusion of WACC's latest Conversation Circle in the wake...
A WACC-supported team of 11 community media reporters is on the ground at the United Nations climate change conference COP30. Their mission? To unpack why communication justice must be at...
Media literacy is the first and most important step to address communication rights challenges like misinformation, polarization, and misuse of AI. Yet media education must also be tailored to the...
We all can take control and make a difference when it comes to digital justice. And being media literate is an important first step. In this regional reflection for UNESCO...
A WACC Conversation Circle on 6 November aims to strengthen collective action for a more just digital future in the wake of the 20-year review of the United Nations' World...
When ChatGPT was first unveiled as a publicly accessible application in November 2022, I was skeptical of the general usefulness of generative artificial intelligence (AI). Even more, I was concerned...
Revd Dr Albert van den Heuvel, who has died in Amsterdam, Netherlands, at the age of 93, was President of WACC 1996-2002. Van den Heuvel was present in 1975 at the...
Today WACC is launching Module 2 of Just Digital! The next level of this fun, self-paced e-course invites both individuals and groups to explore the ethical issues of our digital...
Amid escalating global clampdowns on civic space and ruthless legal attacks on journalists and the media, Trust Conference 2025 asked a pressing question: Is it too late to save democracy,...
In the bustling alleys of Mar Elias, a Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon, a quiet revolution is unfolding. For decades, the voices of Palestinian refugee women and girls, along with...
The "You Are Not Alone" project, led by Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants (APMM) with support from WACC and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), continues to amplify migrant...
Three decades after governments pledged transformative change for women through the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, progress towards gender equality in and through the world news media continues to...
Who makes the news in 2025? What progress has been made towards gender equality in and through the media over the past three decades? What can be done to address...
“Very hands-on and a great learning experience,” is how Esta Yee sums up her summer internship as a project and research assistance with WACC’s Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP). Joining the...
With “Artificial intelligence: Friend or foe?” WACC’s quarterly journal takes a communication rights lens to the digital technology that is re-shaping our world.Artificial intelligence is here to stay, notes Media...
George Conklin, who has died aged 93, was a long-serving member of the North American Broadcast Section of WACC (NABS-WACC) and of WACC North America. George’s LinkedIn page described him as...
Who hears the people’s voices at a United Nations global policy summit? For Kemly Camacho from Sulá Batsú Cooperative, a WACC partner in Costa Rica, the recent World Summit on...
How can a United Nations global policy summit become a more truly inclusive, multistakeholder platform? For Laine McCrory, a graduate student in communication and culture at York University and Toronto...
Who is a United Nations global policy summit designed for and whose voices have priority? Xian Guevarra from the Computer Professionals’ Union, a WACC partner in the Philippines, brought a...
What does it mean for a grassroots advocate for communication rights to attend a United Nations global policy summit? For Patience Zirima from Gender and Media Connect, a WACC partner...
A WACC partner in Zimbabwe is promoting media freedom and gender equality in and through the media by addressing barriers to digital inclusion faced by women journalists in Southern Africa.The...
In times of crisis, communication must be recognized as a fundamental right and integrated as an essential service, with priority given to local, community-led approaches, panelists agreed at a WSIS+20...
Communication must be recognized not merely as a tool for development, but as a human right that is central to human dignity, agency, and justice, WACC General Secretary Philip Lee...
Local and global voices for digital justice were at the forefront of a WACC side event to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)+20 on Tuesday co-organized by the...
Laine McCrory, a graduate student at York University and Toronto Metropolitan University, has been selected by the WACC North America (WACC-NA) Regional Executive Committee as the recipient of its scholarship...