12 May 2021 Experts debate on communicative justice in the digital age What the MacBride Commission might have to say “about inclusion, exclusion, and social progress in the world taken over by digital technologies of all kinds” is the focus of the latest issue of Media Development, WACC’s quarterly journal, according to its editor Philip Lee, who is also WACC’s… Read more »
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05 May 2021 Research on gender equality in the news is critical and it needs more funding Sarah Macharia, co-ordinator of WACC’s Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) has underscored the importance of funding gender data building initiatives such as the GMMP and the recently launched Comparing Gender and Media Equality Across the Globe (GEM) report and dataset saying, “there’s a… Read more »
03 May 2021 In the battle of giants, who to root for? Posted at 00:00h in Comment by Saskia Rowley The tech headlines in the past week have marked the growing data privacy battle between Apple and Facebook. The latest update to iPads and iPhones includes an App Tracking Transparency feature which will force app developers to ask users permission… Read more »
30 Apr 2021 Indigenous media suffer from lack of funding, representation Indigenous media practitioners on April 29 underscored the need to galvanize a movement that would ensure that Indigenous peoples worldwide can exercise their right to “establish their own media and have access to all forms of non-Indigenous media without discrimination” as stated in Article 16 of the UN Declaration… Read more »
29 Apr 2021 WACC launches virtual resource hub for inclusive, ethical migration reporting The number of people who live in a country other than the one in which they were born is growing. “While many individuals migrate out of choice, many others migrate out of necessity,” according to the UN, which put the number of migrants globally at about 272… Read more »
27 Apr 2021 Indigenous Peoples share ecological knowledge in WACC-supported documentaries Posted at 10:00h in News by Marites (Tess) Sison “This is broom grass. This is one of the holy plants for bonpo (shamans),” says a Tamang Indigenous bonpo speaking in his own peoples’ language, as he points to a lush plant with large, narrow green leaves that taper to… Read more »
23 Apr 2021 WACC strengthens migrants’ community radio network in Colombia In light of the many health and economic challenges affecting migrants everywhere, WACC is proud to announce its continued support for a network of community radio stations working to meet the information and communication needs of Venezuelan migrants in Colombia. Venezuelan migration represents the biggest humanitarian crisis in the… Read more »
