Monthly Archives: July 2023

28 Jul 2023 WACC partner forum aims to develop common agenda to advance digital justice WACC project partners Africa, Asia, and the Middle East will focus on advancing digital justice in a world in digital transformation when they meet for a learning, exchange, and networking consultation on 1–3 August in Nairobi, Kenya. The gathering “Communication Rights: Towards a Digital Justice… Read more »

27 Jul 2023 Project to support Indigenous peoples’ right to freedom of expression in Guatemala A WACC project is backing efforts by the Guatemalan rights organization Asociacion Ixchel to secure Indigenous peoples’ right to freedom of expression, participation in cultural life, and equality before the law through legally sanctioned radio broadcasting. In the peace agreement that brought an end to… Read more »

24 Jul 2023 Independent investigative journalism in times of crisis Posted at 00:00h in Comment by Saskia Rowley The importance of quality, independent, investigative journalism for bringing clarity to issues cannot be overstated. During times of political crisis, the perceptions of ordinary audiences may be muddied by partisanship, and by hardship when the crisis is economic. When politics and the… Read more »

20 Jul 2023 WACC promotes communication rights at global communication research conference WACC emphasized the vital link between communication rights and pressing issues such as climate justice, migrants’ rights, gender equality, freedom of expression, and media viability at the annual conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) in Lyon, France, last week. The event brought together… Read more »

10 Jul 2023 Media viability vs. platforms for those without a public voice to be seen and heard Posted at 00:00h in Comment by Saskia Rowley Commercial media outlets around the world are struggling to stay afloat financially. This is related in part to the shift of advertising revenue away from commercial media organizations and towards social media companies like… Read more »