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 »

12 Jun 2023 Migrants and refugees in the media Posted at 16:22h in Comment by Saskia Rowley According to a recent report (The Guardian, 19 May 2023), the BBC has commissioned a study on whether a broad range of viewpoints on migration are being reflected in all aspects of its immigration coverage. Samir Shah, who contributed to the UK government’s… Read more »

Power is at play when it comes to the question of whose stories, both individual and collective, are preserved as public memory, says Editor Philip Lee in “Archival Justice: Unfinished Business,” the latest issue of Media Development. In his editorial Lee notes that “what is archived or retained in political, economic, and social structures — including languages and the media… Read more »

01 Jun 2023 WACC Board of Directors moves to strengthen mission of communication for all Posted at 16:54h in News by Terri R. Miller WACC’s newly appointed international Board of Directors determined steps to strengthen the organization’s mission to promote communication rights as a cornerstone for more just societies when it met in London, UK, on May 10–12. Under the… Read more »