By Staff on June 04, 2019 A scene from Fe en la Resistencia (Faith in the Resistance Movement). Photo: Screenshot from the documentary’s trailer on YouTube WACC and the World Council of Churches (WCC) are hosting the screening of Fe en la Resistencia (Faith in the Resistance Movement), a documentary on the role of churches and faith communities in resisting the… Read more »

By Staff on May 30, 2019   GMMP and its concept of global monitoring of women’s images and representation in the news media was “groundbreaking,” says Glory Dharmaraj, U.S. GMMP coordinator and WACC North America president. Photo: Contributed The #MeToo movement has “brought to light some of the gender violence directed against women,” and Glory Dharmaraj wonders whether this would have… Read more »

By Staff on May 28, 2019 Claudia Padovani, who has been a Global Media Monitoring Project coordinator since 2000, teaches media and education, and is director of the Interdepartmental Center for Gender Studes at the University of Padova, in Padua, Italy. Photo: Contributed The Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) has become a “reference point” for Claudia Padovani’s teaching, research and advocacy… Read more »

By Staff on May 23, 2019 Hillary Nicholson has been involved with WACC’s Global Media Monitoring Project since its inception in 1995. Photo: Contributed  ( This is the second in a series of articles about veteran volunteers for the Global Media Monitoring Project.) For Hillary Nicholson, the Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) has provided useful data that has helped her organization,… Read more »

By Staff on May 21, 2019   Image: Gerd Altmann from Pixabay  New President congratulates outgoing directors and welcomes the new Board WACC’s recently elected global President, Embert Charles, has assumed his role at the head of the organization’s new Board of Directors. The Board will serve a four-year term 2019-2023. The Board will also count on the services of Dr… Read more »

By Staff on May 21, 2019 WACC will be featured in the highly-anticipated DW Global Media Forum scheduled May 27-28 in Bonn, Germany. More than 2,000 media professionals, policymakers, and movers from politics and civil society, culture and education, business and science – representing 140 countries –  are expected to attend the conference. The theme, “Shifting powers,” will explore “the impact… Read more »

By Staff on May 16, 2019   Karen Ross is GMMP regional coordinator for Europe. Photo: Contributed Every five years since 1995, the Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) has counted on hundreds of volunteers around the world to take a “snapshot” of their country’s media to see how men and women are portrayed and represented in the news. Organized by WACC,… Read more »

By Staff on May 16, 2019   Following the election of Embert Charles as WACC President and Stephen Brown as WACC Treasurer, a new Board of Directors has been appointed commencing June 1, 2019 for a four-year term. “I am very much looking forward to working with the new Board, whose collective experience and skills will help WACC steer a firm… Read more »

By Staff on May 15, 2019   The 1/2019 issue of Media Development  goes in search of the missing Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) that “underpins all the other SDGs.” What’s been missing? Goal 18, Communication for All, argues the editorial and the essay, Shrinking Civic Space and Sustainable Development. In 2014, an Open Working Group of government representatives created to identify… Read more »

Stephen Brown will serve another term as treasurer of WACC. WACC’s Board of Directors named Brown as treasurer from 2019 to 2023. He served in the same capacity from 2015-2019. “WACC plays a vital role in promoting social justice based on everyone’s right to communicate openly and democratically about decisions and events that affect their lives,” said Brown, reacting to… Read more »