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What ails multilateralism today? One common thread is communication injustice.
AI is accelerating decline of trust in independent news. Time to step up for trusted journalism.
When the rapid advancement of generative AI threatens journalism, it is a threat to democracy and democratic values itself. On World News Day and beyond, we must support trusted journalism.
“Radio gets there first” – Community communicators make the case for local media as climate infrastructure
At Festival Compartilhe, WACC partners from four Latin American countries described how climate disinformation lands in their territories – and launched a new WACC publication advocating for community communication to be funded as climate infrastructure. Climate disinformation is no longer mainly about denying that the...
AI and the social gospel: Reclaiming a moral voice for advocacy
What can churches learn from the Christian response to the Industrial Revolution as artificial intelligence reshapes our societies? That question drove the latest WACC Europe Discussion, “AI and the Social Gospel: Reclaiming a Moral Voice for Advocacy,” led by Christian social ethicist Professor Kate Ott....
New WACC resource: Why climate justice requires democratic communication
A new WACC resource makes the vital link between climate justice and communication rights, outlining how the climate crisis is also a communication crisis that demands investment in community-led communication ecosystems. Filling the Infrastructure Gap: Why we need democratic communication and information to achieve climate...
The solution to everything?
A free press may not be the solution to everything for a just, sustainable planet, but it is an essential ingredient.
Project develops tools for ethical, rights-based media coverage of violence against women
A WACC-supported project in Mexico has placed media’s social responsibility for gender-sensitive reporting – particularly of violence against women – onto the public agenda.
From the bottom up: Rethinking climate communication
We need a new approach to climate communication – a bottom-up perspective that understands communication as a right.
Symbolic and significant, the journey continues: Caribbean media, WACC, and the age of AI
Caribbean media organisations are approaching issues like AI with a deliberate regional lens, reflects WACC President Embert Charles.
AI, Caribbean storytelling, and finding my place: Reflections from a young media professional
Leon Lewis found an opportunity to learn, contribute, connect, and see himself as part of the wider Caribbean media community at the 2026 CBU assembly.
In memoriam Jörg Becker (1947-2026)
WACC is saddened to learn of the death of Professor Jörg Becker, a long-time WACC associate. The fields of mass and political communication are the poorer for his passing.
Digital sovereignty: Only path to our common digital future, says new Media Development
People and communities must have a say in the design and development of digital technologies and in the policies that regulate them.
Discover new video resources on digital rights to inspire advocacy
Get inspired to take action for digital justice with the presentations from the international symposium "Our Common Future: Advocating for Digital Rights and AI Accountability."
Media Development 2026-3 online magazine and pdf
Media Development 2026-3 Our common digital future: By the people, for the people Today’s dependency on digital technologies is a given. The issues now are how to use them for the common good, how to mitigate their dangers and potential for harm – especially AI...
On the Screen (MD 2026/3)
Oberhausen (Germany) 2026 At the 72nd International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 28 April to 3 May 2026 two ecumenical juries, appointed by INTERFILM and SIGNIS, awarded prizes in the International Competition and the International Children’s and Youth Film Competition. The Prize in the International Competition...
Women’s Human Rights, Gender Equality and AI
Statement The Global Alliance on Media and Gender (GAMAG), the UNESCO UniTWIN Network on Gender, Media and ICT and the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) urge the UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance and the AI for Good Summit to commit to an AI...
World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2026
The following summary of the WSIS Forum 2026 outcomes, held in Geneva, Switzerland, 6-10 July, was issued by the ITU Secretariat. The first Forum since the WSIS+20 Review carried a single, unmistakable message: the time for commitments has passed, and the decade of implementation has...
III Festival Juntanza: Por la comunicación desde Nuestra América
Gissela Dávila Cobo El debate, la reflexión y el intercambio de experiencias fue la tónica del III Festival JUNTANZA, desarrollado en Quito, en las instalaciones del Centro Internacional de Estudios Superiores de Comunicación para América Latina, CIESPAL, evento en el que se pudo colocar en...
Weaving the digital web: Africa’s sovereign AI, community networks, and the ethos of Ubuntu
Rebecca Ryakitimbo The African continent stands at a technological crossroads. As the global race for Artificial Intelligence dominance intensifies, Africa is moving beyond the role of a passive consumer of algorithms. Instead, a continent-wide movement is emerging, one that seeks to reclaim sovereignty over data,...
A strategic window for digital justice
Christina Dahl-Jensen Digital technologies have become central to political authority, economic organisation and social life worldwide. Artificial intelligence now accelerates this transformation, creating new opportunities for health, education and governance while simultaneously amplifying inequality, enabling surveillance and eroding civic space. The period from 2026 to...
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