Rev. Karin Achtelstetter installed as WACC General General Secretary

[Worldwide Faith News <wfn@igc.org>]

 In this issue: The Rev. Karin Achtelstetter installed WACC General
Secretary, October 5, during WACC's annual Executive committee meeting
held in Toronto, Canada.

> Also in this issue:

WACC calls for new project partnership proposals.

WACC Deputy General Secretary addresses Gender and Media Summit.

2010 Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) report: Who Makes the
News? launched.

"Who makes the news in the newsroom?" GMMP Roundtable.

WACC supports SECRADâ??s call for fair and just representation of
people with disabilities.

Cover photo: The Rev. Karin Achtelstetter (Photo by Richard Choe, for
WACC).

> **Global News**

<http://www.waccglobal.org/component/content/article/2452:wacc-calls-for-
 new-project-partnership-proposals.html

WACC calls for new project partnership proposals

Communication partners are invited to submit Concept Notes for
projects starting 1 July 2011 or later. The application process
consists of two stages. Stage One: Concept Notes. Applicants are
invited to complete a short form based on the criteria for project
support. The deadline for projects commencing in or after 1 July 2011
is January 30, 2011. Read more...
<http://www.waccglobal.org/component/content/article/2452:wacc-calls-for-ne
 w-project-partnership-proposals.html

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 chtelstetter-installed-wacc-general-secretary-.html

The Rev. Karin Achtelstetter installed WACC General Secretary

By Teresia Mutuku, Communications Officer and Web Manager, WACC

The Rev. Karin Achtelstetter, was installed new General Secretary of
the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC), October 5,
during its annual Executive committee meeting held in Toronto, Canada.
â??Celebrating and giving thanks for communication leadership in its
many expressions reminds us of WACCâ??s history and its uniqueness?
this reminds us where we come from, enables us to reflect on our
present and prepares us for the future,â?? said Achtelstetter in her
inauguration speech. Read more...
<http://www.waccglobal.org/component/content/article/2428:the-rev-karin-ach
 telstetter-installed-wacc-general-secretary-.html

<http://www.waccglobal.org/component/content/article/2438:wacc-deputy-gen
 eral-secretary-addresses-gender-and-media-summit.html

WACC Deputy General Secretary addresses Gender and Media Summit

The Deputy General Secretary of WACC, Lavinia Mohr, has reiterated
that women are still significantly underrepresented and misrepresented
in news media coverage despite significant change since the Global
Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) - coordinated by WACC- began 15 years
ago. Mohr was addressing the fourth Southern African Gender and Media
Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, October 13. The theme of the
Summit is Gender and Media, Diversity and Change: Taking Stock. Her
keynote speech was based on the 2010 Global Media Monitoring Project
(GMMP) report: Who Makes the News? released by WACC, 29 September
2010. Read more...
<http://www.waccglobal.org/component/content/article/2438:wacc-deputy-gener
 al-secretary-addresses-gender-and-media-summit.html

<http://www.waccglobal.org/component/content/article/2433:carlos-valle-ma
 de-honorary-life-member-of-wacc.html

Carlos Valle made Honorary Life Member of WACC

By Philip Lee, WACC Deputy Director of Programs

At a ceremony held on Tuesday 5 October 2010 Rev. Carlos A. Valle,
former General Secretary of WACC, was awarded Honorary Life Membership
in recognition of his services to Christian communication.

Carlos Valle, a Methodist minister from Argentina, served as WACCâ? ?s
General Secretary 1986-2001. Previously he served on the Executive
Committee of WACC's Latin America Region, WACC's Board of
Directors and as a pastor in Methodist congregations in Argentina.
Read more...
<http://www.waccglobal.org/component/content/article/2433:carlos-valle-made
 -honorary-life-member-of-wacc.html

<http://www.waccglobal.org/component/content/article/2432:putting-a-face-
 to-peace-communication.html

> Putting a face to peace communication

By Philip Lee, Deputy Director of Programmes, WACC

In a lecture titled "Facing Peace" held at the WACC headquarters
on Tuesday 5 October 2010, Dr. Jolyon Mitchell of the University of
Edinburgh, Scotland, explored the many different faces of violence and
peace in public communication. Taking as his theme the visible and
invisible faces of violence in art and the mass media, his lecture
ranged from Picasso's painting of Guernica, the Pulitzer
prize-winning photo of young girl running away from napalm bombing
during the Vietnam war, Rwanda during the 1994 genocide, South Africa
during apartheid, to television news coverage of the Iraq and
Israeli-Palestine conflicts. Read more...
<http://www.waccglobal.org/component/content/article/2432:putting-a-face-to
 -peace-communication.html

<http://www.waccglobal.org/component/content/article/2436:film-award-goes
 -to-documentary-on-afghanistan.html

Film award goes to documentary on Afghanistan

By Philip Lee, WACC Deputy Director of Programmes

The WACC-SIGNIS Human Rights Award 2010 has been given to the
documentary The Garden at the End of the World, directed by Australian
film-maker Gary Caganoff. The film explores the legacy of devastation
and trauma in Afghanistan and illustrates the tragic consequences of
war and the widespread hunger, homelessness and lawlessness that it
causes. In particular, it shows the impact on the lives of widows and
orphans, who now number tens of thousands. Read more...
<http://www.waccglobal.org/component/content/article/2436:film-award-goes-t
 o-documentary-on-afghanistan.html

> **Programme updates**

<http://www.waccglobal.org/component/content/article/2456:day-of-persons-
 with-disabilities-in-bolivia.html?Itemid=158

Day of persons with disabilities in Bolivia

People with disabilities in Bolivia have to face extraordinary
difficulties and are usually among the most excluded sectors of
society. This has an impact in the way the media perceives and
represents them and usually media portrayal is unfair and unjust,
according to a statement issued by WACC's project partner, SECRAD
(The Servicio de Capacitacion en Radio y Television para el
Desarrollo in Bolivia) to commemorate the Day of Persons with
Disabilities in Bolivia, October 15. Read more...
<http://www.waccglobal.org/component/content/article/2456:day-of-persons-wi
 th-disabilities-in-bolivia.html?Itemid=158

<http://www.waccglobal.org/component/content/article/2448:communication-r
 
ights-help-samwaki-to-fight-hiv-aids-related-stigma-and-prejudice.html?Item
 id=158

Communication rights help WACC partner to fight HIV-AIDS related
stigma and prejudice

By María Teresa Aveggio, Programme Manager, WACC

A WACC partner, the Suati ya Mwanamke Kijijini- Samwaki, is the
runner up for the African Network for Strategic Communication in
Health and Development, AfriComNet, Award of Excellency for its use of
communication in the struggle to fight the spread of HIV/AIDS and the
stigma people living with HIV/AIDS face in their daily lives.
AfriComNet, an association of health and development practitioners
that reside, work, or have a primary interest in Africa, grants awards
every year to recognise outstanding contributions made by individuals
and organisations in the field of strategic HIV/AIDS communication.
Readmore...
<http://www.waccglobal.org/component/content/article/2448:communication-rig
 
hts-help-samwaki-to-fight-hiv-aids-related-stigma-and-prejudice.html?Itemid
 =158

<http://www.oecumene.radiovaticana.org/en1/Articolo.asp?c=428355

Who makes the News? An interview by Radio Vatican

Following the publication of the 2010 Global Media Monitoring Project
(GMMP) report <http://www.whomakesthenews.org/
: Who Makes the News? WACC's Deputy General Secretary, Lavinia Mohr,
was interviewed by Susy Hodges of Vatican Radio about the findings of
the report. To listen to the interview, go to:
http://www.oecumene.radiovaticana.org/en1/Articolo.asp?c=428355

To see what others are saying about the report, go to:
http://www.whomakesthenews.org/

<http://www.waccglobal.org/component/content/article/2430:women-see-modes
 
t-gains-in-world-news-media-portrayal-coverage-still-betrays-significant-ge
 nder-bias.html?Itemid=161

Women see modest gains in world news media portrayal, Coverage still
betrays significant gender bias

Women are still significantly underrepresented and misrepresented in
news media coverage, according to Global Media Monitoring Project
research in 108 countries coordinated by the World Association for
Christian Communication, despite significant change since the project
began 15 years ago. 76% of the people heard or read about in the
world's news are male. The world seen in news media remains largely
a male one. Read more...
<http://www.waccglobal.org/component/content/article/2430:women-see-modest-
 
gains-in-world-news-media-portrayal-coverage-still-betrays-significant-gend
 er-bias.html?Itemid=161

> **Regional News**

<http://www.waccglobal.org/component/content/article/2425:women-and-the-m
 edia-roundtable-draws-a-crowd.html

WACC North America: "Who makes the news in the newsroom?" GMMP
Roundtable

By Rebekah Chevalier, Vice-President, WACC-North America

A packed room of 250 journalism students and professors participated
in the roundtable on the Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) held
in New York City on Sept. 20, 2010.The event was jointly sponsored by
the World Association for Christian Communication- North America
region and St. John's University, New York. Read more...
<http://www.waccglobal.org/component/content/article/2425:women-and-the-med
 ia-roundtable-draws-a-crowd.html

<http://www.waccglobal.org/component/content/article/2424:wacc-europes-ne
 xt-assembly-to-be-held-in-frankfurt-from-30-march-6-april-2011-.html

WACC Europe's next Assembly to be held in Frankfurt from 30 March-6
April 2011

By María Teresa Aveggio, Programme Manager

WACC-Europeâ??s Steering Committee met in Tallinn, Estonia, 8-10
September in the premises of Estonian Public Broadcasting (EER), a
public funded radio and television network created in June 2007. EER
includes 5 national radio channels and 2 television channels. WACC's
Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP 2010), the SIGNIS-WACC European
Television Festival held in Berlin last June and the next WACC-Europe
assembly were on the agenda during the two-day meeting. Read more...
<http://www.waccglobal.org/component/content/article/2424:wacc-europes-next
 -assembly-to-be-held-in-frankfurt-from-30-march-6-april-2011-.html

> **Videos**

<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNVhMHsc0io

> WACC Executive Committee members on YouTube

The WACC Executive Committee members concluded their five-day annual
meeting October 6, 2010, in Toronto Canada. At the end of the meeting,
the members sent out greetings and goodwill messages via YouTube.
Watch the video here? <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNVhMHsc0io

> Who makes the news?

The 2010 Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) report: Who Makes the
News? was launched September 29, 2010. The video outlines findings of
the project research since it was launched in 1995. GMMP report 2010
shows that 76% of the people heard or read about in the worldâ??s news
are male, 24% are female, compared to 17% in 1995. To watch the video
go to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts7O8MMoRXw&feature=player_embedded

> **Pictorial news**

**Installation ceremony of the Rev. Karin Achtelstetter, new General
Secretary of WACC**

> (Photos by Richard Choe, for WACC)

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WACC President, Dennis Smith, congratulates the Rev. Karin
Achtelstetter.

Former General Secretaries; Rev. Carlos A. Valle (left) and Randy
Naylor (right) vesting the General Secretary's shawl on Rev. Karin
Achtelstetter.

WACC Vice President, Praxedis Bouwman, along with former General
Secretaries, congratulates Rev. Achtelstetter

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Left-Right: out-going General Secretary, Randy Naylor , WACC ­Latin
America Regional Secretary, Vilma Peña and WACC President Dennis
Smith at the installation ceremony.

Left-Right: Rev. Karin Achtelstetter, Rev. Carlos A. Valle and
Praxedis Bouwman at the installation ceremony.

WACC Asia President, Rev Dr Samuel Wilson Meshack, congratulates Rev.
Achtelstetter.

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WACC Africa President, Rev Achowah Umenei, congratulates Rev.
Achtelstetter

Out-going General Secretary, Randy Naylor, addressing the WACC
Executive Committee members

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