WACC North America sponsors GMMP Roundtable in New York City

Promoting Communication for Social Change

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By Sheila George, President of WACC North America and Rebekah Chevalier, Vice President

To coincide with the release of the final report of the WACC Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP), WACC North America is sponsoring a roundtable with journalists, journalism school deans and students on September 20, 2010, 6 - 8 p.m. at St. John's University 's Manhattan campus, 101 Murray St. Admission to the roundtable, entitled "Who Makes the News" is free and open to all.

"WACC North America wants to raise awareness of both WACC and the GMMP findings with current and future journalists in the U.S. and Canada, " observes Sheila George, President of WACC North America. Rebekah Chevalier, GMMP roundtable coordinator and WACC North America Vice-president, says she thinks most journalists will be shocked at the findings. "The roundtable is a great opportunity to stimulate awareness of gender issues in the news," she says. St. John's University Communications Professor Basilio Monteiro, a WACC North America Executive Committee member, has provided the venue and arranged for the panel attendees.

To start the discussion, WACC's Programme Manager for Media and Gender Justice Sarah Macharia will present the major GMMP findings.

For those unable to attend the New York event, there will be online opportunities to participate via live blogging from the roundtable and a webinar with the same focus will feature Ken Irby of The Poynter Institute at noon on September 20.

Future roundtables at universities in the U.S. and Canada are anticipated.

For more information about attending either the GMMP roundtable or webinar on September 20, please contact Sheila George at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Watch for more information at http://waccna.wordpress.com/

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WACC promotes communication for social change. It believes that communication is a basic human right that defines people's common humanity, strengthens cultures, enables participation, creates community and challenges tyranny and oppression.

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