‘Nothing about us, without us’ : Why displacement camps need their own kind of journalism by DW Akadamie
DW Akademie’s Aarni Kuoppamäki points to the vital importance of community-led communication as an accountability function ahead of this year’s CDAC Network Public Forum on 10 December 2025.
Beyond messaging and debunking: information integrity starts with local journalism by Fondation Hirondelle
Sacha Meuter and Jacqueline Dalton highlight the essential role of local journalism in countering the spread of harmful information in crisis contexts and in playing a preventive role ahead of conflicts. Ahead of this year’s CDAC Network Public Forum on 10 December 2025, we’ll be hearing from voices on what they want to talk about at the event.
The common threat, the common good: why journalists and humanitarians need to work more together
Transparency and Accountability cannot be achieved alone. Humanitarians and journalists need each other, says Stijn Aelbers. Ahead of this year’s CDAC Network Public Forum on 10 December 2025, we’ll be hearing from voices on what they want to talk about at the event.
In the age of AI, how do we scale digital opportunities and secure safer information landscapes for people caught in conflict?
Seismic shifts in the digital landscape are reshaping the experience of communication in conflict across the world. What can build resilience to emerging threats to media freedom and trusted communication in conflict? And how can humanitarian principles inform sector take-up of emerging technologies such as AI?
Who shapes global narratives in today’s AI-enabled world – and what do conflict-affected communities and humanitarians need to know?
Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming a critical factor in global governance, international relations and the information environment, and it is crucial that humanitarians understand its implications in conflict contexts. Listen to our Public Forum panel with Amil Khan, Jonathan Tanner and Kristin Bergtora Sandvik.
Futureproofing communication and engagement: key takeaways on collaboration in an evolving aid landscape
Key takeaways from the 2022 CDAC Network Public Forum on how diverse actors must work together to ensure that communication and engagement is fit for the future.
Fit for the future? Sir Brendan Gormley on the state of aid
The state of the humanitarian system, the developments in communication and community engagement in the past ten years, and the challenges and solutions facing the humanitarian sector in the years to come
The media development challenge: Antonio Zappulla, CEO of Thomson Reuters Foundation
Trust in the media, fake news, the data privacy, localisation, reforming capitalism and the future of media development organisations
Abhik Sen on innovation, government and data
What does innovation mean? Is the current focus on innovation in the humanitarian sector helpful? And where does this leave ideas and solutions that come from the Global South?