Philip Lee

Deputy Director of Programs, World Association for Christian Communication

RCCongress 2010 Workshop:

Communication Rights and the Millennium Development Goals

Philip Lee is Deputy Director of Programs and Editor of the international journal Media Development for the World Association for Christian Communication.

He is an author and editor of many works, including Communication For All: The New World Information and Communication Order (ed.) (1985); Many Voices, One Vision: The Right to Communicate in Practice (2004); and Communicating Peace: Entertaining Angels Unawares (ed.) (2008).

Communication Rights and the Millennium Development Goals

Communication lies at the heart of change. Living together in peace, advancing sustainable development, harnessing today’s technologies for good, and living one’s faith all demand communication that creates community, strengthens participation, increases freedoms, develops cultures, and is a voice for justice.

The mass media have to serve the public, not governments or owners, and must uphold the democratic principles of truthful, balanced and contextualised reporting.

~ Philip Lee in the Introduction to Many Voices, One Vision: The Right to Communicate in Practice