The Participatory Communication Research Section regularly issues newsletters with information of interest to its members. The December issue includes an announcement about the section´s change in composition and the recently launched call for papers for IAMCR 2022.

IAMCR stands in solidarity with workers at Brazil’s national public service broadcaster, the Empresa Brasil de Comunicação (EBC), in its fight to safeguard the Brazilian people’s right to public broadcasting.

IAMCR invites the submission of proposals for papers and panels for IAMCR 2022, which will be held online from 11 to 15 July 2022. The conference will also have a national hub at Tsinghua University in Beijing. The deadline for submission of proposals is 9 February 2022, at 23.59 UTC.

18-19 November, 2021 - IAMCR co-sponsored the 13th International Media Readings in Moscow "Mass Media and Communications 2021" organised by the Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University, featuring six rounds of thematic sessions, 28 sessions with nine special panel sessions and two plenary sessions.

Based in Quito, Ecuador, CIESPAL, the International Center for Higher Communication Studies for Latin America, has played an important role in journalism education in Ecuador and Latin America and a leading role in communication debates in the region and globally.

In this article, Dr Gladkova talks about her activities and experiences as an IAMCR ambassador, and she shares some thoughts and experiences about the Nairobi 2021 Conference.