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The Church and media workers have to do more to reach out to young people, according to the head of a worldwide Church communications organization. (UCA News)
“Too often the rights of the young have been ignored or marginalized by the mainstream media,” observes Augustine Loorthusamy, president of SIGNIS. The worldwide Catholic association for professionals and academics in audiovisuals, broadcasting and new media is holding its world congress in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand.
“Our young do not wield political or economic power to sustain the interest of the media. They are not newsworthy,” he said in his opening speech on Oct. 18. The congress, which ends on Oct. 21, has the theme: “Media for a Culture of Peace — Children’s Rights, Tomorrow’s Promise.”
Speaking to more than 300 laypeople, priests and Religious involved in the communications apostolate, Loorthusamy asserted: “If the young are our future, they must have an inherent right to become involved and to participate in the media. They have the right to demand respect from the media.”
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SIGNIS head urges greater outreach to young people (UCA News)
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