Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Journalism lecturer Lyn Barnes in AUT University's School of Communication Studies is one of 14 recipients of a Dart Fellowship to head to Columbia University in June.
Journalists from...
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Alex Perrottet AUCKLAND (Pacific Media Watch / Pacific Scoop): Premieres of a ground-breaking new film by New Zealander Jim Marbrook are currently being screened around the country, following its...
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Tevita Vuibau
SUVA (Fiji Times/Pacific Media Watch): Drawing a fine line between reporting facts and sensationalising stories of suicide can lower suicide rates.
And it is this responsible...
Friday, March 2, 2012
PORT MORESBY (Divine Word University / Pacific Media Watch): Divine Word University wishes to announce the publication of the book Communication, Culture and Society in Papua New Guinea, Yu tok...
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Corazon Miller: Indonesia is about to build its first green, earthquake-proof hospital as part of the University of Indonesia’s plan to redevelop its School of Medicine.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Mary Rauto
SUVA (The Fiji Times/Pacific Media Watch): The media is an integral part of health promotion, says Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) healthy Pacific lifestyles section head...
Thursday, March 24, 2011
PORT VILA: The Vanuatu government has acted on threatening Pacific health trends with a new healthy lifestyle programme - Wokabaot Jalens.
Friday, March 18, 2011
Patrick Antoine Decloitre: The French government is sending a stock of iodine tablets to its overseas territories of the Pacific – as a “preventive measure” in response to the...
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Joys Eggins
GOROKA: Komuniti Tok Piksa is developing new grounds for visual and community action around HIV/AIDS in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea.
The project’s annual report,...
Friday, February 18, 2011
Joys Eggins
GOROKA: Awareness campaigns on HIV/AIDS in Papua New Guinea lack engagement with people and there is little regard for local cultural context.
Komuniti Tok Piksa research assistant...
Monday, January 24, 2011
Benedict Collins
Asians in New Zealand are failing to properly access the country’s health system and have alarmingly low levels of participation in potentially life-saving national...
Friday, January 21, 2011
Kabuati Babaua, a 45-year-old Warkworth resident originally from Kiribati, is now enthusiastic about life after a liver transplant operation saved him.
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Annie Koval
CHICAGO: Turning off the television is not enough. Indirect exposure to media, such as having friends who watch a lot of television, may be more damaging to a teen's body...
Monday, January 10, 2011
Frederica Elbourne
SUVA: The impact of media exposure on adolescent indigenous Fijian girls in Fiji has contributed to eating disorders, a study funded by Harvard Medical School has found....
Saturday, January 8, 2011
T Goodman, medical innovations writer
NEW YORK: Researchers from Harvard Medical School's Department of Global Health and Social Medicine paid a visit to Fiji to study the effects of media,...
