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Yvonne Brill

Yvonne Brill is a postgraduate student studying towards her Masters of Communication Studies at AUT University.

After graduating in 2007 from the University of Auckland with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in English, Yvonne spent almost 3 years working in the media research industry before returning to postgraduate study.

She has experience working within the Pasifika community in Auckland having previously worked as a professional development researcher at the Pasifika Education Centre, in a PR/Communications studentship role for the Office of Pasifika Advancement at AUT, and is currently sitting on the executive board of the Pacific Islands Media Association as the student representative.

She is one of three recipients of the 2011 Pacific Media Centre international internships, in conjunction with the Asia New Zealand Foundation. She joined China Daily.com for three months in August.

Yvonne is currently on an OPA postgraduate studentship and attached to the PMC as Niusblog reporter and social media editor.

Yvonne's PMC stories

Yvonne's blog
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David Robie

Professor David Robie is an author, journalist and media educator specialising in Asia-Pacific affairs.

He holds a PhD in history/politics from the University of the South Pacific and a masters degree in journalism from the University of Technology, Sydney.

Dr Robie was head of journalism at both the University of Papua New Guinea and USP in Fiji for a decade and has been a resource person for media workshops in Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu.  He was the 1999 Australian Press Council Fellow, winner of the 2005 Pacific Islands Media Freedom Award (PIMA) and a 2009 'Atenisi University Fellow, Tonga.

He is the founding director of the Pacific Media Centre and editor of Pacific Scoop and PMC Online. Among a range of research and publication activities, he was co-founder of Pacific Media Watch, New Zealand correspondent for Reporters sans frontières (Reporters Without Borders) and a Pacific researcher for Freedom House.

Founding editor of Pacific Journalism Review, David is also the author of nine books on Asia-Pacific media and politics, including Mekim Nius: South Pacific media, politics and education. In May 2011, he was awarded a Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching.

His blog is Cafe Pacific

His AUT staff academic profile

Promoting Asia-Pacific Journalism

David Robie appointed professor at AUT

David Robie on NZ Herald Online

Order David Robie titles at Wheelers Books
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Alex Perrottet

Alex Perrottet is a Masters/Postgraduate Diploma in Communication Studies student taking the Asia-Pacific Journalism course at AUT University.

He also has a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Sydney and a Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice at the College of Law, Sydney.

Alex has a strong interest in Pacific affairs and recenly completed a radio research project on media censorship in Fiji. He took up the PMW contributing editor role in mid-2010.

He is involved in a youth development project in Samoa and won a highly commended award for the best online current affairs report in the Journalism Education of Australia (JEA) awards in 2010 for a series of reports on reconstruction in Samoa one year after the September 2009 tsunami.

More Alex Perrottet stories.
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Del Abcede

Del Abcede, a former AUT design student, does the layout/production of the PMC research journal Pacific Journalism Review and book publication designs, including Being the First.

She also edits the PMC newsletter Toktok.
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Selwyn Manning

Selwyn Manning, a masters in communication studies student at AUT University, was founding chair of the Pacific Media Centre advisory board from 2007-8.

He was co-founder of Pacific Scoop news website and worked part-time in the PMC in 2010 as co-editor and as a tutor on the postgraduate Asia-Pacific Journalism course.

Selwyn is a journalist with extensive media experience in the Asia-Pacific region.

Manning's honours documentary project at AUT University on New Zealand's nuclear-free policy can be viewed here and his masters documentary Behind the Shroud can be viewed here.

Other Selwyn Manning reports

Resignation of Manning at Scoop

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