Editorial

WEST PAPUA: The Jakarta Post: 'Our integration of Papua has missed the human element'

22 Aug

SAMOA: Mystery deaths, assassination plot, forgery, drugs. What’s going on?

21 Aug

TONGA: Government must strike balance between protecting free expression and reacting to royal slurs, says Kaniva Tonga

17 Aug

TONGA: Matangi Tonga condemns state for ‘annihilating’ public broadcasting

18 Oct

SAMOA: Tackling two sides of the story - when it's more than climate change

17 May

SAMOA: Opinion: Samoa Observer on the 'playing the palagi' card

14 May

VANUATU: Daily Post editorial - Freedom of speech comes with responsibility

19 Mar

FIJI: Prepared? Yes, but devastation of Winston was overwhelming

27 Feb

FIJI: Koro’s nightmare – no chance for the people against Winston’s fury

25 Feb

FIJI: Danger lurks but tales of heroism are emerging, says Times editor

25 Feb

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Pacific Media Watch article

18 Nov

REGION: Pacific Media Watch contributing editor wins Jakarta practicum

By Sri Krishnamurthi

AUCKLAND: (Asia Pacific Report/Pacific Media Watch): The 2019 Pacific Media Watch contributing editor has been selected for a 6-week journalism practicum in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Michael Andrew was one of two New Zealand candidates selected for the Australian Consortium for ‘In-Country’ Indonesian Studies Journalism Professional Practicum (ACICIS), which will see him living in one of Asia’s largest cities and reporting on local and regional issues.

Pacific Media Watch article

7 Nov

REGION: PJR acting editor doubtful Australian TV relevant to Pacific

AUCKLAND: (SBS News/Asia Pacific Report/Pacific Media Watch): Acting editor of the Pacific Media Centre's Pacific Journalism Review Dr Philip Cass has cast doubt on the success of Australia's plans to export TV shows to the Pacific.

In November last year, the Scott Morrison government announced a $17 million deal to share 1000 hours of top-rating Australian content a year with the Pacific in an effort to improve connections in the region.

Publication

31 Jul

The NZ Mosque Massacre: Dilemmas for journalism and democracy

Edited by David Robie and Philip Cass

Publication

31 May

Science Writing and Climate Change - a new environmental journalism book

“Disaster reporting, which focuses on deaths and casualties for the benefit of local readers, is understandable.

Event

Melanesian Media Freedom Forum 2019

MELANESIAN MEDIA FREEDOM FORUM 2019 - November 11-13
The Melanesian Media Freedom Forum was developed to respond to increasing media repression in Melanesia and to future-proof press freedom, though trans-national regional co-operation and knowledge-sharing among Melanesian journalists, editors, publishers, press-freedom advocates and journalism scholars.

Event

ACMC 2020 - Asian Change, Adaptation and Innovation: Media, Communication and Culture

ACMC 2020 CONFERENCE RATIONALE - November 26-28