Fiji Coups

FIJI: Rabuka’s message to 1987 Fiji coup victims: ‘To you I say, I am sorry’

15 May

‘Unfree and unfair’?: Media intimidation in Fiji’s 2014 elections

3 Apr

Peace journalism in New Zealand news media: a study on the coverage of the 2014 Fijian general election by Television New Zealand’s OneNews through a peace journalism framework

7 Dec

FIJI: 'Wild' coups frightening but exciting time as journo, says Gardner

25 Jul

FIJI: Bainimarama claims victory and pledges to rule for ‘all Fijians’

21 Sep

FIJI: Last ballot papers for elections leave printer – in safe storage

8 Sep

FIJI: Cane cutters walk long way to vote in post-coup election as pre-polls open

3 Sep

NZ-based student journalists head for Fiji to cover post-coup election

3 Sep

Top 10 things you need to know about Fiji’s new electoral system

2 Sep

FIJI: Poll shows strong support for coup leader as protesters picket NZ rally

9 Aug

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Pacific Media Watch article

12 Feb

WEST PAPUA: Rights advocate says security chief’s ‘garbage’ slur will deepen wounds

By Devina Halim
JAKARTA (Kompas/Asia Pacific Report/Pacific Media Watch): Lawyer and human rights activist Veronica Koman says Coordinating Minister for Security, Politics and Legal Affairs Mahfud MD “garbage” comment will only deepen the Papuan
people’s wounds.

Earlier, Mahfud had referred to data on Papuan political prisoners and civilians killed in Nduga, which was handed over to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo during his visit to Canberra this week as “garbage”.

Pacific Media Watch article

12 Feb

WEST PAPUA: Activists give Indonesian leader details of deaths, political prisoners

SYDNEY (The Wire/Asia Pacific Report/Pacific Media Watch): Pacific human rights activists have personally handed Indonesian President Joko Widodo a protest letter which includes a list of deaths and political prisoners in West Papua.

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