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GLOBAL: Mediawatch - Al Jazeera caught in the Qatar crisis crossfire

19 Jun

NZ: Military chief’s Op Burnham account highlights key Afghan legal concerns

4 Apr

PNG: Protests over new harassment of journalists at court hearing

29 Jul

PNG: Trial begins for Rabaul Shipping ferry disaster case

12 Apr

GLOBAL: De Brum, Nuclear Zero nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

3 Feb

WEST PAPUA: Jokowi pledges to sort past rights cases but ignores Papua

12 Jan

FIJI: Crusading police chief quits over army meddling

12 Nov

WEST PAPUA: Special envoy calls on Indonesia to 'honour' Forum rights move

13 Sep

REGION: Freedom campaigner says West Papua now regional 'Pacific' issue

8 Sep

BOUGAINVILLE: Protesters call for government action over missing people

30 Aug

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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.

Pacific Media Watch article

30 Oct

KIRIBATI: Australian news crew detained for providing ‘false information’

TARAWA (Pacnews/Asia Pacific Report//Pacific Media Watch): A five-member film crew from 60 Minutes Australia has been in detained in Kiribati for what government sources claimed was false declaration by the team on arrival, reports PACNEWS.

The crew was detained shortly after they arrived on a flight from Nadi on Monday for allegedly providing “false and misleading information” over the purpose of their visit.

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