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A life well lived paves way to encourage Pasifika women in communication

6 Feb

REGION: Tagata Pasifika goes down memory lane – 30 years of broadcasts

4 Apr

FIJI: Wansolwara journo's receive top awards

27 Oct

REGION: Sport commentators stir anger over 'butchered' Pasifika names

18 May

Pacific Journalism Monographs No 5: Pacific Way: Auckland's Pasifika community diaspora media

18 Mar

NZ: Pasifika diaspora media book launched - first of its kind

18 Mar

NZ: Diversity, Pacific reporting skills win Alistar Kata awards double

24 Apr

NZ: TVNZ names 'preferred' companies for outsourced Māori, Pasifika shows

15 Dec

NZ:Pasifika fono to discuss controversial TVNZ outsourcing plan

1 Nov

VIDEO: Kiribati's 'My Mother' video scores prize in climate film festival

1 Nov

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Pacific Media Watch article

21 Aug

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

OPINION: By Mata'afa Keni Lesa
APIA (Samoa Observer/Pacific Media Watch): What exactly is going on in Samoa today? We’ve got to ask this question following a string of tragic incidents during the past couple of weeks that continues to boggle the mind.

To be honest, one just wants to sit down and cry. This is supposed to be our slice of paradise on earth where tranquility and peace rule. And yet there are so many mysteries, unresolved deaths, crime and the list just goes on.

Pacific Media Watch article

20 Aug

WEST PAPUA: ‘Racist’ attack on Papuan students in Surabaya sparks rioting in Manokwari

JAYAPURA (The Jakarta Post/Pacific Media Watch): Rioting broke out in Manokwari, West Papua, today as local people – mostly university students – protested against racial abuse of Papuan students in East Java.

The protesters blocked a number of major streets in the city this morning, cutting down trees to be used as barricades.

The West Papua Regional Legislative Council (DPRD) building in the city was set on fire and tyres were burned on the roads, Kompas TV reported.

Publication

1 Aug

The NZ Mosque Massacre: Dilemmas for journalism and democracy

Edited by David Robie and Philip Cass

Publication

1 Jun

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

PMC's mid-winter smorgasbord video, PJR and website 'launch' fono

JOIN US for this Pacific Media Centre's smorgasbord "launch" mid-winter fono and celebration for:

+ Two new documentaries on climate change and media freedom

+ The latest Pacific Journalism Review themed on "The NZ Mosque Massacre: Dilemmas for Journalism and Democracy"

Event

University of the South Pacific annual journalism awards - celebrating 50 years

ANNUAL JOURNALISM AWARDS AT UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC
The Pacific Media Centre's director, Professor David Robie, has been invited as keynote speaker for the annual journalism awards at the University of the South Pacific.

The ceremony is part of events marking the 50th anniversary of the creation of USP and 18 years since the awards were first launched by Dr Robie.