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REGION: Asian and Pacific nations struggling over media self-censorship, says RSF

25 Apr

GLOBAL: Maria Ressa on Time’s ‘100 most influential people in world’ list

23 Apr

FSM: Yap’s traditional chiefs seek to expel probing US journalist

23 Apr

REGION: Pacific ‘bright spots’ amid World Press Freedom Index Asian warnings

21 Apr

INDONESIA: Elections: Political system has ‘failed’ minorities – like Papuans

18 Apr

FIJI: Opposition seeks Malolo damage probe, criticises local media

17 Apr

FIJI: Malolo investigation: ‘That’s why you need journalism’

16 Apr

FIJI: Don’t be fooled by PM’s apology over arrests – media freedom is dire

13 Apr

INDONESIA: Foreign media banned from covering elections in West Papua

12 Apr

FIJI: Arrested NZ journalists now free but no new era of press freedom

11 Apr

FIJI: Approval 'revoked' for Chinese resort development on Malolo Island

10 Apr

REGION: USP wins US$20,000 grant to boost Pacific environmental journalism

10 Apr

PHILIPPINES: ‘Explain your wealth, don’t lose your cool,’ PCIJ tells Duterte

9 Apr

NZ: Mediawatch: Broadcaster’s Pacific slurs on Newstalk ZB censured

8 Apr

NZ: Christchurch mosque attacks: Accused gunman in court via video

6 Apr

FIJI: Bainimarama apologises to NZ journalists detained over Malolo probe

5 Apr

FIJI: Police detain 3 NZ journalists investigating Chinese developer

5 Apr

REGION: Cuba boosting ‘Pacific connection’ in defiance of US blockade

4 Apr

NZ: Mediawatch: Reporting Islam before and after 15/3

1 Apr

NZ: Facebook to clamp down on hate in response to Christchurch mosque attack

31 Mar

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.