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INDONESIA: Jakarta Post: Freedom for cleric linked to Bali bombing? Why now?

24 Jan

TIMOR-LESTE: Sacked head of state broadcaster RTTL claims ‘political axe’

23 Jan

WEST PAPUA: Human rights watchdog calls for probe into ‘unclear’ killings

12 Dec

WEST PAPUA: UN official defends Papuan rights – free speech, assembly

11 Dec

REGION: Labour rally in Jakarta, Fiji march highlight global human rights

11 Dec

WEST PAPUA: Widodo wants security forces to guard all development projects

10 Dec

WEST PAPUA: Surabaya counterprotest, 300 arrested in flag demonstrations

2 Dec

PHILIPPINES: Trauma research on TV journalists covering killings revealed in Pacific Journalism Review

28 Nov

PNG: Scott Waide reinstated – 'thank you' message from EMTV journalist

27 Nov

PNG: EMTV suspends senior journalist Scott Waide over NZ Maserati news story

26 Nov

REGION: Opinion: Time we heard the Pacific’s take on the Pacific

25 Nov

PNG: PNGFM news boss calls for investigations, penalties for troops who assaulted journalists

25 Nov

PNG: RSF condemns Chinese exclusion of journalists at APEC side events

23 Nov

VIDEO: ‘Business as usual’ vows Parkop after storming of Parliament Haus

22 Nov

PNG: Chinese officials kick out EMTV, foreign media from APEC events

18 Nov

PHILIPPINES: RSF condemns ‘tax evasion’ charge used to harass Rappler website

15 Nov

FIJI: Report fake page to Facebook plea from Fiji Times editor

14 Nov

FIJI: FijiFirst scores head start on social media for election, says journalist

12 Nov

FIJI: PM rebukes journalist when challenged on media freedom laws

12 Nov

NEW CALEDONIA: Kanaky self-determination and decolonisation - Asia Pacific Report coverage

10 Nov

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.