Monthly Archives: July 2016

By Husain Malvi Journalism education is challenged by issues in all regions of the world and the South Pacific is no different. At the 4th...

By Kendall Hutt The United Nations Climate Change Conference last year - more commonly referred to as "COP21", may have been praised as a "historic turning...

By David Robie A Papua New Guinea media educator today called for an investigation into coverage of the two months of protest at the nation’s...

By Husain Malvi Research journal editors and publishers are often faced with a range of challenges when producing publications outside the Northern Hemisphere elite. At...

By TJ Aumua The lack of qualified journalists and media educators is threatening the quality of media in the Pacific. This was an urgent topic discussed...

By Pasifik in Honiara Vanuatu Prime Minister Charlot Salwai says the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) has failed the people of West Papua. The MSG last night...

Livestreaming For years, journalism education and training in the Pacific has relied on donor-funded short courses and expatriate media educators. But in recent times, this has...

By Kendall Hutt Journalism educators from across the Pacific have raised concerns about the current state of journalism globally at the 4th World Journalism Education...

By Kendall Hutt, Ami Dhabuwala and Husain Malvi Journalism educators from across the globe continued to gather at the 4th World Journalism Education Congress (WJEC)...

Leading up to COP21 Paris, there was overwhelming scientific consensus that climate change is happening, and human-induced. With global warming on the increase and species...

Asia New Zealand Foundation-supported communication studies and journalism particants Dr Hermin Indah Wahyuni of Indonesia and professor Crispin Maslog of the Philippines today caught...

Opposition Leader Don Polye speaking in an EMTV Newscast last night. Video: EMTV Papua New Guinea's Opposition Leader Don Polye today called a press conference...

By Ami Dhabuwala Each Pacific country is dealing with its own issues, but one of the major issues is corruption. A preconference of the Journalism Education...

By Kendall Hutt, Husain Malvi, Ami Dhabuwala and TJ Aumua Media experts from around the Pacific region held a series of discussion panels at the...

By Kendall Hutt The president of Papua New Guinea's media council has highlighted the ongoing challenges facing the government and media educators in a panel...

By Kendall Hutt Work by journalism students across the Pacific was at the centre of talks among educators during one of the panels at the...

By Sir Michael Somare The four Melanesian prime ministers of Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and Fiji will come together in Honiara, Solomon Islands...

The World Journalism Education Congress (WJEC) kicked off tonight in New Zealand with a formal pōwhiri ceremony hosted in the Sir Paul Reeves building at...

Thanks to the NZ Institute of Pacific Research and other donors, a large group of Pacific Island journalists and media educators have arrived in...

Pacific Journalism Review has featured West Papua media missions, "endangered journalists" and freelancers in the Asia-Pacific region in the latest edition of the research...

By TJ Aumua The World Journalism Education Congress preconference for JERAA and the region began today and brought together Pacific journalism educators to improve the...

Oceania Interrupted challenged media educators and journalists from across Australia and the Asia-Pacific region to raise the profile of West Papua as a human...