Yearly Archives: 2024
New riot vehicle shipment arrives for police, firemen in New Caledonia
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
More armoured vehicles and firetrucks have been delivered for Kanaky New Caledonia's security forces, including police...
Groundbreaking book Waves of Change launched at Pacific Media Conference in Fiji
By Jai Bharadwaj of The Australia Today
A pivotal book, Waves of Change: Media, Peace, and Development in the Pacific, has been released at the...
‘Frontline Media Faultlines’ – David Robie’s keynote address to Pacific Media 2024
The Australia Today
Here is the livestream of Dr David Robie’s keynote address “Frontline Media Faultlines: How Critical Journalism Can Survive Against the Odds” at...
A surprising litmus test for Kanaky New Caledonia’s independence parties
ANALYSIS: By Denise Fisher
The voters in the second round of France’s national elections last weekend staved off an expected shift to the far-right. But...
Fiji protesters call for freedom and justice in the Pacific – and Palestine
Asia Pacific Report
The Fiji NGO Coalition on Human Rights and other protesters took to the streets of Fiji's capital Suva yesterday in a rare...
Nalini Singh calls for media coverage that ‘reflects realities of all genders’
By Ivy Mallam of Wansolwara
Media professionals have been urged to undergo gender sensitisation training to produce more inclusive, accurate and ethical representation of women...
‘We’ve paid high price for being unable to protect freedom,’ says Fiji’s Prasad
Fijivillage News
As an economy, Fiji has paid a "very high price for being unable to protect freedom" but people can speak and criticise the...
Pacific media conference: challenges and opportunities
By Moera Tuilaepa-Taylor, RNZ Pacific manager
A group of regional and international media representatives met at a forum in Fiji last week to discuss some...
Amid decline in mainstream media trust, Pacific Journalism Review remains a beacon
Professor Vijay Naidu's speech celebrating the launch of the 30th anniversary edition of Pacific Journalism Review at the Pacific International Media Conference in Suva,...
Death toll in Kanaky New Caledonia unrest reaches 10
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
Riots in Kanaky New Caledonia claimed their 10th victim yesterday.
The death took place as a result...
Pacific media in crisis, warns former PNG, Samoa editor Alex Rheeney
NBC News
A former newspaper editor believes the journalism profession in Papua New Guinea and other Pacific Island countries is in crisis.
Team leader of the...
PNG Communications Minister calls for media to ‘protect, preserve Pacific identity’
Wansolwara News
Here is the speech by Papua New Guinea's Minister for Communication and Information Technology, Timothy Masiu, at the 2024 Pacific International Media Conference...
Pacific Journalism Review turns 30 – and challenges media over Gaza
Pacific Journalism Review
Pacific Journalism Review has challenged journalists to take a courageous and humanitarian stand over Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza in its latest...
‘Precarious’ – newsmakers dissect state and future of Pacific journalism
PACNEWS
If the pen is mightier than the sword, then an army of journalists has assembled in Fiji’s capital to discuss the state and future...
Newsmakers dissect state and future of Pacific journalism
By Khalia Strong of Pacific Media Network News
If the pen is mightier than the sword, then an army of journalists has assembled in Fiji’s...
Independent PJR ‘far more than a research journal’, says founder
Pacific Media Watch
Pacific Journalism Review founder Dr David Robie says PJR has published more than 1100 research articles over its three decades of existence...
David Robie talks media challenges, education and decolonisation on Radio 531pi’s Pacific Mornings
PMN Pacific Mornings
A major conference on the state and future of Pacific media is taking place this week in Fiji.
Dr David Robie, editor of...
Award-winning academics, journos lined up for Pacific Media 2024
By Ritika Pratap, deputy news manager of FBC News
Five high-profile, international award-winning journalists and journalism academics will join their regional media counterparts to address...
French elections: First round of Pacific results show polarisation
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
French Pacific results for the first round of French national snap elections yesterday showed a firm...
New Caledonia votes first under tight security in French snap election
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
Voters in New Caledonia will go to the polls this weekend under tight security, almost eight...
New Zealand framing China as ‘the devil’ insincere, says Pacific lecturer
RNZ Pacific
An international relations lecturer says New Zealand's framing of China in the perceived Pacific geopolitical struggle is "disingenuous".
Victoria University of Wellington's Nanai Anae...
Decolonisation, the climate crisis, and improving media education in the Pacific
Global Voices interviews veteran author, journalist and educator David Robie who discussed the state of Pacific media, journalism education, and the role of the...