Jean Bell
Jean Bell was the Pacific Media Centre's Pacific Media Watch contributing editor early in 2018. She graduated with a Postgraduate Diploma in Communication Studies majoring in journalism at Auckland University of Technology. Bell also graduated from the University of Auckland in 2016 with a Bachelor of Arts double majoring in politics and international relations. She is currently an RNZ National news reporter.
South Auckland locals hit back against online hate around NZ covid...
By Jean Bell, RNZ News journalist
Some South Auckland locals are hitting back at online hate directed at the area and its Pasifika community,...
PMC director condemns ‘targeting’ of journalists and silence on West Papua
By Jean Bell in Auckland
An alarming number of "targeted" journalists being killed and West Papua media for independence were just some of the topics...
‘Great relief’ for rights advocates after Philippines ‘releases’ Australian nun
By Jean Bell in Auckland
Detained Australian missionary Sister Patricia "Pat" Fox's "release" by the Philippines Bureau of Immigration has been greeted with relief by...
Bearing Witness students win big at AUT communication studies awards
By Jean Bell in Auckland
Bearing Witness climate change project students won big last night at the annual awards ceremony for AUT's School of Communication...
Bearing Witness climate storytellers gear up for fresh Fiji challenge
By Jean Bell in Auckland
Two postgraduate students on the Pacific Media Centre's Bearing Witness climate change project are due to jet to Fiji this...
Manila brands volunteer teachers as ‘terrorists’, say Lumad advocates
By Jean Bell in Auckland with additional reporting by Rahul Bhattarai
Volunteer teachers are being maliciously labelled as "terrorists" by the Philippine government while paramilitary...
Elite groups ‘contain’ nuclear food safety debate, says researcher
By Jean Bell in Auckland
A loose collection of elite groups shape the global language and thinking around food safety in the nuclear era, says...
