Pacific Media Watch

Asia Pacific Report About 1000 pro-Palestinian protesters marked World Press Freedom Day -- May 3 -- today by marching on the public broadcaster Television New...

Pacific Media Watch While Aotearoa New Zealand improved three places in the latest RSF World Press Freedom Index -- up to 16th -- and most...

Pacific Media Watch After a year and a half of war, nearly 200 Palestinian journalists have been killed by the Israeli army -- including at...

COMMENTARY: By Alexandra Wake Despite all the political machinations and hate towards the media coming from the president of the United States, I always thought...

Broadcasting Standards Authority New Zealand's Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) has upheld complaints about two 1News reports relating to violence around a football match in Amsterdam...

By Anish Chand in Suva Filipo Tarakinikini has been appointed as Fiji’s Ambassador-designate to Israel. This has been stated on two official X, formerly Twitter, handle...

By Sondos Asem in The Hague, Netherlands The International Court of Justice began hearings today into Israel's obligations towards the presence and activities of the...

PodTalk.live After a successful beta-launch this month, PodTalk.live has now called for people to register as foundation members -- it's free to join the post...

Reporters Without Borders Donald Trump campaigned for the White House by unleashing a nearly endless barrage of insults against journalists and news outlets. He repeatedly threatened to...

COMMENTARY: By Mandy Henk When the US Embassy knocked on my door in late 2024, I was both pleased and more than a little suspicious. I'd...

By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor The former head of BenarNews' Pacific bureau says a United States court ruling this week ordering the US Agency...

Pacific Media Watch The Fijians for Palestine Solidarity Network today condemned the Fiji government's failure to stand up for international law and justice over the...

Asia Pacific Report The US District Court for the District of Columbia has granted a preliminary injunction in Widakuswara v Lake, affirming the US Agency...

By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter In 1979, Sam Neill appeared in an Australian comedy movie about hacks on a Sydney newspaper. The Journalist was billed...

Shrinking budgets and job insecurity means there are fewer opportunities for young journalists, and that's bad news, especially in regional Australia, reports 360info ANALYSIS: By...

EDITORIAL: By Giff Johnson, editor of the Marshall Islands Journal US President Donald Trump and his team is pursuing a white man’s racist agenda that...

By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalist Pasifika comedy troupe Naked Samoans is facing a backlash from some members of the Pacific community over its promotional...

OPEN LETTER: By Martyn Bradbury, editor and publisher of The Daily Blog NZME directors ‘have concerns’ about businessman Jim Grenon taking editorial control NZME’s directors have...

Pacific Media Watch Israel has been targeting journalists in the occupied Palestinian territory with more intensity since October 7, 2023, says Australian journalist and author...

RNZ Pacific Autonomous Bougainville Government President Ishmael Toroama has condemned the circulation of an artificial intelligence (AI)-generated video depicting a physical confrontation between him and...

Pacific Media Watch One of the many casualties of the Trump administration's crackdown on "soft power" that enabled many democratic media and truth to power...

While public opinion of Israel plummets, each day the genocide continues without significant repercussions only reinforces that they can ignore this opinion, writes Alex...