Pacific Media Watch
Netanyahu commits a new ‘bloodbath in Gaza’ to save himself
Asia Pacific Report
At least 400 people have been killed after a surprise Israeli attack on Gaza in the early hours of Tuesday.
The Israeli government...
Free press under threat in US – Columbia J-School speaks out
Columbia Journalism School
Freedom of the press -- a bedrock principle of American democracy -- is under threat in the United States.
Here at Columbia University...
Former Filipino president Duterte’s arrest by the ICC – 20 journalists...
Pacific Media Watch
Paris-based global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has recalled that 20 journalists were killed during the six-year Philippines presidency of...
Gavin Ellis: Canadian billionaire must explain his designs on NZME –...
COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis
New Zealand-based Canadian billionaire James Grenon owes the people of this country an immediate explanation of his intentions regarding media conglomerate...
Future of Māori radio needs more investment – both for online...
By Atereano Mateariki of Waatea News
The future of Māori radio in Aotearoa New Zealand requires increased investment in both online platforms and traditional airwaves,...
Vanuatu mourns loss of iconic Pacific media pioneer Marc Neil-Jones
OBITUARY: By Terence Malapa in Port Vila
Vanuatu’s media community was in mourning today following the death on Monday of Marc Neil-Jones, founder of the...
Israel resumes its war crimes in Gaza – AJ’s Listening...
Pacific Media Watch
Seven weeks into the Gaza ceasefire deal, Israel has openly resumed its war crimes in Gaza -- blocking humanitarian aid -- with...
Gavin Ellis: Amazon founder Bezos dims lights on democracy
COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis
Little more than a month into the new US presidency, The Washington Post’s owner dimmed the light on a motto that...
Through the lens of time: A tribute to ‘Rocky’ Roe’s PNG...
PROFILE: By Malum Nalu in Port Moresby
For nearly half a century, Papua New Guinea has been more than just a home for Laurence "Rocky"...
The world cannot ignore Trump’s death threat to my people of...
COMMENTARY: By Ahmed Najar
'To the People of Gaza: A beautiful Future awaits, but not if you hold Hostages. If you do, you are DEAD!...
Union wary of Canadian billionaire Jim Grenon’s NZ media influence
By Susan Edmunds, RNZ News money correspondent
The Aotearoa New Zealand union representing many of NZME's journalists says it is "deeply worried" by a billionaire's...
Australian university workers: ‘We will not be silenced over Palestine’
SPECIAL REPORT: By Markela Panegyres and Jonathan Strauss in Sydney
The new Universities Australia (UA) definition of antisemitism, endorsed last month for adoption by 39...
‘Our film won an Oscar. But here in West Bank’s Masafer...
DOCUMENTARY: Democracy Now!
The Palestinian-Israeli film No Other Land won an Oscar for best documentary feature at Sunday’s Academy Awards.
The film -- recently screened in...
Israel’s genocide is expanding into the West Bank – but Western...
Pacific Media Watch
With international media’s attention on the Israeli and Palestinian captives exchange, Israel's military and settlers have been forcibly displacing tens of thousands...
Manipulated media: The weapon of the Right
The re-election of Donald Trump is proof that the Right's most powerful weapon is media manipulation, ensuring the public sphere is not engaged in...
Critics condemn ‘cowardly’ BBC for pulling Gaza warzone youth survival documentary
By Gizem Nisa Cebi
The BBC has removed its documentary Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone from iPlayer after it was revealed that its teenage...
Media analyst criticises Trump for applying ‘strategic coercion, economic blackmail’ policy
Pacific Media Watch
One of the leading Middle East's leading political and media analysts, Marwan Bishara, has accused President Donald Trump of applying a doctrine...
US backing for Pacific disinformation media course casualty of Trump aid...
Pacific Media Watch
A New Zealand-based community education provider, Dark Times Academy, has had a US Embassy grant to deliver a course teaching Pacific Islands...
How Israeli propaganda filters into NZ media – drop it, says...
COMMENTARY: By Saige England
Mediawatch on RNZ today strongly criticised Stuff and YouTube among other media for using Israeli propaganda's "Outbrain" service.
Outbrain is a company...
Fiji and Israel strengthen bilateral relations, plan embassy opening
Pacific Media Watch
Fiji has reaffirmed its commitment to establishing an embassy in Israel, with plans to open the embassy in Jerusalem, despite global condemnation...
RSF demands White House restores AP’s access — and let press...
Pacific Media Watch
Trump administration officials barred two Associated Press (AP) reporters from covering White House events this week because the US-based independent news agency...
In the quest to appease Israel, the media undermine our basic...
In its eagerness to appease supporters of Israel, the media is happy to ride roughshod over due process and basic rights. It’s damaging Australia's...