Pacific Media Watch
Pacific Media Watch is compiled for Asia Pacific Report as a regional media freedom and educational resource by a network of journalists, students, stringers and commentators.
PNG daily Post-Courier joins fight against gender-based violence
By Claudia Tally in Port Moresby
The Post-Courier daily newspaper is one of 15 companies in Papua New Guinea that have pledged to fight against...
Gavin Ellis: NZ government media teams that breach the law
COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis
New Zealand's Ombudsman, Peter Boshier, has given government agency media teams a well-deserved kick up the fundamental over some of their...
FBoy Island vs public interest media: the culture clash at the...
ANALYSIS: By Peter Thompson, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
The 980 submissions in response to the Aotearoa New Zealand Public Media Bill...
Michael Field: Freedom at midday – stories from Facebook prison
COMMENTARY: By Michael Field
Just the other day a robot guard came along a corridor in a special digital prison, consulted his flatscreen embedded on...
A publisher writes on ‘the terror’ of publishing Nicky Hager
BOOK EXTRACT: By Robbie Burton
In the mid-1990s I started working with New Zealand investigative writer Nicky Hager. I have had the most singular of...
Fiji Times: Valuing democracy amid shrinking global civic spaces
EDITORIAL: By Fiji Times editor-in-chief Fred Wesley
Democracy! We may differ in how we understand and value democracy. But what is the essence of democracy?
On...
Global tech titans under growing NZ pressure to pay for news
RNZ News
By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter
There is mounting pressure on tech titans Google and Facebook to pay local news media to carry their...
Pacific radio stations unite to boost use of Indigenous languages
RNZ Pacific
Two radio stations linked to the French Pacific's decolonisation movements want to co-operate to lift the use of indigenous languages.
The heads of Radio...
Snapchat removes moko, mataora tattoo filters after NZ outcry
RNZ News
Social media platform Snapchat has removed a feature that allowed users to apply traditional Māori tattoos on their faces.
The filters were pulled after...
Civicus raps Solomon Islands over rights curbs, tighter media controls
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
The Civicus Monitor has documented an uptick in restrictions on civic space by the Solomon Islands government, which led to the...
Maria Ressa and Muratov’s 10-point plan over global information crisis
ANALYSIS: By Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov in Oslo
We call for a world in which technology is built in service of humanity and where...
The ABC’s role in Australia’s Pacific reset – valued and highly...
ANALYSIS: By Claire M. Gorman
The Australian government is moving fast to reset relations with Australia’s Pacific partners, including a larger Pacific role for the...
The merger of TVNZ and RNZ needs to build trust in...
ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato and Claire Breen, University of Waikato
With only six days left for submissions to the select committee examining...
NZ anti-vaxxer appears in court again on nation’s first sabotage charges
By Ethan Griffiths, Open Justice reporter of The New Zealand Herald
An anti-vaccination campaigner who this year became the first person ever accused of breaching...
Papuan journalist Victor Mambor wins Udin Award for ‘dedicated journalism’
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
The co-founder of Tabloid Jubi, Victor Mambor has been presented with the 2022 Udin Award from Indonesia's Alliance of Independent Journalists...
RNZ Pacific resumes shortwave analogue service to Pacific region
RNZ Pacific
RNZ Pacific has resumed its shortwave analogue service to the Pacific region between the hours of 5 and 9am New Zealand time from...
Gavin Ellis: Latter-day anarchists throw digital bombs at NZ journalists
ANALYSIS: By Gavin Ellis, publisher of Knightly Views
Every journalist that "outs" a conspiracy theorist or extremist paints a target on their own back.
The anti-truth...
‘Don’t forget our past – write about us,’ says Vanuatu founding...
By Agnes Herbert in Port Vila
A founding father and former politician has urged young journalists to write more about Vanuatu’s history.
In a presentation to...
Post-Courier: Border patrol by soldiers or navy must be taken seriously
EDITORIAL: The PNG Post-Courier
The alleged shooting of Indonesian fishermen by Papua New Guinean soldiers last week where one Indonesian was reportedly killed is a...
Martyn Bradbury: Why these feral anti-vax conspiracy theorists seeking public office...
COMMENTARY: By Martyn Bradbury, editor of The Daily Blog
If there was one good outcome of the very one sided Fire & Fury, it’s that...
Assange case raises concerns over media freedom, says UN rights chief
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
The potential extradition and prosecution of Australian whistleblower Julian Assange raises concerns for media freedom and could have a "chilling effect"...
Neilson fell out with journalism directors over ‘audacious’ $50m awards plan
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Billionaire Australian philanthropist Judith Neilson who established a major journalism institute more than four years ago to boost independent media has...
