Pacific Media Watch
RSF, Moroccan-French journalists file complaint over Pegasus spy saga
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
In the wake of this week's revelations about the Pegasus spyware, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and two journalists with French and...
NZ media fund gives boost to new Māori journalism projects, training
RNZ Mediawatch
The first tranche of the New Zealand government’s $55 million Public Interest Journalism Fund has been allocated - against a backdrop of criticism...
Major NZ media networks collaborate to develop talented Pacific journalists
Pacific Media Network News
The number and quality of Pacific journalists are expected to rise in a never before seen collaboration between four major New...
Susana Lei’ataua named as RNZ Pacific’s new news editor
RNZ Pacific
Susana Lei'ataua has been appointed news editor of RNZ Pacific.
She will join RNZ Pacific officially in August and brings a wealth of experience,...
AJF’s Peter Greste presses for media freedom act to protect journalists
The Press Freedom Tracker launch video featuring Peter Greste and the tracker team. Video: AJF
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
The Peter Greste-fronted Alliance for Journalists’ Freedom...
Veteran Filipino journalist and media rights advocate Nonoy Espina, 59,...
By Lian Buan in Manila
Veteran journalist and former chairman of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) Jose Jaime "Nonoy" Espina has...
RSF’s 2021 ‘Press freedom predators’ gallery includes old tyrants, 2 women
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has published a gallery of grim portraits -- those of 37 heads of state or government who...
Gavin Ellis: Dregs in the news media paywall teacup
COMMENT: By Gavin Ellis, Knightly Views
I have been reading the tea leaves in the bottom of the online subscription cup.
My fortune-telling has been assisted...
Journalists are not going to stop tweeting. But should media outlets...
By Rodney Tiffen, University of Sydney
“Not a great week for journalism at the ABC”, News Corp’s Sharri Markson tweeted earlier this month, when the...
Tagata Pasifika Special: Celebrating 50 years of the Polynesian Panthers
Tagata Pasifika
They were the face of a generation growing up in a new land. They were the Polynesian Panthers, young activists fighting against social...
Lawyer Clooney welcomes dismissal of second libel suit against Maria Ressa
By Camille Elemia in Manila
Human rights lawyers Amal Clooney and Caoilfhionn Gallagher, who lead the international defence legal team, have call on the international...
Actress Rose Byrne to play Jacinda Ardern in mosque attacks film
RNZ News
Australian actress Rose Byrne is set to play NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in a film about the week following the 15 March...
Media Council condemns ‘mob rule’ to intimidate female students, media at...
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
The Media Council of Papua New Guinea has condemned an attack by male students at the University of Papua New Guinea...
Leading NZ newspaper warns nation against complacency over covid
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
New Zealand's leading daily newspaper has warned the country against complacency over the covid-19 pandemic and to look to Fiji for...
Angry male student mob targets media over UPNG sexual abuse...
By Charlie Dumavi in Port Moresby
Women students at the University of Papua New Guinea silently suffering from persistent sexual harassment and abuse in the...
Male students at UPNG attack media for reporting on sexual harassment
By Jemimah Sukbat in Port Moresby
A group of male students attacked the media covering a harassment protest by female students at the University of...
AG raises Suva lawyers’ ‘little confidence’ social media posts
By Luke Nacei in Suva
Social media posts by two outspoken Suva-based lawyers have been raised in Parliament over a critical culture “that has been...
Reinstate victimised Palestinian journalists’ union leader, says IFJ
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
The International Federation of Journalists has called for the urgent reinstatement of Nasser Abu Bakr, head of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate,...
Samoa Observer: Democracy tested as Samoa celebrates independence
EDITORIAL: By the editorial board of the Samoa Observer
Samoa’s 59th Independence Day has come and gone, without the usual fanfare and intense patriotism we...
RNZ Saturday Morning: How will the Samoan constitutional crisis end?
RNZ Saturday Morning
Samoa found itself in a constitutional crisis this week when the caretaker Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) government locked the doors to...
Australia, NZ criticised for ‘silence’ over recognition for Samoa’s Fiame
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Australia and New Zealand are being urged to follow the lead of the Federated States of Micronesia, and recognise Fiame Naomi...
Samoa Observer: Where is the Head of State?
EDITORIAL: By the Editorial Board
As the focus of Samoa’s political crisis shifts to the courtrooms of our Supreme and District Courts, and with Monday,...