Pacific Media Watch
Gaza killings and the death of Western journalism – why the...
COMMENTARY: By Mohamad Elmasry
On Wednesday, the Israeli army killed two more Palestinian journalists in Gaza.
Ismail al-Ghoul and Rami al-Rifi were working when they were...
Pacific Journalism Review at 30 – a strong media legacy
COMMENTARY: By David Robie in Devpolicy Blog
Pacific Journalism Review (PJR) began life three decades ago in Papua New Guinea and recently celebrated a remarkable...
Al Jazeera journalist, cameraman killed in Israeli attack on Gaza
Pacific Media Watch
Al Jazeera Arabic journalist Ismail al-Ghoul and his cameraman Rami al-Rifi have been killed in an Israeli air attack on the Gaza...
More dead children. More BBC ‘news’ channelling Israeli propaganda as its...
Forget a 10-month genocide in Gaza. Only when Israel can exploit the deaths of Syrians living under its military occupation are we supposed to...
Photojournalist targeted by Israeli army carries Olympic torch in Paris
Pacific Media Watch
A Lebanese photojournalist who was severely wounded during an Israeli air strike in south Lebanon carried the Olympic torch in Paris this...
Facebook reportedly censors posts by Solomon Islands news outlet
RNZ Pacific
Facebook has reportedly temporarily blocked posts published by an independent online news outlet in Solomon Islands after incorrectly labelling its content as "spam".
In-Depth...
Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response
By Brooke Tindall, Queensland University of Technology
With more than 50 Fijian villages earmarked for potential relocation in the next five to 10 years due...
Former FANG president Vijay Naidu talks Pacific anti-nuclear activism
Pacific Media Watch
An interview with former University of the South Pacific (USP) development studies professor Dr Vijay Naidu, a founding president of the Fiji...
PANG talks to journalist David Robie on Pacific decolonisation issues
PANG Media
The PANG media team at this month's Pacific International Media Conference in Fiji caught up with independent journalist, author and educator Dr David...
Pacific journalists’ resilience shines through at historic conference
By Justin Latif in Suva
Despite the many challenges faced by Pacific journalists in recent years, the recent Pacific International Media Conference highlighted the incredible...
Pacific media academics slam global research journal model, defend regional niche...
Pacific Media Watch
Pacific media academics have criticised the economics of global research journal publication models and defended independent publications such as Pacific Journalism Review...
Elevation, colour – and the American flag. Here’s what makes Evan...
ANALYSIS: By Sara Oscar, University of Technology Sydney
The attempted assassination of Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania was captured by several photographers who...
Australian strategy plans $75m boost for Indo-Pacific media development
RNZ Pacific
Australia has announced more than A$68 million over the next five years to strengthen and expand Australian broadcasting and media sector engagement across...
‘Culture plays a big part’: Female journalists in Pacific face harassment...
By Moera Tuilaepa-Taylor, RNZ Pacific manager
Delegates at a Pacific media conference in Fiji two weeks ago heard harrowing stories of female reporters facing threats...
When media freedom as the ‘oxygen of democracy’ and hypocrisy share...
Pacific Media Watch
Many platitudes about media freedom and democracy laced last week’s Pacific International Media Conference in the Fijian capital of Suva. There was...
Fiji, anchor of Indonesian diplomacy in the Pacific – a view...
Indonesia's commitment to the Pacific continues to be strengthened. One of the strategies is through a commitment to resolving human rights cases in Papua,...
Groundbreaking book Waves of Change launched at Pacific Media Conference in...
By Jai Bharadwaj of The Australia Today
A pivotal book, Waves of Change: Media, Peace, and Development in the Pacific, has been released at the...
‘Frontline Media Faultlines’ – David Robie’s keynote address to Pacific Media...
The Australia Today
Here is the livestream of Dr David Robie’s keynote address “Frontline Media Faultlines: How Critical Journalism Can Survive Against the Odds” at...
‘We’ve paid high price for being unable to protect freedom,’ says...
Fijivillage News
As an economy, Fiji has paid a "very high price for being unable to protect freedom" but people can speak and criticise the...
Pacific media conference: challenges and opportunities
By Moera Tuilaepa-Taylor, RNZ Pacific manager
A group of regional and international media representatives met at a forum in Fiji last week to discuss some...
Pacific media in crisis, warns former PNG, Samoa editor Alex Rheeney
NBC News
A former newspaper editor believes the journalism profession in Papua New Guinea and other Pacific Island countries is in crisis.
Team leader of the...
‘Precarious’ – newsmakers dissect state and future of Pacific journalism
PACNEWS
If the pen is mightier than the sword, then an army of journalists has assembled in Fiji’s capital to discuss the state and future...