Pacific Media Watch
USP students, France24 team up in smart-phone Fiji climate story
The France24 Observers climate change report on Fiji featuring ePOP student journalists Koroi Tadulala and Telstar Edrie Jimmy. Video: France 24 Observers - in...
‘Don’t run to courts’ over every PNG electoral row, judge says...
Andrew Thomas reporting from Port Moresby on the issues at stake in this month's general election in Papua New Guinea. Video: Al Jazeera
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95bFM, VICE media team up to offer ‘authentic, credible’ NZ news...
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
New Zealand broadcaster 95bFM and youth media company VICE have today announced a new content partnership that will see the two...
PNG court silences political blogger’s comments, blogger posts gag image
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
A Papua New Guinean court has banned political blogger Martyn Namorong from publishing "defamatory remarks" about Electoral Commissioner Patilias Gamato and...
Gamato defends PNG elections in face of mounting condemnation
Masked gunmen 'hijacked' three ballot boxes in Western Highlands electorate of Mul-Baiyer. Video: EMTV News
By Elizah Palme in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's Electoral Commissioner...
150 reported arrested in new West Papua crackdown on activists
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
West Papuan solidarity groups have protested over reported mass arrests of Papuan activists in the Nabire regency over the past week.
Tabloid...
Strip medals from French Rainbow Warrior saboteurs, says Star-Times
Pacific Media Centre's Alistar Kata profiles the legacy of activism from the 1985 Rainbow Warrior voyage to Rongelap Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Video:...
From ‘anticipation, excitement’ to dictatorship fears in PNG election
As polling draws to a close in Papua New Guinea this weekend and with counting still underway, Pacific Media Watch looks back at the...
Green MP Delahunty calls for NZ action, media focus on West...
Ashleigh McCaull's video story. Video: PMC YouTube channel
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Final year Bachelor of Communication Studies student journalist Ashleigh McCaull at Auckland University of...
Cook Islands plays role in Pacific research mapping media culture
By Rashneel Kumar in Avarua, Rarotonga
The Cook Islands is part of a 12-nation research project to comprehensively map Pacific Islands journalism culture at a...
EMTV turns 30 – and captures a slice of PNG history
Serah Aupong's report on the EMTV milestones. Video: EMTV
By Serah Aupong of EMTV News in Port Moresby
While Papua New Guineans know of EMTV, many...
Tahitian anti-nuclear advocates mark 51st year since testing began
Pacific Media Watch News desk
Tahitians will today mark the 51st anniversary of the first French nuclear weapons test in the Pacific as advocates still...
PNG Media Council seeks opinion over Cybercrime Act’s ‘free speech’ impact
By Geraldine Kalabai in Port Moresby
The Media Council of Papua New Guinea is seeking a legal opinion on the effects of the government's 2016...
Transparency sets up free hot line to report corruption during PNG...
A citizens video appealing to Papua New Guinean citizens to beat corruption and "vote for change". Video: Mangi PNG
By Kiwiana Ngabung in Port Moresby
Transparency International...
PMC to host visiting Pacific exchange student journalists
Pacific Media Watch News Desk
The Pacific Media Centre will host three student journalists today in the opening session of a two-week attachment media programme...
Annie Goldson talks to RNZ’s Sunday on the Kim Dotcom doco
Kim Dotcom ... the "most wanted man online". Video: Caught in the Web
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web is the new...
Rights groups condemn ‘cowardly censorship’ bid over Al Jazeera
Pacific Media Watch
Press freedom and human rights advocates, journalists and social media users have condemned a demand by Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries...
Unprecedented outpouring of grief at funeral for Vanuatu president
By Dan McGarry in Port Vila
Vanuatu has never seen an outpouring of sorrow and admiration such as it witnessed yesterday.
Many alive today may not...
‘Anticipation, excitement’ sweep PNG as election polling looms
Pacific Media Centre News Desk
Polling in Papua New Guinea’s 2017 national election begins this weekend.
On Saturday, voters will take to the polling booths after...
New York Times condemns ‘misguided’ attempt to silence Al Jazeera
Silencing Al Jazeera was a high priority when Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Yemen moved to isolate Qatar earlier this month,...
New governance watchdog PNGi exposes O’Neill’s business networks
Pacific Media Watch News Desk
PNGi is set to revolutionise governance in Papua New Guinea by cracking open the secrets of the rich and powerful...
PNG grants citizenship to 138 West Papuans, waives legal fees
By Delly Waigeno in Port Moresby
Four naturalised citizens and 138 West Papuans have become citizens of Papua New Guinea.
Acting Chief Migration Officer Solomon Kantha...