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.
Nauru earns ‘worst’ Pacific black mark as world media freedom declines
Global press freedom has declined to its lowest point in 12 years in 2015, reports the global media watchdog Freedom House in its latest...
Pacific Island states take lead on landmark UN climate deal
The signing of the Paris Accord on climate change at the United Nations. Video: PBS News Hour clip
By Carole Landry in New York
With their...
Global media groups urge Timor-Leste PM to drop defamation case
The International Federation of Journalists and the South East Asia Journalist Unions have joined international organisations Committee to Protect Journalists and Freedom House in...
Tonga’s ‘transparency’ prime minister violates media freedom over questions
By Kalafi Moala in Nuku'alofa
The man who was once jailed for his stand for press freedom in the kingdom of Tonga has now breached...
Fear of reprisal puts limit on Pacific human rights journalism, say...
A regional media forum in Fiji has heard the fear of retribution is a barrier to reporting human rights stories in the Pacific, Radio...
Media freedom: A nice RSF postcard from the Pacific, but not...
The media freedom situation has worsened significantly or stagnated in most of the Asia-Pacific region, reports the Paris-based global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without...
Reporters urged to be gender sensitive at Fiji rights forum
By Felix Chaudhary in Nadi
Women and girls' news and issues make up only 24 percent of all reports in print, radio and television media.
This...
Wadan Narsey: Silent censorship denies Fiji public ‘alternative voices’
OPINION: By Professor Wadan Narsey
Just living in Australia for a few months and watching television, makes you see clearly, how the Fiji public is...
Tell the truth about West Papua, journalists told at rights forum
By Margaret Wise of The Fiji Times
Giving voice to the voiceless and championing the rights of all people is essentially about telling the truth.
And...
Amnesty International criticises denial of NZ visa to Iran filmmaker
The Dokhtar Forooshi song Sonita - "Brides for Sale".
Stop press: A visa has been subsequently granted to the Iranian filmmker
Amnesty International has criticised the...
PNG trial begins for Rabaul Shipping ferry disaster case
By Sally Pokiton in Kokopo
The owner and managing director of Rabaul Shipping will stand trial at the Kokopo National Court this week -- four...
Two NZ-based journalists join Fiji ‘bearing witness’ climate change project
April will mark the urgency of action needed to address the issue of climate change with a collaborative project between the Pacific Media Centre...
TJ Aumua takes on ‘niche’ job as Pacific Media Watch editor
TJ Aumua reflects on her PCF exchange scholarship in Fiji last year. PMC video
Auckland University of Technology honours graduate journalist TJ Aumua has been...
Deaths and food shortages have left PNG people feeling ‘forgotten’
Barbara Jackson, humanitarian director of CARE International, speaks about her experience of the drought in Papua New Guinea in a recent video.
Thousands of Papua...
Fiji Times challenges government over exclusive advertising deal
By Talebula Kate in Suva
The Fiji Times is challenging the selection of the Fiji Sun as the government's exclusive carrier of newspaper advertisements for the...
Vanuatu PM wants public broadcaster to have nationwide coverage
By Thompson Marango in Port Vila
Prime Minister Charlot Salwai, who is also minister responsible for media, said it is important for Vanuatu's national broadcaster...
Vanuatu women unite to end violence, stage public rally
Women in Vanuatu’s capital have banned together to call for an end to violence against women.
The Vanuatu Daily Post reported that a "Stop violence...
Quill award winner Adele Ferguson slams Fairfax media job cuts
Investigative journalist Adele Ferguson has accepted the Graham Perkin journalist of the year award at the state of Victoria's Quills, using her speech to...
Dan McGarry: Freedom of speech comes with responsibility
By Dan McGarry in Port Vila
Julian Ligo recently published an online piece purporting to tell the "real" story down at the wharf, in which...
Brave woman tells of beating by Vanuatu drivers – 7 arrested
By Dan McGarry in Port Vila
A brave local woman has come forward with a shocking story of out-of-control violence in Vanuatu.
Bus and taxi drivers...
ABC Four Corners crew avoid charges over Malaysian PM incident
The ABC Four Corners news team in Malaysia have been told they will not be charged over an incident with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib...
Forum wins improved recognition for Pacific climate concerns
The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) has been given observer status in the board of the UN Green Climate Fund (GCF), Secretary-General Dame Meg...
