Sri Krishnamurthi
Sri Krishnamurthi was the Pacific Media Centre's 2019-20 Pacific Media Watch freedom project contributing editor. Originally from Fiji, Sri has worked in the media as a journalist and in communications in New Zealand for more than 20 years. Sri is a graduate of the Postgraduate Diploma in Communications (Digital Media) course at AUT. He also has an MBA (Massey University).
Fantasy like Moana? ‘No, I just wanted to tell my story,’...
REVIEW: By Sri Krishnamurthi
From Island girl to an airline pilot seems like the Disney fantasy Moana yet nothing could further from the truth when...
Fijian Drua and Moana Pasifika looking for 80min performances
By Iliesa Tora, RNZ Pacific senior sports journalist, and Sri Krishnamurthi, RNZ Pacific journalist
The Fijian Drua will need to start and finish well, while...
Journalism at crossroads but must ‘stick to principles’ to regain trust,...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia Pacific Report
It has been a decade since The Daily Blog (TDB) came into being informing all and...
Domestic violence, isolation hit Pacific women during pandemic, says USP survey
By Sri Krishnamurthi
While some women at the University of the South Pacific's 14 campuses found working from home enjoyable during the covid-19 pandemic, others...
Red Roses hot favourite to win 2022 Women’s Rugby World Cup
SPECIAL REPORT: By Sri Krishnamurthi
The Red Roses of England are overwhelming favourites to win the 2022 Rugby World Cup being hosted by New Zealand...
Love of social work propels Rotuma’s Rachael Mario into local elections
By Sri Krishnamurthi
Rachael Mario isn’t just any woman, she is special in that she hails from the idyllic South Pacific island of Rotuma.
And it...
University of Fiji academic chief rejects allegations of corruption, nepotism
By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia-Pacific Report
Allegations of corruption, nepotism and bad governance at the Lautoka-based University of Fiji have been made by a whistleblower...
World’s highest paid rugby player delighted he can be picked for...
By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia-Pacific Report
The world’s highest paid rugby player, Charles Piutau, is delighted he will be eligible to play for Tonga now...
Solomon Islands downgraded over riots, troubles in new CIVICUS report
By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia-Pacific ReportThe troubled nation of Solomon Islands, whose Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare won a no-confidence vote 32 votes...
AUT’s new academic head seeks to build relationships around Pacific
By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia-Pacific Report
Incoming new vice-chancellor for Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Toelesulusulu Dr Damon Ieremia...
‘No stranger to media freedom threats’, but hope at communication forum
By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia-Pacific Report
Keynote speakers professor David Robie and Glenda Gloria, executive editor of Rappler, addressed “truth and justice” on the opening...
Rappler chief editor and Asia-Pacific media keynotes at ‘pandemic’ forum
By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia Pacific Report
A Filipina journalist who cut her teeth as a young reporter in the Marcos dictatorship years and now...
Critics condemn INEOS and Altrad as ‘not a good fit’ for...
By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia-Pacific Report
Both the INEOS and Altrad logos will be emblazoned on the All Blacks jerseys and shorts for the next...
The Pacific Newsroom – the virtual ‘kava bar’ news success story
SPECIAL REPORT: By Sri Krishnamurthi
October 2021 was a horror month for Facebook as the headlines screamed “Facebook under fire” which started with the social...
Dementia tsunami by 2050 ‘likely to hit Pasifika, Māori, Asian communities’
SPECIAL REPORT: By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia-Pacific Report
The warning is stark -- New Zealand is on the verge of a “tsunami" of dementia cases...
Perceptions over NZ’s public interest journalism project – saint or sinner?
SPECIAL REPORT: By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia-Pacific Report
“Public interest journalism plays a crucial role in promoting the quality of public life, protecting individuals from...
How NZ’s Public Interest Journalism Fund can help ‘normalise’ diversity
SPECIAL REPORT: By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia Pacific ReportThe announcement in February of a new $55 million, three-year Public Interest Journalism Fund...
Moana Pasifika and Fiji Drua overcome Super Rugby hurdles
By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia-Pacific Report
While the All Blacks and Springboks will play their 100th test tomorrow both Pacific rugby teams are preparing for...
CIVICUS criticises Pacific countries over use of covid to curb freedoms
By Sri Krishnamurthi of the Pacific Media Centre
Australian authorities’ heavy-handedness and the use of the covid-19 pandemic to curb civic and media freedoms are...
How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic
SPECIAL REPORT: By Sri Krishnamurthi of Pacific Media Watch
In this new covid-19 world, environmental and climate crisis defenders are developing new ways to cope...
In search of our Hawaiki origins – behind the myths and...
REVIEW: By Sri Krishnamurthi of Pacific Media Watch
When I first learned about the mythical place called Hawaiki. I understood it to be Cape Reinga...
How covid priorities have ‘shelved’ PNG climate change action
The project video - read the linked story.
By Sri Krishnamurthi of the Pacific Media Centre
Climate change action has been "shelved" for the moment in...
