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).
Vanuatu Daily Post’s Dan McGarry ‘gutted’ by Vanuatu government’s action to...
By Sri Krishnamurthi of Pacific Media Watch
Media Director of the Vanuatu Daily Post group, Dan McGarry, is devastated by the Vanuatu government’s decision to...
Pacific Media Watch contributing editor wins Jakarta practicum
By Sri Krishnamurthi
The 2019 Pacific Media Watch contributing editor has been selected for a 6-week journalism practicum in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Michael Andrew was one of...
USP mismanagement ‘widespread’, staff tell current affairs show
Simpson@8 investigated the allegations of mismanagement that had accrued over professor Chandra’s tenure. Video: Simpson@8
By Sri Krishnamurthi
Staff and students at the University of the...
AUT’s Pacific Media Watch ‘lighthouse’ role featured in freedom doco
The Pacific Media Watch mini documentary. Video: Blessen Tom and Sri Krishnamurthi
By Sri Krishnamurthi
“It’s a bit of a lighthouse” for vital regional news and...
Australian police raids – Pacific angle on ‘media great threat to...
By Sri Krishnamurthi
The police raids on the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) and Newscorp's Sunday Telegraph journalist Annika Smethurst earlier this month have had a...
Iconic Tongan publisher Kalafi Moala eyes new digital media challenge
Tongan journalist, publisher and broadcaster Kalafi Moala talks to Pacific Media Watch project's Sri Krishnamurthi. Video: Sri Krishnamurthi/Blessen Tom
By Sri Krishnamurthi
After 30 years as...
‘Media for democracy’ – Pacific Media Watch’s 2019 freedom feature
Journalist Sri Krishnamurthi's media freedom video.
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
The theme for the 26th celebration of the World Press Freedom Day this year is “Media...
‘NZ is waking up to our … spectrum of colours’, says...
Journalist Sri Krishnamurthi's video interview with Alistar Kata.
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Alistar Kata is uniquely placed to talk about diversity in New Zealand media newsrooms.
Not...
Pioneering NZ Pacific research initiative to make ‘reset’ change
By Sri Krishnamurthi
The NZ Institute for Pacific Research will cease to exist in its current form, Emeritus Professor Richard Bedford said in a bombshell...
Pacific aid mapping tool aimed at improving transparency in region
By Sri Krishnamurthi
A new Pacific aid mapping tool developed by the Lowy Institute think tank is set to immeasurably improve transparency in aid in...
2018 Fiji elections – the ‘fake news’ catchphrase of this poll...
By Sri Krishnamurthi
“Fake News” was the catch phrase of the 2018 Fiji Elections – the second democratic elections since Commodore, now Prime Minister, Voreqe...
Fiji Elections Office begins final entry as provisional results stopped
By Sri Krishnamurthi in Suva
The Fiji Elections Office (FEO) has entered a new phase towards the results of the 2018 elections by stopping the...
Fiji authorities caught out by social media trolls, poll fake news
By Sri Krishnamurthi in Suva
Like a possum in headlights, the Fiji media authorities appear to have been caught out by social media trolls and...
Court clears Rabuka for Fiji election – FICAC appeal dismissed
By Sri Krishnamurthi in Suva
In a dramatic afternoon, more than 1000 people sang Fijian songs of jubilation as Chief-Justice Anthony Gates dismissed the appeal...
FijiFirst expected to win Fiji general election – but by...
By Sri Krishnamurthi in Suva
FijiFirst is expected to win Fiji’s second post-coup general election in eight years - but by what majority?
The opposition Social...
Low-cost solar batteries key to cheap electricity for Polynesian countries
A report on innovative solar energy technology for the Pacific. Video: NZIPR
By Sri Krishnamurthi with Peter Wilson in Auckland
Solar-powered batteries are the key to...
Tukuitonga goes into battle on behalf of Pacific for WHO position
By Sri Krishnamurthi
Health challenges in the Pacific Islands require acute and immediate attention from the World Health Organisation, says Dr Colin Tukuitonga, a New...
‘I was coerced into the 1987 coup,’ admits Sitiveni Rabuka
By Sri Krishnamurthi of Asia-Pacific Report
A repentant Sitiveni Rabuka, the Fiji military strongman who sparked off the country's "coup culture" in 1987, admits he...
Climate change and security big focus for Pacific Islands Forum in...
Climate change is a major worry to the Pacific Islands and it was the major talking point at the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) earlier...
SODELPA’s Rabuka confident of winning power in Fiji election
By Sri Krishnamurthi of the Pacific Media Centre
Fiji's Social Democratic Liberal Party (SODELPA) leader Sitiveni Rabuka is confident of winning government benches in the...
Fiji youth open up about what they expect from this year’s...
By Sri Krishnamurthi in Suva
It’s wrong to think that the youth in Fiji are unaware of the forthcoming election. They are engaging through social...
‘Flight of the myna’ – behind the smiles in post-coup Fiji...
OPINION: By Sri Krishnamurthi in Suva
When I left Fiji 30 years ago, a week after the first coup in 1987, I planned to write...
