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Praise for young Pacific journalists and threats to Melanesian journalism

Pacific Media Watch -

November 16, 2019

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Media challenges in Pacific and impact of online news concerns on Melanesia

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Vanuatu Daily Post’s Dan McGarry ‘gutted’ by Vanuatu government’s action to reject his work permit

Lead

COP21: Fiji, Kiribati and Palau back ‘protect oceans’ action proposal

CLIMATE AND COVID

Pacific verdict on COP29

Climate

COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’

A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"

Asia Report

COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail...

In the Eye of the Storm

Analysis

Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

Pacific Climate Warriors

Analysis

How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

CORONAVIRUS

Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr

Coronavirus

Sir Collin Tukuitonga criticises RFK Jr’s measles claims, slams health misinformation

According to WHO, Western Pacific measles cases jumped by 225 percent

Coronavirus

Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson

Coronavirus

Former broadcast minister defends NZ journalism fund, state-funded media independence

1News political editor Jessica Mutch-McKay talks to the main party leaders in last night's debate

Analysis

NZ election 2023: Exposing National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood...

Practices like mask wearing and self-isolation should be encouraged for all

Coronavirus

NZ’s covid-19 mandates end: GP group says some mask-wearing, self-isolation still...

The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants

Coronavirus

Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

BEARING WITNESS

Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin

Asia Report

Journalist Cole Martin tells it ‘like it is in reality’ in...

Author and journalist Dr David Robie speaking at the launch of the third edition of the Rainbow Warrior book Eyes of Fire

Analysis

Nuclear – now climate change: New book on how great powers...

Australia, the country, as a political entity, its government, its major institutions, its official voice to the world, was quiet over the Gaza genocide

Analysis

Ignoring genocide – the bill for Australia’s silence has arrived

"I am worried about the implications of any law that bans a chant by exiled people"

Analysis

Saige England: Bearing witness – we are seeing a rise of...

West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence

Asia Report

27 years after Biak massacre in West Papua, human rights crisis...

Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior

Bearing Witness

Eyewitness account of Rainbow Warrior voyage – new Eyes of Fire...

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APJS NEWSFILE

Fijian iTaukei leaders discuss contemporary issues, such as women's representation in Fijian society

APJS newsfile

Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice

Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.

APJS newsfile

Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)

APJS newsfile

Islands Business: ‘Big picture’ style journalism is the future for...

QUT student journalist Maxim Bock with Fiji TV's director of news, current affairs and sports Felix Chaudhary (right)

APJS newsfile

Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

POPULAR POSTS

Palestinian-American home owner Loui Ridi at Ben Gurion Airport . . . "I appreciate Mike Huckabee condemned it, called them terrorists. But I’ve been in contact with the embassy, that nothing has been done on the ground."

Analysis

Meet Loui Ridi, the Palestinian American in West Bank home besieged...

NSW Justice Desmond Fagan

Analysis

Segal’s speech code meets the law – Justice Fagan wrecks Canberra’s...

After two years of denial, Israel has officially admitted firing on the 5-year-old Hind Rajab’s car

Asia Report

Palestinian theologian warns against trusting Israel over Hind, medics killings probe

Reports from West Papua say parts of the highlands region have been blanketed by snow and ice in recent days

Asia Report

Snowfall in West Papua, while severe drought hits other parts of...

EDITOR'S PICKS

"The fact that you can sling around libel without evidence in the largest newspapers in Australia gives us a window into how discussion of basic Palestinian rights is shut down"

Analysis

Adam Johnson: Coverage of my media book being banned proves the...

The Beachcomber Island resort off Nadi in Fiji

Analysis

Pacific ‘catastrophe’ awaits if nations not alert to deep sea eco...

PNG Prime Minister James Marape (right) and MPs "pray for wisdom"

Decolonisation

‘This is a difficult task’: PNG parliament to finally address Bougainville...

A bushfire comes close to a residential area in Hohola, Port Moresby

Climate

PNG’s tinder-dry Central Province and NCD struggle under El Niño

MOST COMMENTS

Australia

Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...

Jacinda Ardern

Analysis

Gordon Campbell: Media collusion with National’s attack lines the real disgrace

Global

Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ

Taiwan Day event in Suva

Asia Report

Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

"The fact that you can sling around libel without evidence in the largest newspapers in Australia gives us a window into how discussion of basic Palestinian rights is shut down"

Analysis

Adam Johnson: Coverage of my media book being banned proves the...

The Beachcomber Island resort off Nadi in Fiji

Analysis

Pacific ‘catastrophe’ awaits if nations not alert to deep sea eco...

PNG Prime Minister James Marape (right) and MPs "pray for wisdom"

Decolonisation

‘This is a difficult task’: PNG parliament to finally address Bougainville...

A bushfire comes close to a residential area in Hohola, Port Moresby

Climate

PNG’s tinder-dry Central Province and NCD struggle under El Niño