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Media freedom in Fiji . . . media law reform a priority

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‘No secret’ that Fiji’s media law is target for free press review soon

Pacific Media Watch -

February 1, 2023

Media education in Samoa

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Samoa down in RSF media freedom world ranking due to ‘authoritarian pressure’

"What is happening in America is having a profound impact on journalism (and by extension journalism education) in Australia

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Amid Dutton’s ‘hate media’ and Trump’s despotism, press freedom is more vital than ever

Draft PNG National Media Development Policy "flies in the face of global norms for self-regulation"

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PNG draft media development policy ‘contemptuous’ of public interest

The Melanesian Spearhead Secretariat office in Port Vila

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West Papuan ‘provisional’ government backs full membership of MSG

Outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte

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Duterte ‘institutionalised’ disinformation, paved the way for a Marcos victory

Pacific Media Watch -

June 20, 2022

Horror torture in Hela

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PNG woman tortured and killed in horrifying video over ‘sorcery’

June 4, 2021

NZ SeaRise maps website

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Cyber attack on NZ sea level website blamed on anti-climate critics...

May 2, 2022

PNG provincial logistics assistants attending a pre-election workshop

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PNG election misinformation ‘worse than ever’, says journalist

June 22, 2022

Stuff pulls out of X

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NZ’s Stuff media group quits X (Twitter) over ‘disinformation’

Pacific Media Watch -

October 13, 2023

President Donald Trump

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Trump’s ‘free speech’ vision comes at expense of press freedom

Pacific Media Watch -

January 27, 2025

Ukrainian servicemen walk through a charred forest at the frontline

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John Mitchell: Blessed are the peacemakers – why this day is...

September 24, 2023

Progressive journalist and presenter Mehdi Hasan

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Debunked – Israel’s top 10 lies on Gaza, as exposed by...

Pacific Media Watch -

August 4, 2025

The Sydney Morning Herald's coverage of the Israel bias furore today

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ABC staff ‘have lost confidence’ in boss in defending public trust...

Pacific Media Watch -

January 23, 2024

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PNG police minister to use social media to keep citizens safe

Pacific Media Watch -

June 10, 2019

Rampant misinformation has undermined the covid-19 relief effort in Pacific countries such as Fiji

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Digital toolbox needed to counter Pacific ‘hotspot of misinformation’

July 19, 2022

Al Noor mosque, where the majority of deaths took place during the Christchurch terror attack on 15 March 2019

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NZ communities gather in unity for He Whenua Taurikura Hui on...

October 31, 2022

The first-ever US military flight carrying 18 Marshall Islanders deported from the United States by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrives at Majuro

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ICE deportation action lands Marshallese, Micronesians in Guantánamo ‘terror’ base

July 19, 2025

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Gavin Ellis: An open letter to the incoming media minister

June 26, 2022

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RSF condemns Google for dropping Australian media searches in ‘tests’

Pacific Media Watch -

January 26, 2021

Amnesty International Indonesia executive director Usman Hamid

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Amnesty urges review of Indonesian troops in Papua after torture video

March 26, 2024

RNZ board chairman Dr Jim Mather

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RNZ board to begin setting up independent review of pro-Russia edits...

Pacific Media Watch -

June 13, 2023

US President Donald Trump has deprived more than 400 million citizens of reliable information overnight

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New deal for journalism – RSF’s 11 steps to ‘reconstruct’ global...

Pacific Media Watch -

May 4, 2025

FM100 talkback host Culligan Tanda

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Media Council makes ‘stop Telikom PNG silencing journalists’ plea to PM...

Pacific Media Watch -

May 16, 2025

Digital platforms

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The Conversation’s submission to the Australian Senate Inquiry into the News...

Pacific Media Watch -

January 20, 2021

The University of the South Pacific's Laucala campus in Fiji

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USP to host ‘critical issues’ Pacific media conference to shape future

March 5, 2024

Journalist José Belo

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Timor-Leste makes top ten in 2023 World Press Freedom Index

Pacific Media Watch -

May 3, 2023

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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

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...

Sawana Village on Fiji's Vanua Balavu island was partly destroyed by Cyclone Winston in 2016

APJS newsfile

Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response

Professor David Robie

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David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation

USP and AUT journalism collaboration

Bearing Witness

Pacific ‘voice of the voiceless’ media in renewed post-covid struggle

Bearing Witness

Return to Rabi on the horizon for Ossies climate doco crew?

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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)

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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

"While New Zealand was formally invited to join the Board -- and chose to decline -- Fiji was not invited at all"

Analysis

Troops without a seat – the Gaza ‘Board of Peace’ and...

Taane Aruka Te Aho

Climate

Climate change a priority for NZ’s iwi leaders at Waitangi

The designations render the two Micronesian politicians and their immediate family members ineligible for entry into the US

Crime

US designates two Micronesian leaders over corruption allegations

Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson

Business

Green Party celebrates decision to decline ‘dead end’ Taranaki seabed mining

EDITOR'S PICKS

NSW police stand over a bleeding and capsicum-sprayed protester

Australia

NSW Premier Minns’ police attack Muslims in prayer, peaceful Gaza protesters

Analysis

Herzog backlash crushes Albo’s ‘social cohesion’ – thousands protest nationwide

The defaced "Free Palestine" mural in Palau

Asia Report

Outcry on Saipan after ‘Free Palestine’ mural vandalised – arrest made

New Zealand silent over the cemetery desecration

Decolonisation

PSNA calls on govt to condemn Israeli desecration of New Zealand...

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

Sydney police violence at the Monday night protest against the Gaza genocide and visit by Israeli President Isaac Herzog

Australia

Sydney police brutality over Herzog – an open letter to Premier...

The designations render the two Micronesian politicians and their immediate family members ineligible for entry into the US

Crime

US designates two Micronesian leaders over corruption allegations

NSW police stand over a bleeding and capsicum-sprayed protester

Australia

NSW Premier Minns’ police attack Muslims in prayer, peaceful Gaza protesters

Analysis

Herzog backlash crushes Albo’s ‘social cohesion’ – thousands protest nationwide