PANG talks to journalist David Robie on Pacific decolonisation issues
PANG Media
The PANG media team at this month's Pacific International Media Conference in Fiji caught up with independent journalist, author and educator Dr David...
Kanaky New Caledonia crisis: Kanak lawyer warns ‘separatism’ will worsen inequalities
By Margot Staunton, RNZ senior journalist and Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor
A Kanak political commentator in Aotearoa New Zealand says calls to separate New...
Pacific journalists’ resilience shines through at historic conference
By Justin Latif in Suva
Despite the many challenges faced by Pacific journalists in recent years, the recent Pacific International Media Conference highlighted the incredible...
PNG oil and LNG shipments face foreign waters ban if waste...
By Matthew Vari in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea will face a grim reality of a ban on its shipping of oil and hydrocarbons in...
Pacific media academics slam global research journal model, defend regional niche...
Pacific Media Watch
Pacific media academics have criticised the economics of global research journal publication models and defended independent publications such as Pacific Journalism Review...
Elevation, colour – and the American flag. Here’s what makes Evan...
ANALYSIS: By Sara Oscar, University of Technology Sydney
The attempted assassination of Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania was captured by several photographers who...
Australian strategy plans $75m boost for Indo-Pacific media development
RNZ Pacific
Australia has announced more than A$68 million over the next five years to strengthen and expand Australian broadcasting and media sector engagement across...
‘Culture plays a big part’: Female journalists in Pacific face harassment...
By Moera Tuilaepa-Taylor, RNZ Pacific manager
Delegates at a Pacific media conference in Fiji two weeks ago heard harrowing stories of female reporters facing threats...
When media freedom as the ‘oxygen of democracy’ and hypocrisy share...
Pacific Media Watch
Many platitudes about media freedom and democracy laced last week’s Pacific International Media Conference in the Fijian capital of Suva. There was...
Fiji, anchor of Indonesian diplomacy in the Pacific – a view...
Indonesia's commitment to the Pacific continues to be strengthened. One of the strategies is through a commitment to resolving human rights cases in Papua,...
‘We slept in the open,’ say PNG evicted widows who bought...
By Kelvin Joe and Gynnie Kero in Port Moresby
Two widows and their children were among other Papua New Guinean squatters who had to dismantle...
New riot vehicle shipment arrives for police, firemen in New Caledonia
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
More armoured vehicles and firetrucks have been delivered for Kanaky New Caledonia's security forces, including police...
Groundbreaking book Waves of Change launched at Pacific Media Conference in...
By Jai Bharadwaj of The Australia Today
A pivotal book, Waves of Change: Media, Peace, and Development in the Pacific, has been released at the...
‘Frontline Media Faultlines’ – David Robie’s keynote address to Pacific Media...
The Australia Today
Here is the livestream of Dr David Robie’s keynote address “Frontline Media Faultlines: How Critical Journalism Can Survive Against the Odds” at...
A surprising litmus test for Kanaky New Caledonia’s independence parties
ANALYSIS: By Denise Fisher
The voters in the second round of France’s national elections last weekend staved off an expected shift to the far-right. But...
Fiji protesters call for freedom and justice in the Pacific –...
Asia Pacific Report
The Fiji NGO Coalition on Human Rights and other protesters took to the streets of Fiji's capital Suva yesterday in a rare...
Nalini Singh calls for media coverage that ‘reflects realities of all...
By Ivy Mallam of Wansolwara
Media professionals have been urged to undergo gender sensitisation training to produce more inclusive, accurate and ethical representation of women...
‘We’ve paid high price for being unable to protect freedom,’ says...
Fijivillage News
As an economy, Fiji has paid a "very high price for being unable to protect freedom" but people can speak and criticise the...
Pacific media conference: challenges and opportunities
By Moera Tuilaepa-Taylor, RNZ Pacific manager
A group of regional and international media representatives met at a forum in Fiji last week to discuss some...
Amid decline in mainstream media trust, Pacific Journalism Review remains a...
Professor Vijay Naidu's speech celebrating the launch of the 30th anniversary edition of Pacific Journalism Review at the Pacific International Media Conference in Suva,...