Global media decry Indonesia’s arrest of environmental journalist
A Mongabay video message to supporters of the US journalist Philip Jacobson arrested in Indonesia.
By Michael Andrew in Jakarta
International journalists and agencies have condemned...
Rappler challenges president’s ‘media powers’ in democracy fight back
By David Robie in Manila
Rappler, the innovative online publisher that has been at the media freedom frontline in the Philippines for the past three...
Why is NZ turning its back on human rights abuses in...
Pacific Media Watch
Over the years, many graphic and violent images of torture and beatings have emerged from the Indonesia-controlled region of West Papua, half...
Lowering of Kīngitanga flag at Ihumātao ‘appropriate’, says Soul
By RNZ News
Protesters at Ihumātao remain hopeful a resolution to the lengthy dispute will be announced before Waitangi Day.
Kiingi Tūheitia arrived at Ihumātao yesterday...
Indonesia ‘arrests’ Mongabay editor – one month after first detaining...
Pacific Media Watch
Philip Jacobson, an award-winning editor for the non-profit environmental science news outlet Mongabay, has been arrested for an alleged visa violation in...
Fiji school workbook condemned for promoting ‘harmful’ gender roles
By Koro Vaka'uta of RNZ Pacific
A school workbook containing "harmful" messages is being circulated in Fiji's schools, says a local activist.
Roshika Deo said her...
West Papua: Sad plight of the Nduga internally displaced children
SPECIAL REPORT: By Arnold Belau, Ligia Giay, Febriana Firdaus and Belinda Lopez of the Voice of Papua newsletter
Everything about what happened in the Papuan provincial...
Hidden women of history: Australian undercover journalist in hospitals
By Kerrie Davies and Willa McDonald in Sydney
In 1886, a year before American journalist Nellie Bly feigned insanity to enter an asylum in New...
Textbooks should highlight Marcos dictatorship atrocities, says Robredo
By Llanesca T. Panti in Manila
Textbooks should be changed to underscore the atrocities committed by the Philippines martial law regime of former dictator Ferdinand...
Media academic warns shutting key TV channel would be step to...
By Camille Abiel H. Torres, Charm Ryanne C. Magpali and Laurd Menhard Salen of The Varsitarian in Manila
A New Zealand media academic and freedom...
Ampatuan massacre justice aftermath with more fear of warlords, corruption
The Rappler video feed on the Ampatuan convictions last month.
For decades, the feared Ampatuan clan held sway in the impoverished province of Maguindanao in...
Radio storytelling and community empowerment in Philippines
By David Robie in Manila
Operating out of a modest three-roomed rooftop suite overlooking the local marketplace in the rice-producing Bicol township of Vinzons, a...
Praise for young Pacific journalists and threats to Melanesian journalism
SPECIAL REPORT: By Philip Cass in Brisbane
Melanesian Media Freedom Forum - Day two: The second day of the Melanesian Media Freedom Forum began with...
Media challenges in Pacific and impact of online news concerns on...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Philip Cass in Brisbane
Melanesia Media Freedom Forum - Day One:
The problems of operating in the Pacific and the impact of online...
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...
The genocide next door – West Papuan band spreading message of...
By Moale James
“West Papuans are being denied their basic human rights … Human beings have a right to freedom. Freedom to be treated fairly...
PJR acting editor doubtful Australian TV relevant to Pacific
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Acting editor of the Pacific Media Centre's Pacific Journalism Review Dr Philip Cass has cast doubt on the success of Australia's...
Journalists fighting oil palm plantation found stabbed to death in Sumatra
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Two Indonesian journalists who had reported on an illegal oil palm plantation in Sumatra have been found stabbed to death.
According to...
AUT to host Asia media conference at pivotal time of innovative...
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Academics and tertiary students from across the Asia Pacific have been invited to submit papers for the Asian Congress for Media...