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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Philip Cass in Brisbane Melanesian Media Freedom Forum - Day two: The second day of the Melanesian Media Freedom Forum began with...

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...

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...

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...

By Moale James “West Papuans are being denied their basic human rights … Human beings have a right to freedom. Freedom to be treated fairly...

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...

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...

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...