Ben Bohane wins $10,000 Bougainville mission grant for Pacific journalism
By Michael Andrew
A Pacific Media Centre collaborator has been awarded the inaugural Sean Dorney Grant for Pacific Journalism at the 2019 Walkley Mid-Year Celebration.
Vanuatu-based...
Australian police raids – Pacific angle on ‘media great threat to...
By Sri Krishnamurthi
The police raids on the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) and Newscorp's Sunday Telegraph journalist Annika Smethurst earlier this month have had a...
‘I click therefore I exist’ – media research and ‘humanism’
The AMIC 2009 conference highlights. Video: AMIC
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
A new video has been produced on YouTube featuring highlights of this month's 27th AMIC...
Herald paywall could turn readers to rival Stuff, warns AUT lecturer
By RNZ News
The New Zealand Herald’s new premium paywall could turn readers to digital competitor Stuff, warns Auckland University of Technology communication studies lecturer Dr...
Sydney declares a climate emergency – what does that mean in...
ANALYSIS: By Chris Turney in Sydney
Late on Monday night, the City of Sydney became the first state capital in Australia to officially declare a...
Indonesian police accused of torture in May postelection riots
By Marguerite Afra Sapiie in Jakarta
Indonesia's National Police are facing increased pressure as investigations by human rights organisations have found alleged use of...
Climate crisis: Bold call for security partners to prevent ‘catastrophe’
ANALYSIS: By Pip Hinman in Sydney
Long-time Australian climate campaigner David Spratt and former fossil fuel company executive Ian Dunlop have issued a bold call...
Tahiti’s Flosse ordered to repay millions in ‘phantom jobs’ case
By RNZ Pacific
French Polynesia's former president Gaston Flosse and 12 other people have been ordered to jointly repay millions of francs they misspent on...
Iconic Tongan publisher Kalafi Moala eyes new digital media challenge
Tongan journalist, publisher and broadcaster Kalafi Moala talks to Pacific Media Watch project's Sri Krishnamurthi. Video: Sri Krishnamurthi/Blessen Tom
By Sri Krishnamurthi
After 30 years as...
Port Moresby evicts West Papuan refugees from city settlement
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
About 250 West Papuans have been served notices of eviction to leave their settlement in Port Moresby, reports The National.
National Capital...
USP journo students head to Solomons for environmental reporting project
By Rosalie Nongebatu in Suva
Three journalism students from The University of the South Pacific in Suva have been selected to participate in a week-long...
USP staff want Fiji’s pro-chancellor Thompson to step aside in abuse...
By Peni Komaisavai in Suva
Staff of the University of the South Pacific at the university’s main Laucala campus in Suva have called for pro-chancellor...
Cook Islands backtracks on Rocketman ban
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
The Cook Islands censor has backtracked on its initial decision to ban Rocketman.
Instead, the Cook Islands Internal Affairs has followed the...
West Papua child soldiers in ‘cycle of violence’ with Indonesia military
By RNZ Pacific
Doused in black warpaint, draped in ammunition and clutching guns almost as big as some of them, the boys stare with hardened...
Media access to MPs crucial for democracy, say Pacific journalists
By RNZ
Media are a crucial part of the democratic process and accessibility to politicians is key to informing the public, say Pacific journalists visiting...
Bring ethics into global smart tech, warns UN cyber expert
SPECIAL REPORT: By David Robie in Bangkok
A leading cyber security expert has called on universities to play a more active role in implementing ethics...
New climate journalism handbook targets ‘existential problem’
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
A new handbook for the existential problem of our time – climate change – has been published as a boost for...
Rosa Koian: PNG is rich already, we just need to care...
COMMENTARY: By Rosa Koian
We all want change and we want that change to happen quickly.
Many of us feel deprived of certain opportunities and privileges...
PNG police minister uses social media to arrest alleged sex offender
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Papua New Guinea’s Police Minister Bryan Kramer has used social media to arrest a man accused of sexually abusing his granddaughter.
Kramer...
Vanuatu government more open under information law, says journalist
By RNZ Pacific
One of Vanuatu's leading journalists has said the right to information law has contributed to an air of openness in the country.
The...