USP hosts talks on social media and fake news in Pacific
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Journalists have gathered for a three-day event at the University of the South Pacific in Suva to discuss the rise of...
‘I’ll resign if found guilty’, pledges PM Marape over UBS loan...
Deputy Prime Minister Davis Steven has been tasked to set boundaries on the terms of reference and set a timeframe to complete Papua New...
Timor-Leste free speech, criminal defamation and protecting Maun Bo’ot (‘Big Brother’)
By Tempo Timor in Dili
Proposals to make defamation a crime in Timor-Leste have sparked public debate about a controversial law that could see people...
Pro-democracy broadcaster Citizens’ Radio vandalised in Hong Kong
Mixed reactions in Hong Kong after protesters stormed the Legislative Council on Monday, the anniversary of the former British colony's 1997 return to Chinese...
Report into USP mismanagement allegations due next month
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
A report on the alleged mismanagement and abuse charges at the University of the South Pacific is due by August 16,...
USP journo students return from Solomons climate storytelling project
By Michael Andrew
A group of University of the South Pacific journalism students have returned from a week-long trip to the Solomon Islands covering communities...
Search goes on for missing Indonesian military Mi-17 helicopter in Papua
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
The search for the missing Indonesian military Mi-17 helicopter, which disappeared on Friday, continues around the Mol and Aprok mountains near...
Indonesia to make major Pacific pitch at NZ expo amid human...
By RNZ Pacific
Indonesia will use a landmark business and trade exposition next week in New Zealand to launch a fresh diplomatic push in the Pacific,...
Murder charges laid in case of Tahiti journalist missing for 22...
By RNZ Pacific
Murder charges have been laid in the case of the French Polynesian journalist Jean-Pascal Couraud, who vanished in 1997.
The accused are Couraud's...
Indonesian Army helicopter with 12 on board goes missing in Papua
By Gemma Holliani Cahya in Jakarta
Silas Papare Air Force base in Sentani, Jayapura, has reported that an Mi-17 helicopter belonging to the Indonesian Army...
Xi Jinping’s grip on power is absolute, but new threats to...
ANALYSIS: By Bates Gill of Macquarie University
As China solidifies its new status as superpower and cementing its influence in the Pacific, The Conversation...
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...