Tag: Academic publishing
Pacific Journalism Review at 30 – a strong media legacy
COMMENTARY: By David Robie in Devpolicy Blog
Pacific Journalism Review (PJR) began life three decades ago in Papua New Guinea and recently celebrated a remarkable...
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...
‘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...
Independent PJR ‘far more than a research journal’, says founder
Pacific Media Watch
Pacific Journalism Review founder Dr David Robie says PJR has published more than 1100 research articles over its three decades of existence...
PJR to celebrate 30 years of journalism publishing at Pacific Media...
Pacific Media Watch
Pacific Journalism Review, the Pacific and New Zealand's only specialist media research journal, is celebrating 30 years of publishing this year --...
Asia Pacific community and media research group goes online
Asia Pacific Report
A community-based Asia-Pacific network of academics, journalists and activists has now gone online with an umbrella website for its publications, current affairs...
Auckland University to award Tongan academic, author ‘Epeli Hau’ofa honorary doctorate
By Philip Cass
The University of Auckland is to bestow a posthumous honorary doctorate on the late Tongan academic, author and sociologist Professor ‘Epeli Hau’ofa.
Hau’ofa...
Journalist David Robie launches new open access Café Pacific website
Pacific Media Watch
Journalist, author and media academic David Robie has launched an independent news and current affairs website to complement his long-established Asia Pacific...
Social justice research network awards trophy to Papuan student advocate
Pacific Media Centre newsdesk
A new Asia Pacific social justice research and publication nonprofit has awarded a diversity communications trophy to a West Papuan postgraduate...
Behind scenes probe of Bougainville struggle for independence tops PJR
Pacific Journalism Review
A Frontline investigative journalism article on the politics behind the decade-long Bougainville war leading up to the overwhelming vote for independence is...
‘I’m not afraid of terrorism. I’m afraid of being accused of...
ANALYSIS: By Randa Abdel Fattah, Macquarie University
Those born after 2001 have only known a world “at war on terror”.
This means a generation growing up...
The Conversation story – celebrating 10 years of news from experts
ANALYSIS: By Misha Ketchell, The Conversation
When the first whispers started to circulate about The Conversation I was working behind the scenes for Media Watch...
Tuwhera expands the PJR ‘critical inquiry’ Pacific media archive
A video made to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Pacific Journalism Review in 2014. Video: Sasya Wreksono/PMC
Pacific Media Watch
Tuwhera, the open access repository and...
PMC projects creative ‘grab bag’ unveiled at midwinter showcase
By Michael Andrew
A creative “grab bag” of projects has been unveiled by the Pacific Media Centre in a showcase of collaboration across academic and...
New book boosts diversity, cultural consciousness in NZ film making
By Nicola Igusa
For any film maker, their aim is to create engaging work that connects with its audience. For film makers in New Zealand...
How academic researchers are opening online access and ousting profiteers
By Duncan Graham in Malang, East Java
The academic world is supposed to be a bright-lit landscape of independent research pushing back the frontiers of...