Tag: Development Communication
Pacific media in crisis, warns former PNG, Samoa editor Alex Rheeney
NBC News
A former newspaper editor believes the journalism profession in Papua New Guinea and other Pacific Island countries is in crisis.
Team leader of the...
Fiji sacks PR consultants Qorvis Communications and Vatis
Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka confirms termination of the Corvis contract. Video: The Fiji Times
By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva
Qorvis Communications and Vatis -- the...
PNG government doing its best amid virus crisis, says journalist
By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch
After some weeks of heavy criticism of Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape’s government amid...
‘We can’t keep working like this’ – a journalist’s plea to...
OPINION: By Antonio Sampaio in Dili
The Timor-Leste authorities have to improve significantly the conditions in which journalists are working to cover the Covid-19 coronavirus...
ABC’s shortwave cutback ‘weakens thin link’ for Pacific, says PMC
By Leilani Sitagata of Pacific Media Watch
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s cutback in services to the Asia-Pacific region has “weakened the thin link” that many...
Sylvester Gawi: Papua New Guinea, a dream of the new...
By Sylvester Gawi in Singapore
I hope you are reading this with ease and a positive mindset to help change the course of this beautiful...
PNG plans to shut down Facebook for one month to target...
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Papua New Guinea plans to shut down Facebook for one month to enable the government to filter out "fake users", report...
Vanuatu Daily Digest condemns ‘blanket state censorship’ of social media
By Bob Makin in Port Vila
Vanuatu's Public Service Commission is forbidding government workers from accessing social media, Radio Vanuatu News reports today.
This was decided...
‘Untouchable’ teen journalist challenges corruption at Indian rural schools
By Gregory Walsh
Nineteen-year-old Mukesh was born into a marginalised community in an impoverished region of rural India. Now he documents corruption in his region's...
Pacific officials join global tactics workshop to combat illegal fishing
By Fatu Tauafiafi in Auckland
A large contingent of Pacific island country officials will be among delegates from 60 countries meeting in Auckland today to...
Donors have opened up their hearts and wallets, but too often...
Report by Pacific Media Centre
Father Francis X. Hezel reviews a new book on climate change corruption and development in the Pacific. And the message...
4th World Journalism Education Congress conference – the Asia-Pacific connection
Report by Pacific Media Centre
Welcome to the 4th World Journalism Education Congress that will be held in Auckland, from July 14 to July 16,...