Tag: Digital Media

By Scott Waide in Lae In 2007 when Digicel entered the PNG market, Papua New Guineans realised how much in unnecessary charges they had been...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk New Zealand’s Māori and Pasifika community will have a stronger presence in the country’s public media if the Labour Party succeeds...

On World Day Against Cyber-Censorship, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) released a report denouncing the readiness with which leading internet companies submit to the demands...

By TJ Aumua in Auckland The importance of preparing our Pasifika youth to succeed in a digitally connected world was a key message delivered this...

Vanuatu Broadcasting and Television Corporation (VBTC) has launched a new national digital television service and website to mark 50 years of existence of Radio...

New research shows more 15 to 34-year-olds in New Zealand are streaming online video than watching traditional television. As a result, access to new...

By Kendall Hutt, Ami Dhabuwala and Husain Malvi Journalism educators from across the globe continued to gather at the 4th World Journalism Education Congress (WJEC)...

New Zealand news media are “ignoring” the biggest story in the Pacific region in spite of a social media revolution taking the storytelling to...

Two digital journalists based in Makassar, in the region of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, have been attacked while attending an event held by Makassar branch...

The Otago Foreign Policy School next month will explore the complex and evolving interaction between government policy making and “old” and “new” forms of...

Digicel Asia-Pacific, a digital communications leader in developing markets, has joined the Business Call to Action (BCtA) with a commitment to make digital communications,...

Jemima Garrett reporting for Pacific Beat Journalists, lawyers and corruption-fighters are sounding the alarm as one of the Pacific's most comprehensive online databases faces an...

From Pacific Media Centre Pasifika Renaissance, an NGO dedicated to Pacific oral histories, has appealed to groups documenting traditional knowledge to upload stories to their...

By Denise Yeo AUT’s Pacific Media Centre and Evening Report editor Selwyn Manning have teamed up to launch Asia Pacific Report, a news website that...

From Pacific Media Watch By Andi Rahman Alamsyah in Jakarta People were commenting on social media within moments of the terrorist bombings and shooting in Jakarta...

Report by Pacific Media Watch After seven years, the English-language daily Jakarta Globe published its last print edition on Tuesday, marking the paper's complete tranformation...

Report by Alistar Kata Eight hours a day of free-to-air New Zealand content is on offer to Pacific countries in a new broadcasting initiative backed...

Report by Netizen Report in Paris While the spectre of Daesh (ISIS) is nothing new for much of the Arab region, last month's attacks on...

Report by Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby Item: 9509 Communications Minister Jimmy Miringtoro has announced plans to set up a Media Appeals Tribunal in the New...

Report by Pacific Media Centre Nine Pacific countries now national “roadmaps” for the transition to digital broadcasting. Without a digital switchover, Pacific broadcasters face increased...