Tag: Independent media
How a copyboy became Timor-Leste’s lone ranger foreign correspondent
By Bob Howarth in Dili
With the rapid spread of the dreaded Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic across the Pacific and Asia many people naturally seek online...
‘Media for democracy’ – Pacific Media Watch’s 2019 freedom feature
Journalist Sri Krishnamurthi's media freedom video.
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
The theme for the 26th celebration of the World Press Freedom Day this year is “Media...
‘NZ is waking up to our … spectrum of colours’, says...
Journalist Sri Krishnamurthi's video interview with Alistar Kata.
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Alistar Kata is uniquely placed to talk about diversity in New Zealand media newsrooms.
Not...
Mackenzie Smith: Indonesia’s Pacific neglect highlights NZ media problem
OPINION: Mackenzie Smith reviews two months living in Indonesia as a journalist.
In Indonesia, I expected to broaden my understanding and realisation of Asia and...
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...
Pacific Media Centre turns ten, talks media freedom under violent threat
Auckland University of Technology's Pacific Media Centre has marked its tenth anniversary with a seminar discussing two of the wider region's most critical media...
Student press editors urge Duterte to uphold media freedom in Philippines
By Marc Lino Abila in Manila
The College Editors Guild of the Philippines (CEGP) is most deeply disturbed by President-elect Rodrigo Duterte’s statement that murdered...
