Tag: Investigative journalism

By Dominique Meehan, Queensland University of Technology In the expansive landscape of Pacific journalism, one magazine stands for unwavering command and unfiltered truth. Islands Business,...

INVESTIGATIVE REPORT: By Aubrey Belford of the OCCRP High in the forested mountains of Papua New Guinea's Bougainville Island lies an abandoned, kilometer-wide crater cut...

Pacific Media Watch Papua New Guinean journalist Sincha Dimara, news editor at the online publication InsidePNG, is one of seven recipients of this year's East-West...

By Mark Pearson Journalists, publishers, academics, diplomats and NGO representatives from throughout the Asia-Pacific region will gather for the 2024 Pacific International Media Conference hosted...

By Monika Singh in Suva New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) awardee Professor David Robie has called on young journalists to see journalism as a...

Pacific Media Watch Television New Zealand Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver has been made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to...

Asia Pacific Report A New Zealand investigative journalist and author says the US spy system hosted by the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) appears to...

Pacific Media Watch The War on Gaza will be etched in the memories of generations to come -- the brutality of Hamas's 7 October 2023...

RNZ News Television New Zealand is proposing to axe its long-running and award-winning current affairs programme Sunday, hosted by veteran broadcaster Miriama Kamo. It is part...

OBITUARY: By Peter Boyle and Pip Hinman of Green Left Sydney-born investigative journalist, author and filmmaker John Pilger died on December 31, 2023. He should be...

By Aubrey Belford, Stevan Dojcinovic, Jared Savage and Kelvin Anthony in an OCCRP investigation The operator of a Pacific-wide network of pharmacy companies, Aiyaz...

Pacific Media Watch The Journalism Education and Research Association of Australia (JERAA) says it is "deeply concerned" at reports that Western Australian police are demanding...

Pacific Media Watch Barely a day passes without a story in the British or Australian media that ramps up fear about the rulers in Beijing,...

Pacific Media Watch The International Press Institute (IPI) has condemned the arrest and interrogation of French journalist Ariane Lavrilleux and demanded her immediate release. She...

Pacific Journalism Review Research on climate crisis as the new target for disinformation peddlers, governance and the media, China’s growing communication influence, and journalism training...

By Bernadette Carreon and Aubrey Belford A major daily newspaper in Solomon Islands received nearly US$140,000 in funding from the Chinese government in return for...

Pacific Media Watch Australian-German investigative journalist Antony Loewenstein argues Israel has used the Occupied Palestinian territories as a testing ground to develop weaponry and surveillance...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Dr Lee Duffield The launch of a New Zealand project to produce more Pacific news and provide a “voice for the voiceless”...

MEDIAWATCH: By Hayden Donnell, RNZ Mediawatch producer A recent revival of local prime-time TV documentaries has highlighted some thorny social issues and raised awkward questions...

BOOK EXTRACT: By Robbie Burton In the mid-1990s I started working with New Zealand investigative writer Nicky Hager. I have had the most singular of...

ANALYSIS: By Gavin Ellis, publisher of Knightly Views Every journalist that "outs" a conspiracy theorist or extremist paints a target on their own back. The anti-truth...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The potential extradition and prosecution of Australian whistleblower Julian Assange raises concerns for media freedom and could have a "chilling effect"...