Tag: Investigative journalism
Fiji opposition seeks Malolo damage probe, criticises local media
By RNZ Pacific
Fiji's opposition has called for a full investigation by an impartial committee into allegations of collusion by government officials in the destruction...
‘Explain your wealth, don’t lose your cool,’ PCIJ tells Duterte
By Rappler
The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism has responded to what it called President Rodrigo Duterte’s “broadsides” aimed at PCIJ's recent reports on the...
Fiji PM apologises to NZ journalists detained over Malolo probe
By RNZ News
Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has apologised to three New Zealand journalists detained overnight in Suva by a "group of rogue officers"
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Fiji police detain 3 NZ journalists investigating Chinese developer
By RNZ News
Three New Zealand journalists were detained by Fijian police in Suva last night after trying to interview a controversial Chinese resort developer.
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Media freedom in Pacific a growing challenge, says journalism academic
By Blessen Tom
Pacific media freedom and ignorance of Pacific issues by mainstream media in New Zealand are growing challenges for the region, says a...
Mary-Louise O’Callaghan: Time we heard the Pacific’s take on the Pacific
ANALYSIS: By Mary-Louise O'Callaghan
It is both apt and overdue that veteran ABC correspondent Sean Dorney was last night awarded the Outstanding Contribution to Journalism...
‘Be courageous in your quest for truth,’ journalism academic tells graduates
By Geraldine Panapasa in Suva
Pacific journalism academic Professor David Robie believes the media play a critical role in exposing abuses of power in a...
Media prize a ‘defeat’ for Australian refugee censorship, says author
By RNZ Pacific
A refugee journalist detained on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island says winning an Italian award for investigative journalism could end censorship of...
RSF condemns jail terms for two Myanmar journalists in ‘sham trial’
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Reporters Without Borders has condemned the seven-year prison sentences imposed on two Reuters reporters in the Myanmar city of Yangon yesterday...
RSF condemns Nine-Fairfax merger as threat to media pluralism in Australia
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is extremely concerned about pluralism and respect for editorial independence in the new Australian media conglomerate created...
Nine-Fairfax merger warning for investigative media – and democracy
By Andrea Carson in Melbourne
If you value the media’s watchdog role in democracy, then the opening words in the deal enabling Channel Nine to...
Connecting the dots – Pacific disasters, cyclones, climate featured in latest...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
“Rob” flooding in the Indonesian city of Semarang, Cyclone Winston’s devastation and social media in Fiji and “backpack journalism” in Typhoon...
Sylvester Gawi: PNG journalism and the challenge of the ‘kaikai man’
By Sylvester Gawi in Lae
The greatest challenge facing journalism in Papua New Guinea today is that there is no freedom of the press. Journalists...
WestConnex M4 East violates Australian pollution standards – even before tunnel...
A talk by Dr Paul Torzillo at a meeting of Camperdown Residents against WestConnex on Air Pollution and Impacts on our Health. Video: Spontaneous...
‘Tenacious’ crusading journalist and editor Pat Booth dies aged 88
By Phil Taylor of The New Zealand Herald
Crusading newspaperman Pat Booth was driven by the belief that the world needs more giraffes - people...
Family of inspiring journalist Yasmine Ryan issue details of her memorials
Evening Report Newsdesk
The first of three memorials for courageous and inspiring New Zealand journalist Yasmine Ryan who died on Thursday has been held in...
Tribute to a NZ media mentor: ‘How Yasmine Ryan taught me...
Yasmine Ryan, an award-winning New Zealand journalist who died tragically on Thursday, was the first Western journalist to begin writing about the beginning of...
No Philippine law tackles ‘Paradise Papers’ 200 offshore accounts
ANALYSIS: By Malou Mangahas and Karol Ilagan in Manila
What do some bankers and fund managers, a few senior government officials, a dozen top taxpayers,...
Naashon Zalk: Why are New Zealand’s waters so polluted?
Al Jazeera's People & Power programme investigates disturbing claims that New Zealand’s rivers and lakes are among the most polluted in the developed world....
Investigative journalism – from the NZ wars to Pike River
BOOKS: By Jeremy Rose of RNZ Mediawatch
It's often been said there are just seven stories in all of literature. If a new collection of a 150...
Author Nicky Hager reveals behind the scenes of Hit & Run...
By Kendall Hutt in Auckland
Investigative journalist and author Nicky Hager has taken journalism students inside the process behind the controversial book Hit & Run,...
Australian Centre for Independent Journalism closes after 25 years
The Australian Centre for Independent Journalism, one of the flagships of investigative journalism, has been closed after 25 years in a controversial decision by...