Tag: Journalism Education
Desperate times unleash digital creativity, flexibility for j-schools
By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch
Desperate times call for desperate measures and so it is with journalism schools throughout the Pacific...
China bid wins hosting rights for next global journalism meet
By Jeremaiah Opiniano in Paris
Journalism that usually fits into democracies will go to China in 2022 when the economic and political giant hosts a...
‘I click therefore I exist’ – media research and ‘humanism’
The AMIC 2009 conference highlights. Video: AMIC
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
A new video has been produced on YouTube featuring highlights of this month's 27th AMIC...
Bring ethics into global smart tech, warns UN cyber expert
SPECIAL REPORT: By David Robie in Bangkok
A leading cyber security expert has called on universities to play a more active role in implementing ethics...
New climate journalism handbook targets ‘existential problem’
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
A new handbook for the existential problem of our time – climate change – has been published as a boost for...
Alexandra Wake: Students on frontline for media truth in a fact-less...
COMMENT: By Dr Alexandra Wake
No democracy is complete without access to transparent and reliable information. It is the cornerstone for building fair and impartial...
Pasifika and diversity strong ‘winners’ at AUT media awards night
By Michael Andrew
Diversity was a winner at AUT’s School of Communication Studies annual awards last night with several Pacific Media Centre contributors taking out...
Pacific Media Watch student editor takes up key news role
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
An Auckland freelance journalist, Michael Andrew, who is completing his postgraduate journalism diploma at Auckland University of Technology, has been appointed...
Journalism education at USP – a 30-year struggle for free press
By Shailendra Singh in Suva
The University of the South Pacific's recent 50th anniversary marked 30 years of existence for its regional journalism programme. In...
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...
JERAA launches new collaborative public interest journalism platform
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
A new platform for storytelling and public interest journalism, showcasing the best work produced by Australian university journalism programmes, has been...
Gallery: Pacific student journalists show their stuff on USP awards night
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Student journalists have celebrated the end of the academic year with their 18th annual awards at the University if the South...
‘Do your job without fear or favour’, says veteran former Fiji...
By Chris Ha'arabe of Wansolwara News
Fiji-born veteran journalist Sri Krishnamurthi has some simple advice for aspiring journalists – “Do your job without fear or...
‘Fake news’ and millennials’ lack of media judgment a challenge, says...
BRIEFING: By David Robie in Manipal, India
“Fake news” combined with a lack of critical media judgment by many in the millennial generation is a...
Gallery: Pacific colour and style spice-up AUT communication studies awards
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Colourful Pacific scenes from the AUT School of Communication Studies annual media awards at the Sir Paul Reeves Building communications precinct...
Graduating USP student journalists tell of hard work, sacrifices on way
By Mereoni Mili in Suva
It was a proud moment for six journalism students who graduated from the University of the South Pacific in Suva...
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...
Images: PMC journalists, academics, students and mentors celebrate 10 years
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Participants at the Pacific Media Centre's 10th anniversary celebration last Thursday held a silent vigil calling for justice for the victims...
Storytellers of the Pacific challenge old power elites, traditions
By Kateni Sau in Wellington
“I realised that the thinking of a society is greatly influenced by what they read, listen to, and watch --...
AUT journalists head off to Fiji for Bearing Witness climate project
As schools, universities and other educational centres closed early today in the face of warnings over high winds and power outages with the full...
Phillip Knightley: The supreme investigative journo and storyteller
OBITUARY: By Richard Lance Keeble
Phillip Knightley, the investigative reporter who has died aged 87, was a wonderful storyteller. Once he told my students at...
WJEC16: Student shootings in PNG, j-schools, corruption and climate change
Heavily armed Papua New Guinea police in camouflage fatigues confront students before opening fire on them on 8 June 2016. Image: PMC video
The shootings...