Tag: Journalism Education
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...
Top journo students honoured at USP’s award night
The University of the South Pacific hosted its annual journalism awards this month, honouring some of the top students who report for the journalism...
Philippines students urged to never forget Martial Law atrocities
By Maria Eden T. Dino in Manila
“Moving on without justice being served is not moving on—it’s giving up.”
This was the reminder of University of...
MeP pushes ahead with plan for Pacific media educators and trainers
Pacific media educators and trainers from around the Pacific took advantage of last week's 4th World Journalism Education Congress (WJEC) to get up to...
WJEC16: ‘Real world’ journo schools face ethical dilemmas
By TJ Aumua
"Teaching hospital" is a model that is regarded as a way for journalism educators to turn their classrooms into newsrooms by immersing...
WJEC16: Pacific media educators struggle to find answers for common problems
By Husain Malvi
Journalism education is challenged by issues in all regions of the world and the South Pacific is no different. At the 4th...
WJEC16: Editors tell of ‘perils and pitfalls’ of research publishing
By Husain Malvi
Research journal editors and publishers are often faced with a range of challenges when producing publications outside the Northern Hemisphere elite. At...
WJEC16: Lack of qualified journalists, educators threatens quality of Pacific media
By TJ Aumua
The lack of qualified journalists and media educators is threatening the quality of media in the Pacific. This was an urgent topic discussed...
WJEC16: Asian communications duo meet Asia NZ Foundation
Asia New Zealand Foundation-supported communication studies and journalism particants Dr Hermin Indah Wahyuni of Indonesia and professor Crispin Maslog of the Philippines today caught...
WJEC16: Pacific crew rolls in for the big media conference
Thanks to the NZ Institute of Pacific Research and other donors, a large group of Pacific Island journalists and media educators have arrived in...
WJEC16: Samoan media face challenges on free speech journey
The challenges faced by working journalists in Samoa to ensure freedom of speech will be discussed in a presentation from a leading academic from...