Tag: Journalism Education

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

By Kateni Sau in Wellington “I realised that the thinking of a society is greatly influenced by what they read, listen to, and watch --...

As schools, universities and other educational centres closed early today in the face of warnings over high winds and power outages with the full...

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...

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...

The University of the South Pacific hosted its annual journalism awards this month, honouring some of the top students who report for the journalism...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Thanks to the NZ Institute of Pacific Research and other donors, a large group of Pacific Island journalists and media educators have arrived in...

The challenges faced by working journalists in Samoa to ensure freedom of speech will be discussed in a presentation from a leading academic from...