Tag: Journalism Education
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...
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...