Tag: Journalism Education
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...
PCF student interns gain new perspectives about media industry
By Michelle Curran
After just one-week in New Zealand, three Pacific-based media and journalism students taking part in Pacific Cooperation Foundation’s (PCF) Media Programme have...
Kalafi Moala: A word on the Samoa Observer suicide report
Le Va, in partnership with Pasifika media, has launched the "Pasifika media guidelines for reporting suicide". This whiteboard video provides an overview.
OPINION: By Kalafi...
Fiji assignment enlightens aspiring climate change journalists
By Denise Yeo
A two-week journalism stint in Fiji, dubbed “Bearing Witness”, has lent new perspectives on the effects of climate change on AUT journalism...
Asia-Pacific climate change reporting skills need boost but media ‘lacking resources’
By TJ Aumua
Media experts say journalism institutions lack the resources needed to raise the quality and awareness of environmental reportage in the Asia-Pacific region.
Widely...
Overdue recognition for trailblazing Kiwi foreign correspondent
Despite being one of New Zealand's most successful foreign and war correspondents, Diana Goodman is far from a household name in her home country
But...
Jakarta – many ‘spikes’ but it’s the city I grew to...
Journalist Michael Neilson spent six weeks earlier this year at The Sydney Morning Herald in Jakarta, Indonesia. He describes his time working for the paper...
Fear of reprisal puts limit on Pacific human rights journalism, say...
A regional media forum in Fiji has heard the fear of retribution is a barrier to reporting human rights stories in the Pacific, Radio...
USP offers online journalism course at Vanuatu campus
By Harrison Selmen in Port Vila
The University of the South Pacific is offering for the first time one of its journalism courses to be...
Special UNESCO travel grants offered to Pacific educators for WJEC
The New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO, with its event partner Auckland University of Technology, is offering a limited travel assistance fund for up...
KP Lew: It’s easy to be cynical … harder to fight...
Pacific Media Centre
By Kai Ping Lew
When Alistar Kata first asked if I would take part in this mini doco, The PMC Project, I was...
Asian scholars crafting a non-adversarial approach to journalism
Report from Pacific Media Centre
"Mindful journalism" practice in the West tries to be secular and is practised without having any religious values. Moral wisdom...
Hostile climates and journalism challenges
The University of the South Pacific regional journalism programme began 21 years with support from the French government. Recently USP hosted its annual journalism...
Two NZ student journalists off to Indonesia on media internships
Report by Pacific Media Watch
Two journalism graduates have been selected by the Asia New Zealand Foundation to take part in a media internship programme...
Rainbow Warrior project students win Ossie award for best innovation
The Rainbow Warrior video news compilation by the AUT student journalists. Source: AUT
Report by Pacific Media Watch
A team of Auckland University of Technology student...
Fiji Report: A day on the job at the Wansolwara newspaper
Report by Pacific Media Centre
Comment – By Kai Ping Lew
Started work yesterday at Wansolwara, the award-winning University of the South Pacific student newspaper, and...