Tag: journalism

MEDIAWATCH: By Hayden Donnell, RNZ Mediawatch producer Once again Aotearoa New Zealand's local elections were plagued by low voter turnout and a lack of engagement....

By Agnes Herbert in Port Vila A founding father and former politician has urged young journalists to write more about Vanuatu’s history. In a presentation to...

RNZ News A year on from the fall of Kabul, Australian reporter Lynne O’Donnell returned to Afghanistan -- and now says she’ll never go back. O’Donnell...

COMMENTARY: By Ajay Bhai Amrit in Suva Bula readers. As some of you might be aware, I am a member of various media bodies and...

East-West Center Nobel Peace Prize laureate and press freedom champion Maria Ressa wasn’t intending to make breaking news when she planned her keynote address at...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk A media freedom advocacy group has called on New Zealand to end its silence over the Julian Assange case in what...

ANALYSIS: By Sue Ahearn As China seeks greater influence in the South Pacific, its manipulation of local news outlets is having a serious impact on...

ANALYSIS: By Gavin Ellis of Knightly Views The proposal for a new entity to replace Television New Zealand and RNZ has two fundamental flaws that...

COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis It is common practice for journalists to share contact details and locations in hostile environments such as war zones. Something is...

RNZ News Afghan women are accusing the Taliban of using a pregnant New Zealand journalist as a publicity tool to show the world they can...

By Pita Ligaiula in Suva What are the views of Pacific journalists on professional ethical issues and what pressures affect their work? What is the...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Australia’s union for journalists says Australian journalism is in crisis after years of disruption, undermining and neglect, and swift action is...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia Pacific ReportThe announcement in February of a new $55 million, three-year Public Interest Journalism Fund...

COMMENT: By Scott Waide Senior EMTV journalist and bureau chief Scott Waide in Papua New Guinea's second city Lae this week called time on his...

By Sue Ahearn, founder of The Pacific Newsroom and former editor, ABC International A PNG member of Parliament died from covid-19 this week but it...

MEAA video message on YouTube. Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) union is reconsidering its involvement in the Australian Press Council...

EDITORIAL: By the Samoa Observer Editorial Board In the past month, we have made a new pen pal: the Attorney-General of Samoa, no less, Savalenoa...

By Wanshika Kumar in Suva The 20th University of the South Pacific Journalism Student Awards in Suva last month were dedicated to retiring Pacific...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is relieved by the January 4 ruling of UK District Judge Vanessa Baraitser to block the United...

Pacific Media Centre newsdesk Pacific Media Centre students, staff and journalists gathered at Auckland University of Technology this week and debated reset strategies for the...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Climate crisis and the global coronavirius pandemic are key themes along with new research methodology strategies in the latest Pacific Journalism...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Pacific journalism and media researchers have gathered "live" in Auckland and "virtually" from Australia, Indonesia, and the region to showcase their...