Tag: journalism
Shailendra Singh: How media can help unravel Fiji’s social cohesion puzzle
By Shailendra Bahadur Singh in Suva
Conflict and insufficient social cohesion are the biggest challenges in Fiji, and all and any efforts to mitigate and...
Moce Sri Krishnamurthi . . . sports journalist, democracy activist, storyteller...
OBITUARY: By David Robie
New Zealand-adopted Fiji journalist, sports writer, national news agency reporter, anti-coup activist, media freedom advocate, storyteller and mentor Sri Krishnamurthi has...
Donna Miles-Mojab: Is there such a thing as unbiased reporting?
COMMENTARY: By Donna Miles-Mojab
Recently, there was a serious revelation that some wire service reports were edited, without attribution, by an individual employee of our...
RNZ board to begin setting up independent review of pro-Russia edits...
RNZ News
The RNZ board is meeting tonight to begin setting up an independent review on how pro-Russian sentiment was inserted into a number of...
Former TVNZ Breakfast host Kamahl Santamaria breaks year-long silence in The...
By Lincoln Tan of The New Zealand Herald
Former TVNZ Breakfast host Kamahl Santamaria, who quit following complaints about inappropriate workplace behaviour, has broken his...
Journalist David Robie launches new open access Café Pacific website
Pacific Media Watch
Journalist, author and media academic David Robie has launched an independent news and current affairs website to complement his long-established Asia Pacific...
‘Calm in crisis’ Koroi Hawkins steps up as RNZ Pacific’s first...
By Sri Krishnamurthi
Highly respected and convivial Koroi Hawkins has become RNZ Pacific's first Melanesian editor after arriving in New Zealand in 2014 and says...
PNG’s Masiu denies ‘control of media’ but calls for ‘accountability’
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
Communication Minister Timothy Masiu has hit back at recent reports termed as "inaccurate" over the control of media in...
Mediawatch: Coverage vital for NZ’s democracy but fact-checking in short supply
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....
‘Don’t forget our past – write about us,’ says Vanuatu founding...
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...
Kabul one year on – cat-and-mouse with the Taliban intelligence agents
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...
Ajay Bhai Amrit: Freedom of the press – Fiji’s ranking a...
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...
Nobel laureate Maria Ressa calls for journalists to fight ‘Devil’s megaphone’
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...
Advocacy group calls on NZ to ‘end silence’ over Assange extradition
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...
How China is manipulating the information war in the Pacific
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...
Gavin Ellis: Fundamental flaws in public media plans call for big...
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...
Gavin Ellis: Copycat media abuse from ragtag bag of protesters
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...
Afghan women challenge pregnant NZ journalist’s ‘reality under the Taliban’
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...
New USP research paper explores journalism culture in the region
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...
MEAA calls for halt to ‘slow erosion’ of media to safeguard...
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...
How NZ’s Public Interest Journalism Fund can help ‘normalise’ diversity
SPECIAL REPORT: By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia Pacific ReportThe announcement in February of a new $55 million, three-year Public Interest Journalism Fund...
Scott Waide: Memo to our younger people – go out to...
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...