Tag: journalism
Reporting the covid-19 unknown: How reporters in Philippines do their job
By Imelda V. Abano in Manila
The novel coronavirus now sweeping the globe has left many countries struggling to cope with rising numbers of infections...
‘We can’t keep working like this’ – a journalist’s plea to...
OPINION: By Antonio Sampaio in Dili
The Timor-Leste authorities have to improve significantly the conditions in which journalists are working to cover the Covid-19 coronavirus...
Tuwhera expands the PJR ‘critical inquiry’ Pacific media archive
A video made to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Pacific Journalism Review in 2014. Video: Sasya Wreksono/PMC
Pacific Media Watch
Tuwhera, the open access repository and...
Indonesia ‘arrests’ Mongabay editor – one month after first detaining...
Pacific Media Watch
Philip Jacobson, an award-winning editor for the non-profit environmental science news outlet Mongabay, has been arrested for an alleged visa violation in...
Hidden women of history: Australian undercover journalist in hospitals
By Kerrie Davies and Willa McDonald in Sydney
In 1886, a year before American journalist Nellie Bly feigned insanity to enter an asylum in New...
Multimedia, innovation vital for Pacific journalism, says academic
By Ben Bilua in Suva
Multimedia skills and innovation are key to adapting to the changing media landscape, says US academic Professor Debora Wenger as...
Death of Bougainvillean journalist Eric Tapakau stuns colleagues
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Former Post-Courier business editor Eric Tapakau died in Port Moresby over the weekend, where he was seeking medical treatment for a...
NZ journalists focusing on ‘tragedy prevention’, says CJR research
By Michael Andrew
More New Zealand journalists have been seeking ways to “prevent tragedy” through their reporting, shows new research published in Columbia Journalism Review.
The...
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...
Former PMW reporter talks to SA media on mosque massacre
Rahul Bhattarai talks to eNCA News of South Africa live from New Zealand. Video: eNCA News
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Former Pacific Media Watch project reporter...
Mary-Louise O’Callaghan: Time we heard the Pacific’s take on the Pacific
ANALYSIS: By Mary-Louise O'Callaghan
It is both apt and overdue that veteran ABC correspondent Sean Dorney was last night awarded the Outstanding Contribution to Journalism...
Detained tourist in West Papua on allegations of ‘treason’ awaits trial
By Islami Adisubrata in Wamena, West Papua
Indonesian Regional Police in West Papua have handed over the documents of the case of a Polish tourist,...
MASI aims to develop regional journalism with USP boost
By Geraldine Panapasa in Suva
The Media Association of Solomon Islands (MASI) plans to work closely with the University of the South Pacific journalism programme...
‘Be courageous in your quest for truth,’ journalism academic tells graduates
By Geraldine Panapasa in Suva
Pacific journalism academic Professor David Robie believes the media play a critical role in exposing abuses of power in a...
Vanuatu student journalist launches first poetry collection and aims higher
By Harrison Selmen in Suva, Fiji
Vanuatu student journalist Telstar Jimmy launched her first poetry book in Fiji last week and vows bigger plans ahead...
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...
Connecting the dots – Pacific disasters, cyclones, climate featured in latest...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
“Rob” flooding in the Indonesian city of Semarang, Cyclone Winston’s devastation and social media in Fiji and “backpack journalism” in Typhoon...
Journalist turns tales of undercover Papuan reporting into love novel
BOOK REVIEW: By Bambang Muryanto in Yogyakarta
A Dutch freelance journalist, Rohan (a pen name), had been interested in the political turmoil in Papua...
Watchdog role of media highlighted in USP journalism talk
By Ronald Tito'ona in Honiara
Local journalists in the Solomon Islands have been again reminded of their watchdog role by keeping the government accountable in the...
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...
Two Timorese journalists named for Balibo Five-Roger East fellowships
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Two journalists from Timor-Leste will benefit from the Balibo Five-Roger East Fellowship in 2018, an initiative of the Media, Entertainment and...