Tag: journalism
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...
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...
How ISIS extremist media have hijacked religion and language
By Dr Alan Knight in Sydney
Moderate Muslims were losing the media war with ISIS, according to leading Turkish journalist, Kerim Balci.
”Authentic” Muslims were losing...
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...
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...
#COP21: Environmental journalism in an increasingly hostile climate
Report by Pacific Media Watch
As Paris prepares to host the COP21 Climate Change Conference over the next two weeks, Reporters Without Borders has released...
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...
4th World Journalism Education Congress conference – the Asia-Pacific connection
Report by Pacific Media Centre
Welcome to the 4th World Journalism Education Congress that will be held in Auckland, from July 14 to July 16,...