Tag: Journalists
From Gaza to West Papua, the long struggle for justice and...
ANALYSIS: By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report
On my office wall hangs a framed portrait of Shireen Abu Akleh, the inspiring and celebrated...
RSF concern over whereabouts of Gazan journalist in Al Shifa hospital...
Pacific Media Watch
The Paris-based global media freedom watchdog RSF (Reporters Without Borders) has appealed for information about the "disappearance" of Palestinian journalist Bayan Abusultan.
She...
Nine editors double down in ‘tense’ war on Gaza editorial ban...
By Cam Wilson in Sydney
A senior Nine staff journalist has resigned and readers are angrily cancelling their newspaper subscriptions as Sydney Morning Herald and...
7 journalists killed since beginning of Israeli aggression on Gaza
Pacific Media Watch
Israeli occupation forces are intentionally targeting Palestinian journalists in the besieged Gaza Strip, media outlets warned after three reporters were killed Tuesday...
RSF hails decision to award Nobel Peace Prize to Iranian journalist
Pacific Media Watch
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has hailed the news that Narges Mohammadi -- an Iranian journalist RSF has been defending for years --...
NZ ‘inert’ over Israel’s ‘flagrant violations’ in occupied Palestine
COMMENTARY: By John Minto
No government likes to be called out for human rights abuses and it’s uncomfortable to do so, particularly when the abuser...
Repeal ‘draconian’ MIDA Act, urge Fiji media and journalism stakeholders
By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific lead digital and social media journalist
The Fiji government is signalling that it will not completely tear down the country's...
Myanmar’s military has ‘turned whole country into a prison’
Airstrikes ordered against civilian targets, destruction of thousands of buildings, millions displaced, nearly 3000 civilians murdered, more than 13,000 jailed, the country’s independent media...
Man accusing of killing a Tahiti journalist faces renewed charges
RNZ Pacific
Murder charges have been reinstated against the man suspected of killing French Polynesian journalist Jean-Pascal Couraud, known as "JPK" -- his byline, who...
Gavin Ellis: News media face distrust by association with social media
COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis
A new study suggests that the news media’s tanking levels of public trust may be made worse merely by association with...
How Philippine ‘press freedom’ has been abandoned under ‘Bongbong’ Marcos
ANALYSIS: By Danilo Arana Arao in Manila
Upon assuming the Philippines presidency on 30 June 2022, Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr -- the only son and...
Gavin Ellis: NZ government media teams that breach the law
COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis
New Zealand's Ombudsman, Peter Boshier, has given government agency media teams a well-deserved kick up the fundamental over some of their...
As the FBI raids Mar-A-Lago, Donald Trump reaches for unconvincing historical...
ANALYSIS: By Rodney Tiffen, University of Sydney
“These are dark times for our nation”, former US President Donald Trump declared when he announced his mansion...
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...
RSF calls for independent probe into Al Jazeera reporter’s West Bank...
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Israel's fatal shooting of leading Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh as she covered clashes in the West Bank city of...
Journalism groups brand Musk’s Twitter deal ‘bad news’ for media freedom
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Groups representing journalists around the world have expressed concern that billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's move to buy Twitter would damage media...
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...
No money, little experience, but Marshall Islands media icon leaves lasting...
OBITUARY: By Giff Johnson, editor of the Marshall Islands Journal and RNZ Pacific correspondent
Micronitor News and Printing Company founder Joe Murphy moved the goal...
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...
Alex Rheeney: Frontline media lessons of the past – from PNG...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Alexander Rheeney
It was probably one of those rare times when I “became the news” as a journalist.
I had accompanied Greenpeace activists...
Graham Davis: Fiji’s draconian media law and a gag on truth
COMMENT: By Graham Davis
If anyone is wondering why the Fijian media hasn’t reported the details of my reporting on Grubsheet Feejee of the Prime...
Chinese, Palestinian journalists and Pegasus Project win free press awards
RSF president Pierre Haski announces the 29th RSF Press Freedom Awards in Paris. Video: RSF
Reporters Without Borders
The 2021 Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom...