Tag: Media ethics
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...
Media education group, union protest over police demand for ABC ‘inside...
Pacific Media Watch
The Journalism Education and Research Association of Australia (JERAA) says it is "deeply concerned" at reports that Western Australian police are demanding...
Indonesian media ‘favours state voice’ on West Papua, PJR research finds
By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific lead digital and social media journalist
News media in Indonesia act as "government loudspeakers" by advancing a one-sided narrative regarding...
Disinformation and climate crisis, governance, training feature in PJR
Pacific Journalism Review
Research on climate crisis as the new target for disinformation peddlers, governance and the media, China’s growing communication influence, and journalism training...
The National welcomes government claim of no plan to control media
The National
Papua New Guinea's The National newspaper has welcomed a statement by the Information and Communication Technology Department (DICT) that the government has no...
Women number more than half of NZ journalists, but ‘troubled by...
Massey University News
Women now make up well over half of New Zealand’s journalism workforce, but they have serious concerns about their safety on the...
Campaign over Solomons media freedom ‘misguided’, claims PM’s office
Solomon Times
The Solomon islands Prime Minister's office (PMO) has accused local news media of being involved in a "war on media freedom” that is...
Gavin Ellis: Show us the full horror of war in Ukraine
COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis
Atrocities and total war are not pixilated or sanitised. They bring death with unimaginable brutality and obliterate lives with indifference. It...
‘Be professional’ plea to Indonesian journalists over risk to Koman’s family
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) has appealed to news media that reported on intimidation against the parents and relatives of...
Jornal Independente wins annual ‘best media’ award in Timor-Leste
By Jose Sarito Amaral in Balibo
The Jornal Independente newspaper has been awarded Timor-Leste's mediaoutlet of the year prize in the National Press Council’s 2019...
The harrowing picture that tells a thousand words about tragedy
This is part of the front page of Papua New Guinea's The National this weekend. Normally we would not publish such a harrowing image...
Global coronavirus crisis highlights role of public service media
Pacific Media Watch
International public service media from G-7 countries have reported “strong audience increases” since the covid-19 pandemic, which they interpret as a show...
Scott Waide: Look at the big picture, not just a breaking...
COMMENT: By Scott Waide, deputy regional head of news of EMTV News
Yesterday , we received a lot of criticism over our coverage of the...
Police Minister Kramer blasts two journalists in virus reporting row
Pacific Media Watch
Papua New Guinea’s Police Minister Bryan Kramer has published an extraordinary attack on two leading journalists over their reporting of the Covid-19...
PNG Media Council calls on state agencies to collaborate over virus
Pacific Media Watch
The Media Council of PNG has called on all state agencies involved in policing and securing the country's borders and people against...
Bring ethics into global smart tech, warns UN cyber expert
SPECIAL REPORT: By David Robie in Bangkok
A leading cyber security expert has called on universities to play a more active role in implementing ethics...
Hearts and minds – how new media ‘cold war’ impacts on...
By Jeremy Rose of RNZ Mediawatch
Seven senior New Zealand journalists spent a week in Hawai'i late last year and produced just one story between...
António Sampaio: Freedom of the press – rights, responsibilities and transparency
By António Sampaio in Dili, Timor-Leste
New debates in Timor-Leste are circulating about political interference in newsrooms. Attempts to condition or determine that somebody cannot...
Research explores media practice, freedom of the press in Samoa
By Joshua Lafoai in Apia
A research paper by a National University of Samoa lecturer warns media freedom in Samoa still faces many challenges.
Media freedom...
Al Jazeera caught in the Qatar crisis crossfire, reports Mediawatch
Pacific Media Watch News Desk
So-called "fake news" and the damage it can do has featured much in the media in recent months.
Radio NZ's Mediawatch...
PNG’s media council unveils updated code of ethics as guide for...
Charmaine Poriambep of TVWan News reports on the timely new PNG code of ethics.
Pacific Media Watch News Desk
Journalists, reporters and media practitioners in Papua...
Indonesia faces chance to prove it is more ‘journalist-friendly’ in 2017
By Colette Davidson
When journalist and media activist Victor Mambor wants information from inside Papua, Indonesia, he knows how to get it -- he has...