Tag: Media Freedom
Al Jazeera cameraman third journalist killed by Israel in Gaza in...
Pacific Media Watch
An Israeli air strike has killed Palestinian photojournalist Ahmed Al-Louh and five Palestinian Civil Defence workers in central Gaza’s Nuseirat camp as...
RSF says global attacks on journalists ‘alarming’, Gaza ‘most dangerous’ and...
Pacific Media Watch
The global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has revealed an "alarming intensification of attacks on journalists" in its 2024 annual...
RSF condemns assassination of Cambodian environmental journalist
Pacific Media Watch
The Paris-based global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders has condemned the assassination of Cambodian investigative environmental journalist Chhoeung Chheng who has...
Hundreds of Israel lobbyists ‘writing America’s news’, reveals new probe
Pacific Media Watch
Hundreds of former employees of Israel lobbying groups such as AIPAC, StandWithUs and CAMERA are working in top newsrooms across the United...
NZ Speaker reverses journalist bar from abuse apology at Parliament
By Giles Dexter, RNZ political reporter
An investigative journalist who was barred from attending New Zealand's national apology to survivors of abuse in care has...
‘Catastrophic’ ethnic cleansing amid north Gaza news void, says global media...
Pacific Media Watch
The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says Israel has stepped up systematic attacks on journalists and media infrastructure since the...
New survey finds an alarming tolerance for attacks on the press...
ANALYSIS: By Julie Posetti, City St George's, University of London and Waqas Ejaz, University of Oxford
Press freedom is a pillar of American democracy. But...
Gavin Ellis: A day to be gripped by fear – ‘freedom’...
COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis
This morning, I am afraid. I am very afraid.
I fear that by the time I go to bed democracy in the...
Israel kills the journalists. Western media kills the truth of genocide...
Western publics are being subjected to a campaign of psychological warfare, where genocide is classed as ‘self-defence’ and opposition to it ‘terrorism’. Jonathan Cook...
Palau Media Council condemns lawsuit as ‘assault on press freedom’
Pacific Media Watch
The Palau Media Council has condemned a political lawsuit against the publisher of the Island Times as an "assault on press freedom"...
Palau newspaper sued by president’s family company ahead of general election
By Stefan Armbruster of BenarNews
Palau’s largest newspaper is being sued for defamation by the company of President Surangel Whipps Jr's father, just days ahead...
Islands Business publisher Samantha Magick – storyteller, risk-taker and community champion
By Teagan Laszlo, Queensland University of Technology
For Samantha Magick, journalism isn't just a job. It is a lifelong commitment to storytelling, advocacy, and empowering...
CPJ ranks Israel second-to-top on unpunished journalist murders index in Gaza...
Pacific Media Watch
Israel is the world’s second-worst offender after Haiti in letting the murder of journalists go unpunished, according to a new report from...
US elections: Editorial writers at LA Times, Washington Post resign after...
Writers resign from The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times in protest over the blocking of their editorials by the billionaire owners. Video: Democracy...
Commonwealth takes bold step to protect freedom of expression
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The Commonwealth Heads of Government adopted the Commonwealth Principles on Freedom of Expression and the Role of the Media in Good Governance at...
Two of the US’s biggest newspapers have refused to endorse a...
ANALYSIS: By Denis Muller, The University of Melbourne
In February 2017, as Donald Trump took office, The Washington Post adopted the first slogan in its...
RSF tackles Taiwan’s media freedom ‘Achilles heel’, boosts Asia Pacific monitoring...
SPECIAL REPORT: By David Robie in Taipei
It was a heady week for the Paris-based global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) -- celebration...
UN rapporteur condemns Israeli ‘death sentence’ claim trying to silence last...
Pacific Media Watch
Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, says Israel’s declaration that six...
One year of war in Gaza – protect journalists now, says...
Pacific Media Watch
This week marked the grim one-year anniversary of the surprise October 7 Hamas attack on Israel and the beginning of the Israeli...
Murdoch to Musk: how global media power has shifted from the...
ANALYSIS: By Matthew Ricketson, Deakin University and Andrew Dodd, The University of Melbourne
Until recently, Elon Musk was just a wildly successful electric car tycoon...
Media watchdog condemns Israel’s ‘harassment’ move to strip Al Jazeera journalists...
Pacific Media Watch
The International Press Institute (IPI) has strongly condemned the Israeli government’s recent decision to revoke the press passes of Al Jazeera journalists,...
Samoan journalists blast ‘ridiculous’ media restrictions at Commonwealth summit
By Harry Pearl
Restrictions on journalists covering an upcoming summit of Commonwealth nations in Samoa are “ridiculous” and at odds with a government that purportedly...