Tag: News agencies
Mediawatch: Putting right what went wrong with RNZ’s online news
By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter
A review of RNZ's online news has called for greater oversight and enforcement of standards after a crisis sparked...
RNZ investigating series of ‘Kremlin-friendly’ story edits in audit
RNZ MEDIAWATCH: By Hayden Donnell, RNZ Mediawatch producer
RNZ is investigating how online stories about the war in Ukraine, supplied by an international news agency, were...
West Papuan rebels claim 9 soldiers killed in Jakarta bid to...
RNZ Pacific
West Papuan rebels seeking independence in the Indonesian-ruled Melanesian region claim to have killed nine soldiers after Jakarta did not respond to a...
Remembering broadcaster and journalist Shiu Singh
By Ian Johnstone, former manager of RNZ International
All across the South Pacific, tribute is being paid to broadcaster and journalist Shiu Singh who has...
Southern Cross: Buyout offer saves AAP and gives Pacific a breather
Pacific Media Watch
A reprieve for the newsagency Australian Associated Press (AAP) is featured today on Pacific Media Centre’s Southern Cross segment on Radio 95bFM.
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How a copyboy became Timor-Leste’s lone ranger foreign correspondent
By Bob Howarth in Dili
With the rapid spread of the dreaded Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic across the Pacific and Asia many people naturally seek online...
Loss of Australian Associated Press (AAP) a tragedy for entire Pacific
By Sri Krishnamurthi
The shock announcement yesterday that the Australian Associated Press newsagency will cease operations after 85 years is a blow to journalism in...
Closure of AAP is yet another blow to public interest journalism...
By Alexandra Wake of RMIT University
Australia’s news landscape, and the ability of citizens to access quality journalism, has been dealt a major blow by...