Tag: News Media
Martyn Bradbury: Still awaiting the birth of a real Fourth Estate
By Martyn Bradbury, editor of The Daily Blog
I was fortunate enough to get a guest ticket to go along with Voyager to the NZ...
Dan McGarry: Want to lead in the Pacific? Try listening first
By Dan McGarry in Port Vila
The average Australian’s conception of Pacific island nations is so limited it makes some of us wonder if they...
Duterte vs Rappler: Declaration of war against Philippine media?
On The Listening Post this week: Rappler battles with authorities plus climate sceptics and the media platforms they get. Video: Al Jazeera
As Rappler, a...
95bFM, VICE media team up to offer ‘authentic, credible’ NZ news...
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
New Zealand broadcaster 95bFM and youth media company VICE have today announced a new content partnership that will see the two...
Cook Islands plays role in Pacific research mapping media culture
By Rashneel Kumar in Avarua, Rarotonga
The Cook Islands is part of a 12-nation research project to comprehensively map Pacific Islands journalism culture at a...
BBC teams up with AFP’s growing television ‘firepower’
AFP's global news - "A different angle". A promotional video.
Under a multi-year agreement starting tomorrow, the British public broadcaster BBC will receive edited live...
PMC students score well in AUT’s annual media awards
Pacific Media Centre affiliated students and graduates have won several prizes at the annual School of Communication Studies awards night at Auckland University of...
‘Nothing stopping investigative journalism,’ claims Khaiyum
Communications Minister Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum claims there is "absolutely nothing" stopping investigative journalism in Fiji, the major television network reports,
Media freedom – especially for critical...
Vanuatu news media in uncharted territory as FOI law in force
Journalists in Vanuatu are already preparing to make Freedom of Information requests to test the governments new law.
David Robie is a professor of journalism...
Media coverage of war atrocities opens debate on INFOCORE research
Media is going through a "tremendous transformation as a result of the ever-changing, global media landscape". Video: Euronews
By Elena Cavalione of Euronews
In a world...
Fiji Times speaks out: ‘We’re not pro or anti-government’
The Fiji Times has defended itself against comments that were made by a Fijian politician who told members of the public not to read...
WJEC16: Pacific journalism contingent gearing up to share with world educators
By TJ Aumua in Suva
The Pacific contingent attending the World Journalism Education Congress next week are eager to share their region's journalism knowledge with...
RSF condemns Australian police response over NBN media leaks
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on the Australian authorities to halt their investigation of media outlets over leaks about overspending by the government-owned...
AUT Pacific Media Centre launches AsiaPacificReport.nz news website
By Denise Yeo
AUT’s Pacific Media Centre and Evening Report editor Selwyn Manning have teamed up to launch Asia Pacific Report, a news website that...
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...
NZ unveils free TV broadcasting package for Pacific
Report by Alistar Kata
Eight hours a day of free-to-air New Zealand content is on offer to Pacific countries in a new broadcasting initiative backed...
COP21: Top media ‘fail to connect’ climate, migration and food security
Report by Pacific Media Watch
PARIS: Top news media are failing to identify climate change as a contributor to some of the world’s biggest crises...