Tag: Pacific media
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...
Polarised media undermines democracy, professor warns at Pacific media conference
By Kaneta Naimatau in Suva
In a democracy, citizens must critically evaluate issues based on facts. However in a very polarised society, people focus more...
A role for Pacific media in charting a pragmatic global outlook
By Shailendra Bahadur Singh and Amit Sarwal in Suva
Given the intensifying situation, journalists, academics and experts joined to state the need for the Pacific,...
Pacific journalists’ resilience shines through at historic conference
By Justin Latif in Suva
Despite the many challenges faced by Pacific journalists in recent years, the recent Pacific International Media Conference highlighted the incredible...
Fiji, anchor of Indonesian diplomacy in the Pacific – a view...
Indonesia's commitment to the Pacific continues to be strengthened. One of the strategies is through a commitment to resolving human rights cases in Papua,...
‘Frontline Media Faultlines’ – David Robie’s keynote address to Pacific Media...
The Australia Today
Here is the livestream of Dr David Robie’s keynote address “Frontline Media Faultlines: How Critical Journalism Can Survive Against the Odds” at...
Pacific media conference: challenges and opportunities
By Moera Tuilaepa-Taylor, RNZ Pacific manager
A group of regional and international media representatives met at a forum in Fiji last week to discuss some...
Pacific media in crisis, warns former PNG, Samoa editor Alex Rheeney
NBC News
A former newspaper editor believes the journalism profession in Papua New Guinea and other Pacific Island countries is in crisis.
Team leader of the...
Independent PJR ‘far more than a research journal’, says founder
Pacific Media Watch
Pacific Journalism Review founder Dr David Robie says PJR has published more than 1100 research articles over its three decades of existence...
Award-winning academics, journos lined up for Pacific Media 2024
By Ritika Pratap, deputy news manager of FBC News
Five high-profile, international award-winning journalists and journalism academics will join their regional media counterparts to address...
Decolonisation, the climate crisis, and improving media education in the Pacific
Global Voices interviews veteran author, journalist and educator David Robie who discussed the state of Pacific media, journalism education, and the role of the...
Pacific Media Conference to celebrate 30th birthday of Pacific Journalism Review
By Mark Pearson
Journalists, publishers, academics, diplomats and NGO representatives from throughout the Asia-Pacific region will gather for the 2024 Pacific International Media Conference hosted...
King’s Birthday Honours: NZ journalist reflects on work in the Pacific
By Alakihihifo Vailala of PMN News
Flipped "back in time” is how New Zealand author, journalist and media educator Dr David Robie describes the crisis...
Newshub closures: creating waves of change across the Pacific
By Alana Musselle of Te Waha Nui
Cook Islands News, the national newspaper for the Cook Islands, is one of many Pacific news media agencies...
Pacific journalists are world’s ‘eyes and ears’ on climate crisis, says...
By Kaneta Naimatu in Suva
Journalists in the Pacific region play an important role as the “eyes and ears on the ground” when it comes...
Samoa’s TV3 closes channel and goes fully online streaming
RNZ Pacific
In a first of its kind in Samoa, Apia Broadcasting channel TV3 is moving its station completely to online streaming because it can...
Fiji’s media freedom ranking jumps, Papua New Guinea’s plummets
By Stephen Wright and Stefan Armbruster of BenarNews
Fiji’s ranking in a global press freedom index has jumped into the top tier of countries with...
Time to get in quick for the fast looming deadline for...
Asia Pacific Report
Time is running out for media people and academics wanting to tell their innovative story or present research at the 2024 Pacific...
After the TVNZ and Newshub shocks, what will the future of...
By Khalia Strong of Pacific Media Network
There are questions about what the future of media will look like for Pacific media platforms in the...
Pacific Media Network launches new ‘Moanaverse’ digital website
Pacific Media Watch
Pacific Media Network (PMN) has continued its transition into the "Moanaverse" with a new digital home for its news and media
PMN said...
Medal awards ‘shows the impact Pasifika are having on NZ society’
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist
Several Pasifika were among dozens of New Zealanders to receive the Order of Merit this week.
Recipients comprised leading figures...
Jackson’s Plan B for public media may prioritise Māori and Pacific...
Axing the proposed merger of TVNZ and RNZ saved the New Zealand government a significant amount of money but left it with the problems...