Tag: Pacific Media Watch
IFJ condemns Indonesia over bribery, harassment attempt on RNZ journalist
Pacific Media Watch
A Radio New Zealand Pacific journalist has alleged that an Indonesian official attempted to both bribe and intimidate him following an interview...
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...
Moce Sri Krishnamurthi . . . sports journalist, democracy activist, storyteller...
OBITUARY: By David Robie
New Zealand-adopted Fiji journalist, sports writer, national news agency reporter, anti-coup activist, media freedom advocate, storyteller and mentor Sri Krishnamurthi has...
Journalism at crossroads but must ‘stick to principles’ to regain trust,...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia Pacific Report
It has been a decade since The Daily Blog (TDB) came into being informing all and...
‘Terror’ bomb explodes near Papua journalist Victor Mambor’s home
By Dandy Koswaraputra and Pizaro Gozali Idrus
A veteran journalist known for covering rights abuses in Indonesia’s militarised Papua region says a bomb exploded outside...
Local Democracy Reporting: Secret plans, health chaos, climate change among NZ’s...
By Conan Young , Local Democracy Reporting editor
This year was another huge one for Local Democracy Reporting, with our reporters at the forefront of...
Susana Lei’ataua named as RNZ Pacific’s new news editor
RNZ Pacific
Susana Lei'ataua has been appointed news editor of RNZ Pacific.
She will join RNZ Pacific officially in August and brings a wealth of experience,...
Future of AUT’s Pacific Media Centre still up in the air
By Justin Wong in Auckland
Auckland University of Technology has denied it is sidelining the Pacific Media Centre in the School of Communication Studies, but...
PMC projects creative ‘grab bag’ unveiled at midwinter showcase
By Michael Andrew
A creative “grab bag” of projects has been unveiled by the Pacific Media Centre in a showcase of collaboration across academic and...
Mobile era Pacific Media Centre website upgrade ready to go live
By Michael Andrew
The Pacific Media Centre has a new website and it will be going live over the next week.
A project almost two years...
AUT’s Pacific Media Watch ‘lighthouse’ role featured in freedom doco
The Pacific Media Watch mini documentary. Video: Blessen Tom and Sri Krishnamurthi
By Sri Krishnamurthi
“It’s a bit of a lighthouse” for vital regional news and...
Iconic Tongan publisher Kalafi Moala eyes new digital media challenge
Tongan journalist, publisher and broadcaster Kalafi Moala talks to Pacific Media Watch project's Sri Krishnamurthi. Video: Sri Krishnamurthi/Blessen Tom
By Sri Krishnamurthi
After 30 years as...
NZ should learn from Pacific on media freedom issues, says PMC...
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
The head of an Auckland-based Pacific media watchdog says New Zealand “takes media freedom for granted” and could learn a lot...
‘Media for democracy’ – Pacific Media Watch’s 2019 freedom feature
Journalist Sri Krishnamurthi's media freedom video.
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
The theme for the 26th celebration of the World Press Freedom Day this year is “Media...
Pacific Media Watch student editor takes up key news role
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
An Auckland freelance journalist, Michael Andrew, who is completing his postgraduate journalism diploma at Auckland University of Technology, has been appointed...
Free media week killings underscore crimes of impunity against journalists
The media freedom monitoring group Reporters Without Borders details how it has trained journalists in Afghanistan to be aware of double suicide bomb attacks....
PMC projects lure doco makers, politics writer and Fiji journalist
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Pacific Media Centre project students and interns announced for the year this week include two budding documentary makers and a seasoned...
UN critics join global outrage over Duterte’s Rappler ‘free press’ attack
Rappler’s CEO and executive editor Maria Ressa says that the Philippine government spends a lot of effort to turn journalism into a crime which...
‘Jail for life’ offer for freedom of co-accused in Fiji sedition...
By Repeka Nasiko in Lautoka, Fiji
One accused walked away a free man yesterday while another offered to serve a life sentence if the High...
Cambodia Daily branded ‘a thief’, forced to close over tax fight
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
One of Cambodia's last remaining independent newspapers has announced it is closing today after 24 years, the latest in a series...
Pacific exchange student journalists wrap-up internships
Pacific Cooperation Foundation media interns Shivika Mala and Linda Filiai visit the Pacific Media Centre. Video: PMC
By Kendall Hutt in Auckland
Student journalists from across...
Pacific exchange journalists begin NZ media ‘awareness’ internship
By Kendall Hutt, Pacific Media Watch contributing editor
Pacific exchange journalists kicked off their two-week internship in New Zealand with a visit to the Pacific...