Tag: PINA
Media demand answers after Samoan PM’s security reportedly deletes journalist’s photos
RNZ
The Journalists Association of Samoa (JAWS) is demanding answers over the removal of a journalist's camera and the deletion of photographs taken while she...
New PINA president pledges to strengthen Pacific newsrooms
By Tiana Haxton of RNZ Pacific
The new president of the Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) wants to strengthen the region's newsrooms.
Neville Choi, who is...
Pacific media must bring remote communities into the conversation, says Rabuka
By Prishanta Sharma in Savusavu
Reaching communities beyond Pacific capitals must remain at the heart of journalism as technology creates new ways for the region...
Rabuka urges Pacific media to verify facts, warns over rise of...
By Nacanieli Tuilevuka in Savusavu
Fiji Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has urged Pacific journalists to check and verify information before disseminated it to the public, warning...
In the wake of MIDA, Fiji’s news industry has turned full...
COMMENTARY: By Anish Chand in Savusavu
In 2023, Fiji's Media Industry Development Authority (MIDA) was scrapped, marking a significant moment for Fiji’s media landscape.
A year...
PINA president calls for greater protection for Pacific journalists covering crime...
RNZ Pacific reporters
The president of the Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) says journalists need greater protection when reporting on organised crime networks.
Speaking at a...
UN adviser tells Pacific journalists to probe ‘accountability’ in climate change,...
By Prishanta Sharma in Savusavu
Journalists in the Pacific have been encouraged to investigate how climate change funding is managed and whether financial assistance reaches...
Pacific media summit to set direction for next decade of Pacific...
By Pita Ligaiula in Savusavu
Pacific media leaders and journalists from across the region will tackle press freedom, newsroom survival, artificial intelligence, anti-corruption, climate change...
Samoa editor says media freedom under attack in response to PM’s...
By Kaya Selby, RNZ Pacific journalist
The editor of Samoa's only daily newspaper barred on Monday from accessing the Prime Minister's press conferences says media...
PINA on World Press Freedom Day – facing new and complex...
By Kalafi Moala in Nuku'alofa
On this World Press Freedom Day, we in the Pacific stand together to defend and promote the right to freedom...
Groundbreaking book Waves of Change launched at Pacific Media Conference in...
By Jai Bharadwaj of The Australia Today
A pivotal book, Waves of Change: Media, Peace, and Development in the Pacific, has been released at the...
‘Precarious’ – newsmakers dissect state and future of Pacific journalism
PACNEWS
If the pen is mightier than the sword, then an army of journalists has assembled in Fiji’s capital to discuss the state and future...
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...
PNG’s Masiu warns USP journalism students to defend free press
By Monika Singh in Suva
Freedom of the press is a cornerstone of any vibrant democracy and society's collective responsibility to safeguard and protect it,...
Protesting EMTV news staff walk out – no live 6pm news...
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Papua New Guinean television station EMTV did not run its usual 6pm news bulletin last night as its journalists and news...
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...
Pacific journos converge in Suva to discuss ‘critical issues’
By Wansolwara staff in Suva
Twelve leading journalists from 11 Pacific Island countries will converge in Suva, Fiji, this Friday to discuss critical issues affecting the region...
Pacific news journalists grapple with challenges of social media, harsh laws
BRIEFING: By Geraldine Panapasa in Suva
Like it or not, social media has become part and parcel of almost everyday discussions.
Whether it’s talk about the...































