Tag: publishing
Finally gone, closure of Tahiti’s La Dépêche a ‘sad day for...
By Lucile Guichet-Tirao in Pape'ete
La Dépêche de Tahiti, the oldest and last major daily newspaper in French Polynesia, has finally closed after publishing for...
Behind scenes probe of Bougainville struggle for independence tops PJR
Pacific Journalism Review
A Frontline investigative journalism article on the politics behind the decade-long Bougainville war leading up to the overwhelming vote for independence is...
‘I’m not afraid of terrorism. I’m afraid of being accused of...
ANALYSIS: By Randa Abdel Fattah, Macquarie University
Those born after 2001 have only known a world “at war on terror”.
This means a generation growing up...
Former Rappler reporter Carmela Fonbuena is new head of PCIJ
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
The Philippine Center For Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) has named former Rappler reporter and book author Carmela Fonbuena as its next executive...
Fiji Day – birth of a magazine and reflections for the...
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
A new Fiji magazine published by a New Zealand-based media collective made its debut this weekend to mark Fiji's 50th Independence...
Beware of elite billionaire ‘do-gooder’ hypocrisy, warns author
From RNZ Saturday Morning
Described by a Guardian reviewer as "superb hate-reading", writer and columnist Anand Giridharadas's latest book Winners Take All: The Elite Charade...
Covid-19 pandemic ‘spells end of neoliberal era’, says author
By RNZ News
Many people have revelled in a return to a simpler life in recent weeks. While lockdown restrictions are eased in many...
NZME makes offer to buy rival Stuff for nominal $1
By RNZ News
NZME is insisting a deal for it to purchase media rival Stuff is still on the cards, despite Stuff's owner saying it...
A Listener flashback: The sacking of an editor
REVIEW: By Jeremy Rees
After 81 years of publication, The NZ Listener, one of the Bauer Media stable of publications, closed last month when the...
Media suffer ‘devastating’ blows on both sides of the Tasman
By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch
Media on both sides of the Tasman face apocalyptic times as the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic decimates...
NZ virus lockdown forces magazine publisher Bauer Media to close
By RNZ News
The publisher of some of New Zealand's best known magazines has folded amid the economic fallout from the national coronavirus pandemic lockdown.
Bauer...
Tuwhera expands the PJR ‘critical inquiry’ Pacific media archive
A video made to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Pacific Journalism Review in 2014. Video: Sasya Wreksono/PMC
Pacific Media Watch
Tuwhera, the open access repository 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...
NZ mosque massacre, New Caledonia referendum and Fiji elections top PJR
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
New Zealand’s unprecedented “internet-native mass shooting” attack on two mosques, the New Caledonia independence referendum, Fiji’s general election and news media...
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...
New climate journalism handbook targets ‘existential problem’
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
A new handbook for the existential problem of our time – climate change – has been published as a boost for...
New book boosts diversity, cultural consciousness in NZ film making
By Nicola Igusa
For any film maker, their aim is to create engaging work that connects with its audience. For film makers in New Zealand...
Iran refugee detained in PNG wins Australia’s richest literary prize
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
An Iranian asylum-seeker detained in Papua New Guinea under Australian asylum laws has won Australia's most valuable literary prize for a...
Vanuatu student journalist launches first poetry collection and aims higher
By Harrison Selmen in Suva, Fiji
Vanuatu student journalist Telstar Jimmy launched her first poetry book in Fiji last week and vows bigger plans ahead...
Vanuatu Daily Post … latest news hot off the free press
"How your newspaper gets to you" ... Vanuatu Daily Press press rolling with the day's news. Video: VDP
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
The Vanuatu Daily Post,...
Gallery: Climate change, disasters spark Indonesian-NZ research publication
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
AUT Indonesia Centre director Lester Finch and Auckland Indonesia Community representative Maman Baboe spoke strongly last night in support of Indonesian...
Journalist turns tales of undercover Papuan reporting into love novel
BOOK REVIEW: By Bambang Muryanto in Yogyakarta
A Dutch freelance journalist, Rohan (a pen name), had been interested in the political turmoil in Papua...