Tag: Roger East
Mediawatch: Jailed Australian foreign correspondent’s life spread across the big screen
By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter
In 1979, Sam Neill appeared in an Australian comedy movie about hacks on a Sydney newspaper.
The Journalist was billed...
AJF condemns impunity over Balibo Five murders in Timor, other killings
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Today, October 16, marks the 45th anniversary of the Balibo Five – the five Australian-based Australian, British and New Zealand -...
Two Timorese journalists named for Balibo Five-Roger East fellowships
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Two journalists from Timor-Leste will benefit from the Balibo Five-Roger East Fellowship in 2018, an initiative of the Media, Entertainment and...
Shirley Shackleton: Trade a ‘dirty word’ excuse over Balibo silence
Shirley Shackleton, widow of journalist Greg Shackleton, one of the Balibo Five killed by Indonesian special forces at that Timorese border town of that...
