Tag: Student journalism
Trailblazer of Fijian Drua Media: How Kara Ravulo sailed unforeseen waters
By Paige Schouw, Queensland University of Technology
Kara Ravulo was halfway through her university studies when her father became sick, ultimately leading her to defer...
Voters share ‘integrity and truth’ vision of a strong Fijian democracy
By Cooper Williams, Yasmine Wright-Gittins and Cindy Chand of Wansolwara in Suva
Former politician Remesio Rogovakalali is hoping to see transparency and engagement in the...
Australian journalism school students ‘hung out to dry’ over sudden closure
By Kathleen Farmilo and Sweeney Preston in Sydney
Journalism students from Australia's Macleay College programme with 50 participants are saying their degrees have been cancelled...
Scott Waide: Memo to our younger people – go out to...
COMMENT: By Scott Waide
Senior EMTV journalist and bureau chief Scott Waide in Papua New Guinea's second city Lae this week called time on his...
Asia Pacific Report freshened with new student roles, independent journalism
JEANZ News
Professor David Robie, founding director of the AUT Pacific Media Centre, has relaunched Asia Pacific Report as an independent Pacific affairs and analysis...
Crispin Maslog: Remembering Martial Law – courageous journalism lessons
REWIND: By Crispin Maslog
Filipinos under 48 today were not yet born when Martial Law was imposed on the Philippines by the late and unlamented...
Alexandra Wake: In defence of journalism schools and underpinning civil society
COMMENTARY: By Alexandra Wake in Melbourne
How disappointing to read another opinion piece in Australian papers repeating time-old arguments that fail to acknowledge the excellent...
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...
USP journo students return from Solomons climate storytelling project
By Michael Andrew
A group of University of the South Pacific journalism students have returned from a week-long trip to the Solomon Islands covering communities...
USP journo students head to Solomons for environmental reporting project
By Rosalie Nongebatu in Suva
Three journalism students from The University of the South Pacific in Suva have been selected to participate in a week-long...
Police raids on ABC: The day news theory became reality
COMMENTARY: By Alexandra Menzies of UTS Central News in Sydney
As I stood out the front of the ABC's Sydney headquarters on Wednesday morning (June...
Students gear up for first national live election broadcast with The...
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Students enrolled in journalism programmes around Australia are working on the first national
student election broadcast for the 2019 election, underpinned by...
Hot off the press – Wansolwara marks USP’s 50th anniversary
By Elizabeth Osifelo in Suva
The first edition of the University of the South Pacific’s student journalist training newspaper Wansolwara for the year has hit...
Student journalists speak up – not all glamour but risky in...
By Laiseana Nasiga in Suva
Final-year student journalists at the University of the South Pacific took centre stage at this year’s World Press Freedom Day...
WJEC16: Student shootings in PNG, j-schools, corruption and climate change
Heavily armed Papua New Guinea police in camouflage fatigues confront students before opening fire on them on 8 June 2016. Image: PMC video
The shootings...
PCF student interns gain new perspectives about media industry
By Michelle Curran
After just one-week in New Zealand, three Pacific-based media and journalism students taking part in Pacific Cooperation Foundation’s (PCF) Media Programme have...
Pacific graduate students win on AUT annual awards night
Pacific Media Watch contributing editor TJ Aumua won the SPASIFIK Magazine Prize and Storyboard Award for diversity reporting at AUT's School of Communication Studies...