Tag: Student Press
Desperate times unleash digital creativity, flexibility for j-schools
By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch
Desperate times call for desperate measures and so it is with journalism schools throughout the Pacific...
Campus journalist ‘forced’ to apologise for criticising Duterte over virus online
By Samantha Bagayas in Manila
A campus journalist from the University of the East (UE) in the Philippines was allegedly forced to issue a public...
Otago University will not answer Critic’s criticisms in virus editorial
By RNZ News
New Zealand's Otago University will not respond to questions from Critic, the student magazine on campus, during the Covid-19 coronavirus lockdown.
The decision...
Student journalists gear up for Fiji election press, online coverage
By Kaelyn Dekarube in Suva
As part of their coverage of the 2018 Fiji general election this month, University of the South Pacific student journalists...
JERAA launches new collaborative public interest journalism platform
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
A new platform for storytelling and public interest journalism, showcasing the best work produced by Australian university journalism programmes, has been...
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...
Green MP Delahunty calls for NZ action, media focus on West...
Ashleigh McCaull's video story. Video: PMC YouTube channel
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Final year Bachelor of Communication Studies student journalist Ashleigh McCaull at Auckland University of...
Images: Asia-Pacific delegates make their mark at global media conference
Pacific media educators and trainers from around the Pacific took advantage of last week’s 4th World Journalism Education Congress (WJEC) to get up to...
WJEC16: ‘Early bird’ arrivals start for global, Pacific journalism events
By Eddie Osifelo of the Solomon Star
More than 220 journalism educators and journalists are participating in the 4th World Journalism Education Congress that will...
Student press editors urge Duterte to uphold media freedom in Philippines
By Marc Lino Abila in Manila
The College Editors Guild of the Philippines (CEGP) is most deeply disturbed by President-elect Rodrigo Duterte’s statement that murdered...
Sedition case against Indian student leader devastating free press setback
By Gayathry Venkiteswaran of IFEX
An arrest of a university student for sedition and subsequent attacks against journalists covering the story in India sparked...
The PMC Project – a Pacific Media Centre profile
From the Pacific Media Centre
A short documentary by Alistar Kata
In 2009, a short video was made by AUT television students John Pulu and Sophie...
Student newspaper condemns growing closed doors NZ democracy
From Te Waha Nui/Pacific Media Watch
An award-winning student journalism newspaper has condemned growing secrecy about politics and state business, saying it is "increasingly stifling"...
Fiji Report: A day on the job at the Wansolwara newspaper
Report by Pacific Media Centre
Comment – By Kai Ping Lew
Started work yesterday at Wansolwara, the award-winning University of the South Pacific student newspaper, and...