Tag: World Press Freedom Index

By Khalia Strong of PMN News Fiji has shot up the world rankings for press freedom but the victory feels hollow as journalists across the...

By Stefan Armbruster of Pasifika TV Fiji has recorded a dramatic jump in its media freedom rating to be in the top 25 nations globally...

RNZ Pacific Fiji has recorded the biggest improvement in the Pacific in the 2026 World Press Freedom Index, rising to 24th out of 180 countries. The...

Fijian Media Association Three years after the lifting of draconian media laws under which Fiji’s media industry operated, and even with significant improvements in the...

By Anish Chand in Suva Fiji’s rise in the latest global press freedom rankings is being credited to improved media conditions following key political and...

Talamua Online News Samoa has dropped in its media and information freedom world ranking from 22 in 2024 to 44 in 2025 in the latest...

Pacific Media Watch To mark the release of the 2025 World Press Freedom Index, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) partnered with the agency The Good Company...

Pacific Media Watch While Aotearoa New Zealand improved three places in the latest RSF World Press Freedom Index -- up to 16th -- and most...

Pacific Media Watch Paris-based global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has recalled that 20 journalists were killed during the six-year Philippines presidency of...

EDITORIAL: The Samoa Observer editorial board The Samoan government’s attempt to control the media for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting is a slap across...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk A women's union in New Caledonia has staged a sit-in protest this week to support senior...

By Stephen Wright and Stefan Armbruster of BenarNews Fiji’s ranking in a global press freedom index has jumped into the top tier of countries with...

Pacific Media Watch Journalists who report on environmental issues are encountering growing difficulties in many parts of the world, reports Reporters Without Borders. According to the...

Pacific Media Watch More than 100 media leaders from around the world have joined Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in signing an unprecedented joint statement expressing...

Highlights of the 2023 World Press Freedom Index. Video: RSF By David Robie Timor-Leste has topped a stunning rise among Asia-Pacific countries to make it to...

Pacific Media Watch Pacific eyes will be on the World Press Freedom Index 2023 when it is launched today as concerns grow over the slip...

Pacific Media Watch With murders, contract killings, ambushes, war zone deaths and fatal injuries, a staggering total of 1668 journalists have been killed worldwide in...

COMMENTARY: By Ajay Bhai Amrit in Suva Bula readers. As some of you might be aware, I am a member of various media bodies and...

By Vijay Narayan of Fijivillage People’s Alliance leader Sitiveni Rabuka says a People’s Alliance government will scrap the draconian Media Industry Development Act and allow...

By Vijay Narayan and Naveel Krishant in Suva The Fijian Media Association says the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) 2020 World Press Freedom Index report is...

RNZ Pacific Fiji has been ranked as the worst place in the Pacific region for journalists in the latest assessment by the global press freedom...

By Luke Nacei in Suva Fiji has no place for a partisan media using press freedom as a blank cheque to be a mouthpiece of...