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Pacific Media Centre
Pacific Media Centre
An independent research and publication centre specialising in Asia-Pacific current affairs. The Pacific Media Centre | Te Amokura in AUT University's School of Communication Studies publishes PMC Online, Pacific Journalism Review, Pacific Journalism Monographs, Pacific Media Watch and Asia Pacific Report in partnership with Scoop Media. Director Professor David Robie also publishes the media blog Cafe Pacific.
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Indonesia: Journalists Face Death Threats
Monday, 29 November 2010, 4:20 pm | Pacific Media Centre
JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Pacific Media Watch): A number of journalists were threatened, and several came under attack, while reporting at a shelter for Indonesian migrant workers in Condet, East Jakarta, on Tuesday. "Bottles were thrown at us from outside," ... More >>
Fiji Seminar Discusses Peace Journalism
Monday, 29 November 2010, 4:17 pm | Pacific Media Centre
SUVA ( Radio Australia/Pacific Media Watch ): A two-day workshop for civil society organisations on "Peace Journalism" is underway in Suva, Fiji. Jake Lynch, director for the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Sydney, is a keynote ... More >>
PNG: Post-Courier reports on Women's Day Rally
Monday, 29 November 2010, 4:14 pm | Pacific Media Centre
PORT MORESBY (PNG Post-Courier/Pacific Media Watch): Men and children took a personal stance on the issue to end all forms of violence against women and girls when they joined in the march in the capital of Papua New Guinea yesterday, reports the Post-Courier. More >>
Robust Journalism Conference Set For AUT In December
Saturday, 20 November 2010, 12:20 pm | Pacific Media Centre
Key Asia-Pacific, Australian and New Zealand investigative journalists and researchers will gather at AUT University next month for a media “conversation” that will feature diverse issues such as war reporting, scams and global warming probes. More >>
Contrasting Views on Tuilaepa-Campbell Saga
Tuesday, 16 November 2010, 9:45 am | Pacific Media Centre
Contrasting views have emerged from two opposition MPs over the ongoing saga between Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi and New Zealand journalist John Campbell. In his latest letter to Campbell, words like “bull” and “idiot” are used ... More >>
Draft Fiji media decree ‘draconian and punitive’
Thursday, 8 April 2010, 8:10 pm | Pacific Media Centre
AUCKLAND: Fiji’s draft media decree is draconian and punitive and will fail as a development communication model, says the head of the New Zealand-based Pacific Media Centre. More >>
Draft Fiji media decree ‘draconian and punitive’
Thursday, 8 April 2010, 5:12 pm | Pacific Media Centre
Fiji’s draft media decree is draconian and punitive and will fail as a development communication model, says the head of the New Zealand-based Pacific Media Centre. More >>
Solomon Islands Women Tell Their Story
Wednesday, 17 March 2010, 10:51 am | Pacific Media Centre
* Pacific Media Centre on Twitter - http://twitter.com/pacmedcentre Solomon Islands Women 'Barrier Breakers' Tell Their Story More >>
Fiji Regime To Ban Established Politicians From 20
Wednesday, 3 March 2010, 4:43 pm | Pacific Media Centre
MELBOURNE ( Radio Australia/Pacific Media Watch ): Fiji's military backed regime has announced that any politician who has played a role in the country's politics since 1987 - the year of the first coup - will be banned from contesting the promised ... More >>
First Flavorz09 Film Festival Announces Winners
Monday, 9 November 2009, 2:44 pm | Pacific Media Centre
Flavorz09 Film festival http:// http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz Maori and Pasifika television students of the School of Communication Studies staged AUT's inaugural Flavorz09 Film Festival on Friday night. Presenter John Utanga, a producer of TVNZ's Tagata ... More >>
Free Media Champs For Uncompromised Pacific News
Friday, 15 May 2009, 10:36 am | Pacific Media Centre
APIA (PMC Niusblog /Pacific Media Watch): Veteran champions of a free Pacific media spoke out strongly in defence of an uncompromising public watchdog role of the region's news organisations at an Article 19 seminar in Samoa this week. Savea Sano Malifa, ... More >>
PMC: Fiji Crack Down on Media But Calm Prevails
Tuesday, 14 April 2009, 2:39 pm | Pacific Media Centre
Shailendra Singh writes from Suva: Fiji remains calm days after its President has abrogated the constitution, promulgated emergency regulations, and reinstated the 2006 coup leader, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, as the interim Prime Minister More >>
PMC Condemns “Ruthless Censorship” In Fiji
Monday, 13 April 2009, 8:18 pm | Pacific Media Centre
The Pacific Media Centre has condemned the Fiji regime's 'ruthless censorship' of news organisations and called for an end to intimidation. More >>
Chinese, Burmese journalists join AUT’s PMC
Thursday, 5 March 2009, 8:20 am | Pacific Media Centre
A young Burmese journalist and a Chinese cultural affairs editor have joined AUT University’s Pacific Media Centre this year. More >>
Internet Pacific Channel To Launch Next Month
Monday, 13 October 2008, 11:41 pm | Pacific Media Centre
AUCKLAND (PMC/Pacific Media Watch): Tongan broadcaster and community development personality Will 'Ilolahia sprang a surprise at the Pasifika media fono today with an announcement that a new Pacific television channel would be on the internet by ... More >>
Pacific Media Watch Relaunched As Digital DataBase
Thursday, 12 June 2008, 12:49 am | Pacific Media Centre
AUT University has relaunched the 12-year-old Pacific Media Watch as a dynamic digital database for regional media monitoring. Launching the database along with the latest edition of the research journal Pacific Journalism Review last night, Office of Pasifika ... More >>
EAST TIMOR: Information Drought Isolates Timorese
Thursday, 19 July 2007, 5:21 pm | Pacific Media Centre
Many Timorese people suffer a “significant information drought” isolating them from national development, says a New Zealand media monitoring mission. The impoverished country, which elected a coalition government of “national unity” in a peaceful ... More >>
AUT Plans Boost In Pacific Media Research
Friday, 20 April 2007, 8:28 am | Pacific Media Centre
Pacific media research and monitoring will gain a significant boost with the creation of a new Creative Industries Research Institute at AUT University. The institute features five major research initiatives, including the establishment of a Pacific ... More >>
