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Corruption Watchdog Highlights Vanuatu Police Delays
Wednesday, 16 February 2011, 11:21 am | Pacific Media Watch
Vanuatu’s corruption watchdog says local police are sloppy, unprofessional and disrespectful to the courts in delaying bringing alleged offenders to justice, reports Radio NZ International. More >>
People's power is latest tool
Tuesday, 15 February 2011, 10:27 am | Pacific Media Watch
To those who have been following the recent uprising in Egypt and other parts of the Middle-East, I believe many would agree with me that these events marked the dawn of a new era in the 21st century’s socio-political life – people’s power. More >>
Fiji: Democracy and media on regional agenda in Vanuatu
Tuesday, 15 February 2011, 10:19 am | Pacific Media Watch
Australia's Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs has reaffirmed his country's view that Fiji should hold democratic elections before 2014, Australian Network News reports. More >>
Indonesia: Independent news website offers alternative view
Monday, 14 February 2011, 11:17 am | Pacific Media Watch
JAKARTA ( Jakarta Globe/Pacific Media Watch ): An Indonesian Web site modeled as an alternative platform for news reports not picked up by the mainstream media has officially gone live with the aim of hosting newsroom leaks. More >>
Fiji: Media Watch calls for 'positive' approach by youth
Monday, 14 February 2011, 9:51 am | Pacific Media Watch
SUVA (The Fiji Times/Pacific Media Watch): There is a need for young people to use the media wisely while at the same time critically analyse what comes out of it, says a Fiji Media Watch advocate. More >>
Fiji: Fiji Television profit drops - but EMTV division up
Monday, 14 February 2011, 9:47 am | Pacific Media Watch
SUVA (The Fiji Times/Pacific Media Watch): Fiji Television Limited's profit dropped by 18.6 percent to $1.82 million for the six months ending December 31, 2010. More >>
NZ 'Spying' No Surprise, Says Fiji
Thursday, 16 December 2010, 4:10 pm | Pacific Media Watch
SUVA (Fiji Broadcasting Corporation/Pacific Media Watch): News of New Zealand government spying on Fiji and tapping phone lines before and after the 2006 coup comes as no surprise, says permanent Secretary for Information Sharon Smith-Johns. Smith-Johns ... More >>
NZ Spied on Fiji, Says Wikileaks
Thursday, 16 December 2010, 4:09 pm | Pacific Media Watch
SUVA (Fiji Broadcasting Corporation/Pacific Media Watch): The New Zealand government spied on Fiji before and after the 2006 coup, leaked US documents released by Wikileaks show. The cables show that NZ used signals intelligence or SIGINT to listen in on ... More >>
Journalists Clash on Media7 Over War Reporting
Wednesday, 15 December 2010, 2:55 pm | Pacific Media Watch
Two speakers from the AUT Pacific Media Centre's Media, Investigative Journalism and Technology Conference have featured in a controversial episode of Media7 . Host Russell Brown also included New Zealand Herald columnist Garth George, who has had ... More >>
Somare Steps Aside as Papua New Guinea PM
Wednesday, 15 December 2010, 9:40 am | Pacific Media Watch
PORT MORESBY ( Radio NZ International / Pacific Media Watch ): Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare stepped aside on Monday night after failing to obtain a court injunction to stop his expected referral to a leadership tribunal. More >>
Pacific Islands Hit by Turmoil
Monday, 13 December 2010, 3:37 pm | Pacific Media Watch
Cyclone season has come early to the Pacific islands - in political terms at least. Two countries have emerged with new leaders, and leaders in three other nations are under threat. In Vanuatu, as soon as prime minister Edward Natapei departed for the ... More >>
Youths 'Angry' With Climate Change Talks
Monday, 13 December 2010, 10:58 am | Pacific Media Watch
CANCUN, Mexico (Fiji Broadcasting Corporation/Pacific Media Watch): Youth representatives from around the world - who have gathered in Cancun, Mexico. to push for action on climate change– have made a symbolic count from 1 to 21,000 to mark what they say ... More >>
Peace Journalism Meet Talks Reponsibility
Monday, 13 December 2010, 10:52 am | Pacific Media Watch
The role that the media and civil societies play in strengthening democracy and social cohesion was discussed in a symposium in Suva yesterday. Leading journalists and educators from the Pacific shared their views on peace journalism in a symposium ... More >>
Opinion: Why Editors Rarely Sue for Defamation
Wednesday, 8 December 2010, 9:59 am | Pacific Media Watch
SYDNEY ( Crikey.com/Pacific Media Watch ): Editors rarely sue for defamation in the modern era, for many good reasons. Of course, all citizens have the right to defend their reputations in the courtroom. More >>
Media Protests Over Ban on Coverage of No-Confidence Motion
Wednesday, 8 December 2010, 9:55 am | Pacific Media Watch
Vanuatu’s journalists have stepped up their protest over an unprecedented barring of them from reporting on a no-confidence motion which ousted former Prime Minister Edward Natapei last week. The protest comes as Natapei has unveiled plans to stage ... More >>
Pacific media group appoints administrative director
Monday, 6 December 2010, 2:48 pm | Pacific Media Watch
The board officers of Pasifika Media Association (PasiMA) have announced the appointment of Ana Currie, of Hawai‘i, to serve as the fledgling organisation’s first administrative director. The PasiMA board officers and executive committee are in Auckland this ... More >>
Journalist Educator Calls on Academia to Collaborate
Monday, 6 December 2010, 9:41 am | Pacific Media Watch
Journalism schools need to go beyond "training" or "early career" models and produce more investigative journalism through collaborations with other academic institutions and collaborations, says Professor Wendy Bacon, director of the Australian Centre ... More >>
Investigative Journalists Discuss the Future of Their Craft
Monday, 6 December 2010, 9:37 am | Pacific Media Watch
“Investigative journalism is to media what poetry is to the literary world,” argue industry experts at a conference in Auckland - it is vital but it will never make any money. Journalists and media academics from Nepal, Australia, New Zealand ... More >>
The Australian invites media academic to newsroom
Friday, 3 December 2010, 9:41 am | Pacific Media Watch
Editor-in-chief of The Australian newspaper Chris Mitchell has invited Canberra academic Julie Posetti to visit the offices of The Australian newspaper to observe a news conference, and see operations for herself. More >>
Dreaver, Hager to Talk Investigative Reporting at AUT
Thursday, 2 December 2010, 9:23 am | Pacific Media Watch
Anyone with an interest in writing, reading or studying investigative journalism, will benefit from a conference at AUT University this weekend. Speakers at the conference, which organisers have dubbed a “fourth estate conversation”, will examine investigative ... More >>
