Pacific Media Watch - Latest News [Page 33]
PIMA Website Comment On John Manukia
Wednesday, 2 November 2005, 9:06 am | Pacific Media Watch
AUCKLAND (PIMA Online/Pacific Media Watch): The dismissal of long-time senior journalist John Manukia from the Herald On Sunday is a timely reminder of the immense responsibility we have as media professionals. More >>
Wanted: PI Journalism School
Wednesday, 26 October 2005, 11:34 am | Pacific Media Watch
AUCKLAND (Te Waha Nui newspaper/Pacific Media Watch): The New Zealand media industry's training agency plans to establish a Pacific Island journalism school to attract more Pasifika reporters. More >>
PIMA Elects 'New Faces' To Join Core Executive
Tuesday, 11 October 2005, 9:35 am | Pacific Media Watch
AUCKLAND (AUT Journalism/Pacific Media Watch): Several new faces were elected today alongside core members of the Pacific Islands Media Association executive at its annual conference in Auckland. New vice-chairperson Chris Lakatani comes from outside ... More >>
PIMA Showcases Pacific Media Talent
Thursday, 6 October 2005, 10:36 am | Pacific Media Watch
AUCKLAND (Te Waha Nui/Pacific Media Watch): "Our voices, our faces, our words, our dreams" is the theme for this year's Pacific Islands Media Association conference to be held at Auckland University of Technology this week. More >>
PCRC Farewells Valiant Lange
Wednesday, 17 August 2005, 9:03 am | Pacific Media Watch
SUVA (PCRC/Pacific Media Watch): The Pacific Concerns Resource Centre wishes to express its heartfelt condolences to family and friends of the former Prime Minister of New Zealand, David Lange. More >>
Callers Grill Fiji PM On Coup Reconciliation Bill
Tuesday, 9 August 2005, 11:43 am | Pacific Media Watch
SUVA (Wansolwara Online/Pacific Media Watch): Callers on two vernacular radio talkback shows bombarded Fiji¹s Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase yesterday with questions on the controversial Promotion, Reconciliation, Tolerance and Unity Bill. More >>
Comment: Unforgettable Journey To Farewell Ona
Tuesday, 9 August 2005, 11:41 am | Pacific Media Watch
BUKA (Wansolwara Online/Pacific Media Watch): It wasn't easy getting up to Guava, the home of the late Me'ekamui leader Francis Ona. More >>
Fiji: TVNZ Accused of Poor Journalism
Tuesday, 2 August 2005, 10:31 am | Pacific Media Watch
SUVA (RNZI Online//Pacific Media Watch): The chief executive of Fiji¹s Tourism Bureau, Bill Gavoka, suggests New Zealanders who have recently cancelled trips to the country have been misled by poor journalism by Television New Zealand. More >>
Radio Pasifik Gagging 'Threatens Free Speech'
Thursday, 28 July 2005, 5:05 pm | Pacific Media Watch
SUVA (Wansolwara Online//Pacific Media Watch): Radio Pasifik believes freedom of speech is under attack at the University of the South Pacific after reports that the station was pulled off air in the student dining hall following a controversial ... More >>
Meekamui Rejects State Funeral For Ona
Thursday, 28 July 2005, 5:04 pm | Pacific Media Watch
BUKA (The National Online/Pacific Media Watch): Meekamui leader Francis Ona's funeral will be held at Guava village in Panguna and only ordinary Bougainvilleans will be allowed to attend, Kieta District Manager Otto Noruka said yesterday. More >>
Ona is Dead
Tuesday, 26 July 2005, 10:42 am | Pacific Media Watch
BUKA (The National Online/Pacific Media Watch): Secessionist Bougainville and Mekamui leader Francis Ona is dead. He died at 1pm at his Guava village yesterday. More >>
Fiji's Amnesty Bill 'Dangerous' Message To Youth
Wednesday, 6 July 2005, 11:03 am | Pacific Media Watch
SUVA (Fiji Times Online/Pacific Media Watch): There is no doubt that the majority of people in this country would like to see some statement of reconciliation, tolerance and unity. More >>
Fairfax NZ Hires Pacific Correspondent
Thursday, 23 June 2005, 1:35 pm | Pacific Media Watch
AUCKLAND (Fairfax/Pacific Media Watch): Experienced international news agency correspondent Michael Field has been appointed to head a news bureau for Fairfax New Zealand in Auckland. More >>
Trend Alarming: Chaudhry
Tuesday, 21 June 2005, 10:49 am | Pacific Media Watch
www.pmw.c2o.org * Post a comment on this story at PMW's Right of Reply: www.voy.com/166636/ More >>
NEW ERA: Bougainville's new govt sworn in
Friday, 17 June 2005, 8:22 am | Pacific Media Watch
BUKA (The National/Pacific Media Watch): Bougainville's first autonomous government was sworn in yesterday in a ceremony watched over by the island's new president Joseph Kabui and Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare. More >>
David Robie To Launch New Book On Rainbow Warrior
Friday, 17 June 2005, 8:20 am | Pacific Media Watch
AUCKLAND (APN/Pacific Media Watch): An independent journalist who was on board the bombed Rainbow Warrior 20 years ago has written a new edition of his book, Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage of the Rainbow Warrior. More >>
East Timor: Australians Probe 1975Journalist Death
Thursday, 16 June 2005, 9:00 am | Pacific Media Watch
SYDNEY (AFP/Pacific Media Watch): An Australian coroner agreed Tuesday to open an inquest into the death of a journalist killed along with four others while covering an attack by Indonesian troops on an East Timor town in 1975. More >>
New PJR Edition Focuses On Indigenous Sphere
Monday, 13 June 2005, 10:03 am | Pacific Media Watch
AUCKLAND (AUT Online/Pacific Media Watch): Pacific Journalism Review has published its latest edition with a cover theme focused on the indigenous public sphere. More >>
Broadcaster Escapes Assassination Attempt
Thursday, 9 June 2005, 9:51 am | Pacific Media Watch
MANILA (CMFR/Pacific Media Watch): On 19 May 2005, a radio broadcaster barely escaped an attempt on his life when his parked car was fired upon a few minutes before he got in the vehicle. The incident took place in Pangasinan province, approximately ... More >>
Fiji: Tight Security at Parliament
Friday, 3 June 2005, 10:15 am | Pacific Media Watch
SUVA (Fiji Times Online/Pacific Media Watch): Fiji police have heightened security measures to prevent disruptions to parliamentary proceedings during the second reading of the Reconciliation and Unity Bill today. More >>