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Indonesia: Four Publications Breached Ethics Code
Monday, 18 October 2004, 10:00 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
JAKARTA (Jakarta Post Online/Pacific Media Watch): Indonesia's Press Council declared on Friday four print media guilty of breaching the Indonesian Journalist's Code of Ethics and ordered them to publish an apology to State Minister for State Enterprises ... More >>
Cook Is: Draft Media Bill, Code Of Practice
Friday, 13 August 2004, 11:09 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
AVARUA, Rarotonga (CIBC/Pacific Media Watch): The Cook Islands draft Media Bill and the Media Commission Code of Practice prepared by Dr Michael Stace, of the NZ Broadcasting Standards Authority, have been circulated to national media for comment. More >>
Call For Papers: Public Right To Know 2004
Monday, 17 May 2004, 2:49 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
The 2004 Public Right to Know conference will be held at the University of Technology, Sydney, over the weekend of 20-22 August 2004. This is the fourth in a series of annual conferences organised by the Australian Centre for Independent Journalism. More >>
Oz Journalist Detained Over Subversion Allegations
Monday, 17 May 2004, 2:46 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
Dili prosecutors ordered Thursday that an Australian reporter living in East Timor, who is already threatened with expulsion from the country, is detained for 30 days for questioning over alleged ''subversion''. More >>
Cook Islands Govt Seeks Libel Action Over Spoof
Friday, 14 May 2004, 11:02 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
AVARUA, Rarotonga (Govmed/CIN/RNZI/Pacific Media Watch): The Cook Islands government has moved to file a lawsuit against newspaper and television owner George Pitt over publication of a spoof letter by one of the Pitt Media Group's publications, local ... More >>
Indonesia: Thugs Storm Newspaper Over Article
Thursday, 13 May 2004, 2:32 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
JAKARTA (JP Online/Pacific Media Watch): A group of thugs claiming to be the relatives of local businessman Erwin Sumampouw stormed the offices of the Nuansa Pos Palu daily on Saturday, only a day after the newspaper ran an article that the attackers claimed ... More >>
ET: RSF protests over detention of journalist
Thursday, 13 May 2004, 2:31 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
PARIS (RSF/Pacific Media Watch): Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières) expressed concern about the arrest and detention for two days of Australian investigative journalist Julian King, who has been threatened with legal action and expulsion. More >>
Renewed Debate Over Journalism Degrees
Tuesday, 13 April 2004, 9:22 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
The outgoing head of the University of the South Pacific's media school has come out saying work experience alone is not enough to ensure high quality journalism. More >>
Fiji TV Spends $6m To Extend Satellite Coverage
Friday, 20 February 2004, 1:22 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
NADI (Wansolwara Online/Pacific Media Watch): Fiji Television Ltd plans to invest F$6 million in extending satellite coverage to the outer islands of the archipelago and to nearby countries. More >>
Pacific News Executives To Meet Over Merger
Friday, 20 February 2004, 1:20 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (Wansolwara Online/Pacific Media Watch): Executives of the South Pacific region's two major media organisations meet in Fiji tomorrow to discuss ways of implementing an earlier agreement to merge. More >>
Indonesia: Tempo Stands Firm Over Pressure
Thursday, 29 January 2004, 8:09 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
JAKARTA (JP/Pacific Media Watch): Former Press Council chairman Atmakusumah said the Tempo media group did not lose credibility despite the numerous lawsuits filed against it. Instead, he said, the suits showed that the group had carried out its ... More >>
Indonesia: German Journalist Freed After Arrest
Monday, 26 January 2004, 10:00 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
* Pacific Media Watch Online - check the website for archive and links: http://www.pmw.c2o.org/ * Post a comment at PMW's Right of Reply: http://www.voy.com/166636/ More >>
Indonesia: Editorial - Press Freedom In Danger
Monday, 26 January 2004, 9:58 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
JAKARTA (Jakarta Post/Pacific Media Watch): Defying common sense, the South Jakarta District Court chose to denominate the damages in U.S. currency rather than rupiah in its verdict on Tuesday. The court's panel of judges ordered Koran Tempo daily ... More >>
PNG: Editorial - A Mirror Of The Times
Thursday, 22 January 2004, 10:35 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
PORT MORESBY (The National/Pacific Media Watch): The National has been accused of favouring the incumbent PNG Government. More >>
Journalist Mark Worth's Sudden Death Shocks
Tuesday, 20 January 2004, 11:31 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SENTANI (RW/Pacific Media Watch): The death of Australian print, radio and film journalist Mark Worth has shocked Papuans and all those involved in the campaign to free West Papua from brutal repression by the Indonesian military. More >>
Magazine Names Australian PM Man Of The Year
Wednesday, 10 December 2003, 2:27 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
HONOLULU (Radio NZI Online/Pacific Media Watch): The Australian prime minister, John Howard, has been chosen by the Hawai'i-based publication, Pacific Magazine, as its Pacific Man of the Year. More >>
Jakarta Journalist Wins Yap Tham Hien Award
Monday, 8 December 2003, 3:07 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
JAKARTA (Jakarta Post/Pacific Media Watch): Journalist Maria Margaretha Hartiningsih of the Kompas daily has become the first journalist to win the annual Yap Thiam Hien human rights award, the jury of the award announced here on Friday. More >>
NZ: Tapu Misa Slams 'Smug Media' Over Pacific
Tuesday, 11 November 2003, 2:45 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
AUCKLAND (AUT Communication Studies/Pacific Media Watch). Columnist Tapu Misa has called for a stronger Pacific Islands voice in New Zealand mainstream media to provide balance in coverage of Pacific issues. More >>
Tonga Govt. Denies Constitutional 'Shut Down' Plan
Tuesday, 21 October 2003, 10:38 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
NUKU'ALOFA (RNZI Online/Pacific Media Watch): The Tonga Government has denied claims that the kingdom's constitution has been amended to shut the Taimi 'o Tonga newspaper out of the country. More >>
Vanuatu PM Vows To Maintain Media Freedom
Wednesday, 17 September 2003, 5:41 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
PORT VILA (RNZI Online/Pacific Media Watch): Vanuatu¹s Prime Minister Edward Natapei says he will resist pressure to curb media freedom. Earlier, Natapei said he had been facing pressure since the beginning of the year to restrict the media. More >>
