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UNESCO WPFD Lecture: Press freedom, social media and the citizen

Sunday, February 17, 2013 - 12:51

Professor Mark Pearson: The May 3 UNESCO World Press Freedom Day 2013 lecture at AUT University's new Sir Paul Reeves communications precinct hosted by the Pacific Media Centre with support from...

David Robie's inaugural journalism professorial address

Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 19:46

LIVESTREAMING: David Robie: Professorial public lecture: Truth, censorship, ethics and corporate integrity are increasingly critical media issues in the digital age for a region faced with coups,...

Media freedom in the Pacific: The rhetoric and the reality

Thursday, April 12, 2012 - 09:57

SEMINAR/VIDEO Is the Pacific media freedom issue as serious as it is presented or is it driven by donor agendas? Or, on the other hand, is it worse than generally perceived around the region and can...

REGION: Pacific Scoop challenges over health, human rights, social justice

Monday, May 13, 2013

Jane Jeffries AUCKLAND (Pacific Media Centre / Pacific Media Watch): Pacific Scoop exposes New Zealand to Pacific issues and gives a fresh voice to people in the region on a wide range of topics...

REGION: ‘Murdered for doing their jobs’ – a snapshot of the region’s media

Friday, May 10, 2013

Greg Asciutto AUCKLAND (Pacific Media Centre / Pacific Media Watch): Across the Pacific, advocates of media freedom hosted many World Press Freedom Day celebrations this year.

‘Murdered for doing their jobs’ – a snapshot of the region’s media

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Greg Asciutto: REPORT: More than 600 journalists have been killed globally in the last decade — 121 died last year alone. They had one thing in common. They were killed for doing their jobs....

NZ: 'Media freedom worrier' stirs lively responses to press threats speech

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Anna Magavu AUCKLAND (Pacific Media Centre / Pacific Media Watch): Media commentators, media freedom advocates, journalists and academics welcomed New Zealand's inaugural UNESCO World...

Media freedom - introductory remarks

Monday, May 6, 2013

Tim McBride, deputy chairperson of the New Zealand National Commission of UNESCO's sub-commission on communications, offers introductory remarks at the inaugural Pacific Media Centre / UNESCO...

VIDEO: Coups, conflicts and human rights - David Robie on media trends

Monday, May 6, 2013

AUCKLAND (AUT University / Pacific Media Centre / Pacific Media Watch): At the heart of a global crisis over news media credibility and trust has been Britain's so-called Hackgate scandal...

'Media freedom worrier' stirs lively responses to media threats speech

Saturday, May 4, 2013

Professor Mark Pearson says the lack of press freedom in the Asia-Pacific region is well documented with media in Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and Fiji needing government licences to operate, and...

Press freedom, social media and the citizen

Friday, May 3, 2013

Mark Pearson: UNESCO World Press Freedom Day 2013 lecture. Press freedom, social media and the citizen. Pacific Media Centre, Sir Paul Reeves Building, AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand

NZ: Media academic warns over digital surveillance, seeks new ethical model

Friday, May 3, 2013

Anna Majavu AUCKLAND (Pacific Scoop / Pacific Media Centre / Pacific Media Watch): A leading journalism academic has voiced concern at the high levels of digital surveillance facing...

SOLOMON ISLANDS: Government angry over internet release of 'truth' report

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Sean Dorney BRISBANE (Radio Australia / Pacific Media Watch): The Solomon Islands government has reacted angrily to the unauthorised release of a report over the internet. Former Anglican...

NZ: Visiting journalism law professor to talk about free speech and social media

Monday, April 29, 2013

AUCKLAND (Pacific Media Centre / Pacific Media Watch): A leading Australian journalism law professor and freedom of the press advocate will give New Zealand’s inaugural UNESCO World Press...