Friday, July 15, 2011 - 17:53
Brother Number One, a New Zealand documentary about the torture and murder of yachtsman Kerry Hamill by the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia in 1978, has been launched at international film festivals in New...
Friday, May 17, 2013
AUCKLAND (Pacific Media Watch): Afghan journalist Bilal Sarwary has hailed media freedom as one of the accomplishments in Afghanistan over the last decade.
The Kabul-based reporter working for...
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Praneeta Prakash
SUVA (Fijivillage.com / Pacific Media Watch): Fiji Times Limited, which had pleaded guilty to a charge of breaching the Media Industry Development Decree, has been ordered to pay...
Friday, May 10, 2013
Daniel Drageset AUCKLAND (Pacific Media Watch): The Fijian Ministry of Information announced Friday it will escalate its efforts against cyber crime.
Friday, May 10, 2013
By Lei Shi
The Samoan government is proposing a new law that may change the current definition of national identity as a “Samoan”.
Iuni Sapolu, a Samoan-born lawyer...
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....
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...
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...
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...
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Michael Sergel AUCKLAND (Pacific Scoop / Pacific Media Centre / Pacific Media Watch): AUT University student journalist Michael Sergel talks to Australian academic, journalist and author Professor...
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
Friday, May 3, 2013
Daniel Drageset AUCKLAND (Pacific Media Watch): Many people in New Zealand and Australia have hardly heard about the UNESCO World Press Freedom Day, which takes place this Friday, May 3, all over the...
Friday, April 26, 2013
Daniel Drageset AUCKLAND (Pacific Media Watch): In order for Pacific news media to do their job in a well-functioning democracy, they need better pay, journalism Professor Mark Pearson argues.
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Daniel Drageset: AUCKLAND (Pacific Media Watch): The new Papuans Behind Bars website primarily targets an international audience, according to Paul Membrasar.
Friday, April 5, 2013
SYDNEY (MEEA / Pacific Media Watch): The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) is calling for a uniform national approach to shield laws for journalists. The call comes amid an unprecedented...
