Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Covering the Pacific Islands isn't a simple task. Each country has its own unique culture and broad issues. There are so many political stories, so many development stories and the whole region...
Monday, May 7, 2012
PORT MORESBY (Pacific Scoop / Pacific Media Watch): A former president of the PNG Media Council has called on “isolated” Pacific news organisations to strike a better relationship...
Thursday, April 5, 2012
AUCKLAND (Pacific Media Watch): More news and general items from the PINA 2012 Pacific Media Summit:
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
WELLINGTON (Radio NZ International / Pacific Media Watch): A Pacific media commentator says the good mood prevailing at last week’s Pacific Islands News Association was astonishing given the...
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
WELLINGTON (Radio NZ International / Pacific Media Watch): A Tongan publisher and media freedom campaigner Kalafi Moala says last week’s summit in Deuba, Fiji, of the Pacific Islands News...
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Alex Perrottet SUVA (Pacific Media Watch): The Pacific Islands News Association meets today in Pacific Harbour, Fiji, to celebrate milestones and hold a Pacific Media Summit.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Alan Knight
SYDNEY (Online Journalism / Pacific Media Watch): The press coverage of the inquiry into Australian media exemplified what is wrong, says Julian Disney, chair of the Australian Press...
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Wendy Bacon has more media knowledge than most - but it didn't help when she was recently savaged by News Ltd. Do errors of fact mark the limits of free speech? OPINION: On Saturday 10 March, I...
Friday, March 16, 2012
Nick Leys
SYDNEY (The Australian / Pacific Media Watch): An open letter from 35 journalism lecturers across the tertiary sector accuses The Weekend Australian of "shooting...
Friday, March 16, 2012
Rodney Tiffen
OPINION: Wild claims that the Finkelstein report recommendations on media regulation increase the threat of government censorship are wrong.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
OPINION: Open letter in response to the article ‘Finkelstein report: Media’s great divide’ and editorial ‘It depends who you talk to’ in the Weekend...
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
The Finkelstein report has already put some noses out of joint but it's an important analysis of the current state of the Australian media. Wendy Bacon explains in New Matilda the inquiry's...
Monday, March 12, 2012
Wendy Bacon: OPINION: The Independent Media Inquiry headed by ex-judge Ray Finkelstein released its report on the Australian media earlier this month. If you have been following the media discussion...
Monday, March 12, 2012
Mark Pearson: OPINION: The Australian’s associate editor, Cameron Stewart, has argued that the immediate endorsement of the proposal for a statutory media regulator by some media academics was...
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
NZ Law Commission: Who are the news media and how should they be regulated? OPINION: This rather ambitious question encapsulates the first two limbs of the terms of reference given to us by the...
