Media Freedom

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...

Media and Democracy in the South Pacific symposium

Tuesday, June 12, 2012 - 14:40

This symposium will consider various models of comparative journalism and examine Western values of media freedom and democracy. A special edition of PJR will be published.

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...

SAMOA: Journalists threatened – but press freedom isn't, says PM

Friday, May 24, 2013

APIA (Samoa Observer / Pacific Media Watch): Three female reports from the Samoa Observer were threatened and assaulted yesterday in the presence of three police officers, when covering a traffic...

Café Pacific: Coups, conflicts and human rights - Pacific media challenges

Thursday, May 23, 2013

David Robie: At the heart of a global crisis over news media credibility and trust has been Britain's so-called Hackgate scandal involving allegations of phone-hacking and corruption against the...

PNG: Opposition leader backs free media in battle against government

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Daniel Drageset: AUCKLAND (Pacific Media Watch): Opposition leader Belden Namah reiterated Tuesday the importance of independent media in Papua New Guinea.

REGION: Ombudsman bid for Pacific media credibility, says advocate

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Daniel Drageset: AUCKLAND (Pacific Media Watch): Coordinator at the Pacific Freedom Forum, Jason Brown, is hopeful that the new Pacific Media Ombudsman will bring enhanced accountability and...

AUDIO: Media freedom 'great achievement' in Afghanistan, says BBC reporter

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...

FIJI: Fiji Times ordered to pay $5000 fine under media decree

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...

FIJI: Ex-USP professor Narsey 'gagged' over media freedom speech

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

SUVA (Radio NZ International / Pacific Media Watch): A former University of the South Pacific professor says he was stopped from addressing journalism students on World Press Freedom Day earlier...

The terrible legacy of Fiji’s national trauma of May 1987

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Graham Davis COMMENTARY: The 26th anniversary of the first 1987 Coup has revived some traumatic memories for many of us who lived through it – the shock, the air of menace, the violence, the...

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...

WEST PAPUA: Peace journalist seeks NZ support amid Indonesian crackdown

Monday, May 13, 2013

Jamie Small AUCKLAND (Pacific Media Centre / Pacific Media Watch): A prominent West Papuan journalist and activist has visited New Zealand to gather support for West Papua’s inclusion in the...

Pacific Scoop challenges political elites over health, human rights, social justice

Friday, May 10, 2013

Jane Jeffries REPORT: “Journalism is in crisis in the Pacific region and this is reaching a new level of intensity,” says one editor. But independent Pacific Scoop challenges the status...