Friday, May 11, 2012
Natalie Lavi
PORT MORESBY (Divine Word University / Pacific Media Watch): President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville John Momis is happy that the media in PNG has been challenged by...
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Frederica Elbourne
SUVA (The Fiji Times / Pacific Media Watch): A taskforce has been appointed to look into the establishment of an association that will represent the welfare of...
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Serelisoni Moceica
SUVA (Fiji Times /Pacific Media Watch): The Fiji media should form an association to look after the interests of journalists, says a media industry advocate.
"Before we...
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Alex Perrottet OPINION: SUVA (Pacific Media Watch): Here in Fiji, press freedom is not taken for granted. From the time of the military coup in 2006 until only recently, there was strict censorship...
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
LONDON (ABC /Reuters / Pacific Media Watch): A powerful British parliamentary committee has labelled Rupert Murdoch unfit to run a major company, and called on him to take responsibility for the...
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Henry Yamo
AUCKLAND (Pacific Scoop / Pacific Media Watch): A leading parliamentarian in Papua New Guinea wants the government to review funding to the state-owned NBC Kundu 2 television...
Thursday, April 26, 2012
MELBOURNE (Radio Australia / Pacific Media Watch): New Caledonia's indigenous Kanak radio station, Radio Djiido, has topped the ratings chart in the French territory.
The station, which...
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Sarah Vamarasi
SUVA (Wansolwara/Pacific Media Centre): Pacific perspectives and values must be inculcated in the region’s journalists if there is to be a truly independent media culture,...
Monday, March 26, 2012
SUVA (Australia Network News / The Fiji Times / Pacific Media Watch): Regional news groups have converged on Fiji for this week's Pacific Media Summit.
The event is being held at Pacific...
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...
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...
Friday, February 24, 2012
Charlina Tone
APIA (Samoa Observer / Pacific Media Watch): Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi has taken a swipe at the “weak” local media amid mounting criticism of...
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Rachna Lal
SUVA (Fiji Sun / Pacific Media Watch): The New Zealand government is blocking the national Fiji Broadcasting Corporation TV service from showing Television New Zealand news and...
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Mark Pearson BRISBANE (Pacific Media Centre Online / Pacific Media Watch): The international media freedom group Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF – Reporters Without Borders) has released...
