Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Alan Samson BOOK REVIEW: Scooped can be appreciated for what it is: a thorough academic, sometimes theoretical canvas of many aspects of New Zealand journalism. It is not a perfect account, but...
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Maika Bolatiki
SUVA (Fiji Sun/Pacific Media Watch): Australian and New Zealand news media were yesterday criticised for using anonymous anti-government sites as a source of information on Fiji....
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.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
PORT MORESBY (Television New Zealand News / Pacific Media Watch): The Papua New Guinea government has launched a crackdown on "subversive" activity on the internet.
It has begun...
Thursday, February 23, 2012
SYDNEY (International Federation of Journalists / Pacific Media Watch): The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Pacific Freedom Forum (PFF) are gravely concerned by the...
Saturday, February 11, 2012
PARIS (Reporters sans frontières / Pacific Media Watch): Reporters Without Borders is concerned by a series of media freedom violations in Indonesia in the past few days. At the same time,...
Friday, February 10, 2012
Kate Lamb
JAKARTA (The Sydney Morning Herald / Joyo News / Pacific Media Watch): After pulling the plug on more than a million online porn sites, Indonesia's Communications Minister, Tifatul...
Friday, January 20, 2012
Linda Clark ANALYSIS: Opening the first public session of the inquiry into the culture and ethics of the British press, Lord Justice Leveson said that at the inquiry's heart was one simple...
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Geraldene Coutts MELBOURNE (Radio Australia Pacific Beat / Pacific Media Watch): During last week's political turmoil, many Papua New Guineans relied on Twitter and Facebook to keep up with the...
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Aenet Rowa MAJURO (Yokwe / Pacific Islands Report / Pacific Media Watch): Social media and the internet broadcasts of Republic of the Marshall Islands radio completely changed the way off-island...
Friday, October 7, 2011
Alex Perrottet AUCKLAND (Pacific Media Watch): New Caledonia is moving towards independence, and in 2018 its people are due to begin voting in a series of referenda on the topic.
Friday, September 23, 2011
Alexander Winkler AUCKLAND (Pacific Media Watch): The little coverage on issues about the so-called Arab spring attests to a “lack of professionalism” in New Zealand media, says a New...
Friday, September 23, 2011
Salaseini Vosamana
SUVA (Fiji Times / Pacific Media Watch): Communication failure adversely affects people's lives and they must have access to information.
This was the message conveyed...
Monday, February 28, 2011
Roneel Lal
SUVA: Social networking websites have a growing influence on the population in Fiji and many business houses and organisations are now changing their attitude towards social media and...
Monday, January 10, 2011
Frederica Elbourne
SUVA: The impact of media exposure on adolescent indigenous Fijian girls in Fiji has contributed to eating disorders, a study funded by Harvard Medical School has found....
