Solomon Islands

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...

REGION: ‘Murdered for doing their jobs’ – a snapshot of the region’s media

Friday, May 10, 2013

Greg Asciutto AUCKLAND (Pacific Media Centre / Pacific Media Watch): Across the Pacific, advocates of media freedom hosted many World Press Freedom...

‘Murdered for doing their jobs’ – a snapshot of the region’s media

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...

SOLOMON ISLANDS: Government angry over internet release of 'truth' report

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Sean Dorney BRISBANE (Radio Australia / Pacific Media Watch): The Solomon Islands government has reacted angrily to the unauthorised release of...

SOLOMON ISLANDS: Funeral held for SIBC news editor

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

HONIARA (Radio Australia / Pacific Media Watch): The late vice-president of the Media Association of Solomon Islands (MASI), Walter Nalangu, has...

AUDIO: Pacific journalists need better pay, says free media advocate

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...

REGION: Media ignores major 'young leaders' Pacific politics forum

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Michael Sergel and Finian Scott AUCKLAND (Pacific Media Centre / Pacific Media Watch): Government and opposition MPs and NGO representatives from 18...

REGION: Media critics see new report as hopeful for ‘dysfunctional’ national bodies

Sunday, April 7, 2013

National media associations in the Pacific have been reported as “dysfunctional and fractured” and are seen by some as irrelevant....

REGION: 'Dysfunctional, fractured' Pacific media groups need support, report says

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Daniel Drageset: AUCKLAND: (PACMAS / Pacific Media Watch): A new report on how to strengthen Pacific media association paints a bleak picture of the...

SOLOMON IS: Star newspaper files case against alleged extortionists

Friday, February 8, 2013

HONIARA (Solomon Star / Pacific Media Watch): The Solomon Star has filed a complaint with police against two groups of people who threatened and...

SOLOMON ISLANDS: Nine dead following quake, tsunami

Thursday, February 7, 2013

HONIARA (Radio New Zealand International / Pacific Media Watch): At least nine people are dead and three others injured following an earthquake and...