Fiji media restrictions analysed by Amnesty International
Pacific Media CentreAmnesty International has taken a staunch position against Fiji’s military government, stating that a new law that came into effect on June 25 will further restrict Fiji’s fourth...
View ArticleMedia kingpins start new group after divisive PINA resignation
By Josephine Latu, Pacific Media Watch A group of established media veterans have formed a new group – the Pacific Media Association (PMA) – after this week’s resignation announcement by former vice...
View ArticleTVNZ helps bring colour to newsrooms through diversity scholarships
By Thakur Ranjit Singh: Pacific Media CentreAlisha Lewis, winner of this year's TVNZ Journalism Diversity Scholarship at AUT University’s journalism school, sees a positive future for cultural...
View ArticleInternship journo discovers the essence of China
By Michele Ong in Beijing: Pacific Media CentreIt was in Anhui that I both truly experienced and saw China.Anhui province, with its stunning Huangshan mountain and beautiful old towns, was what I...
View ArticlePMC director calls for greater global outreach by NZ j-schools
Pacific Media CentreNew Zealand journalism schools need to be far more internationally minded and think outside the parochial square, says Pacific Media Centre director David Robie.Just back from a...
View ArticleJournalism diploma, specifically for Pasifika
Pacific Media CentreA new one-year Graduate Diploma in Pacific Journalism is being offered to fulfil needs in New Zealand's increasingly diverse media environment at AUT University's School of...
View ArticleFrench student on Pacific Scoop, PMC internship
Pacific Media CentreThe Pacific Media Centre has provided an internship base for Virginie Ribadeau Dumas, a French postgraduate student from the University of Rennes, who is completing a political...
View ArticleTwo PMC journalists to cover 2010 Forum
Pacific Media CentreThe Pacific Media Centre has been successful in gaining a grant from the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) to cover costs of assigning two postgraduate...
View ArticleEast-West Center director visits PMC
Pacific Media CentreDr Satu P. Limaye, director of the East-West Center in Washington, has paid a courtesy call on the Pacific Media Centre. Accompanied by the US ConsulatGeneral public affairs adviser...
View ArticleDevelopment journalism 'vital for Pacific region'
Pacific Media CentreDevelopment journalism is critically important for media in the South Pacific, says the director of the Pacific Media Centre.Associate professor David Robie told the week-long...
View ArticleWhy Samoa for new media group PacMA?
By Kalafi Moala: Pacific Media CentreIn the days immediately following the announcement of the launch of the Pacific Media Association (PacMA), the question has often been raised about why Samoa was...
View ArticleNew contributing editor joins PMW project
Pacific Media CentreA new contributing editor for the Pacific Media Watch project has been appointed and has taken up his role this week.Alex Perrottet, 29, is a postgraduate student working towards a...
View ArticleAUT seeks Pacific journalism lecturer for new course
Pacific Media CentreNew Zealand’s AUT University is seeking a Pasifika journalist and educator to join its teaching staff.The university’s School of Communication Studies described the new post in an...
View ArticleKey speakers lining up for investigative journalism conference
From TOKTOK: Pacific Media Centre newsletterSeveral key speakers are being lined up for the Media, Investigative Journalism and Technology 2010 conference being organised by the Pacific Media Centre at...
View ArticleBoost Pacific climate change 'frontline' coverage and analysis, PMC educator...
Pacific Media WatchNews media need to boost their coverage and analysis of Pacific environmental issues to meet the critical challenges facing the region, says a journalism educator.Associate Professor...
View ArticleTagaloatele speaks to PIMA conference
Tagaloatele Professor Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop's opening comments at the PIMA 2010 conferenceKia orana, malo e lelei, fakalofa lahi atu, ni sa bula vinaka, taloha ni, namaste, talofa lava and warm...
View ArticleScholarship supports Pasifika research on Fiji media freedom
By Yvonne Brill: Office of Pasifika AdvancementFormer publisher of Fiji’s Daily Post newspaper and political commentator Ranjit Singh has been given the opportunity to fulfill his dreams of working on...
View ArticleCharting a new course for the Fiji Times
Full text of Fiji Broadcasting Corporation news director Stanley Simpson's interview with new Fiji Times publisher Dallas Swinstead on 6 October 2010:What is the new direction, if any, that the Fiji...
View ArticlePacific journalists defend free media in latest PJR
Pacific Media CentreSophie Foster, assistant editor of the Fiji Times, is among leading journalists who have lambasted curbs on media freedom in the latest edition of Pacific Journalism Review.She...
View ArticleA stint at the China Daily Online
Michele Ong, AUT journalism graduate working for the Rodney Times, spent three months in China earlier this year on an AUT University-China Daily Exchange Internship organised by AUT's Pacific Media...
View ArticlePJR wins global creative industries award
Pacific Media CentrePacific Journalism Review has won a Creative Stimulus Award for academic journals in the inaugural Academy Awards of the Global Creative Industries in Beijing, China, this month.The...
View ArticlePMC new Pasifika media portal live soon
Pacific Media CentreThe Pacific Media Centre is soon launching a new Pasifika media portal. This niusblog, Pacific Media Watch, Pacific Scoop and our many other services will be linked to this new...
View ArticlePasifika among top investigative journalism case studies
War victims: A tearful Sumitra Adhikari, 16, carries fodder for the family at Chaimale, near Kathmandu. Photo: Deependra BajracharyaPacific Media CentreKey Asia-Pacific, Australian and New Zealand...
View ArticleBarbara Dreaver, Nicky Hager talk investigative reporting at AUT
Some of the PMC graduating journalists covering the MIJT conference this weekend - Rose Rees-Owen (second from left), Hamish Fletcher and Pacific Media Watch editor Alex Perrottet - along with PMC...
View ArticlePMC launches new 'social justice' media website
Pacific Scoop: By Courtney WilsonThe new Pacific Media Centre’s Web 2 news site has been launched at the inaugural Media, Investigative Journalism and Technology Conference.The new site is a...
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