‘Doorstops’ at the Pacific Forum – why no tough questions on West Papua?
By Asia Pacific Report editor David Robie
A lively 43sec video clip surfaced during last week’s Pacific Islands Forum in the Fiji capital of Suva...
‘Survival and truth’ – journalists in the Asia-Pacific
Asia Media Centre
Journalists and journalism are waging a global struggle for survival and for “truth” against fake news and alternative facts, say two Asia-Pacific...
Journalism education ‘truth’ challenges: An age of growing hate, intolerance and disinformation
By David Robie
This keynote commentary at the Asian Congress for Media and Communication (ACMC) conference with the theme Change, Adaptation and Culture: Media and...
Open season again for Indonesian military trolls and ‘fake news’ campaign on West Papua
SPECIAL REPORT: By David Robie
It is open season again for Indonesian trolls targeting Asia Pacific Report and other media with fake news and...
How the ‘voice of the voiceless’ kaupapa became derailed at the Pacific Media Centre
By David Robie, founding director of the Pacific Media Centre
It really is bizarre. After 26 months of wrangling, stakeholders’ representations and appeals by the...
Media freedom: A West Papuan human rights journalism case study
By David Robie
Media freedom means journalism can "shape and spread values, defuse tensions, and counter hate-speech". Through its capacity to investigate, challenge, and question...