Articles

How should the media cover a genocide? New Zealand’s national broadcaster is failing in its duty

ANALYSIS: By Jeremy Rose, Eugene Doyle and Ramon Das Radio New Zealand’s decision to conduct a review of its Israel-Palestine coverage post-7 October 2023 is commendable.  It commissioned Colin Feslier,...

As Trump basks in Gulf Arab applause, Israel massacres children in Gaza

Nakba Day today marks 15 May 1948 — the day after the declaration of the State of Israel...

Caitlin Johnstone: Israel admits it bombed a hospital to kill a journalist for doing journalism

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix LISTEN: A reading of this article...

Who killed Shireen Abu Akleh? Film names Israeli soldier but Biden, Israel ‘did best to cover up’

Democracy Now! NERMEEN SHAIKH: We begin today’s show looking at Israel’s ongoing targeting of Palestinian journalists. A recent report...

Tracing radiation through the Marshall Islands: Reflections from a veteran Greenpeace nuclear campaigner

SPECIAL REPORT: By Shaun Burnie of Greenpeace We’ve visited Ground Zero. Not once, but three times. But for generations,...

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...

Future of AUT’s Pacific Media Centre under spotlight following David Robie’s departure

One of AUT’s Pacific research centres has been without a director since the end of 2020 and a lack of clarity around its future...

The future of the Pacific Media Centre – David Robie talks to Radio 531pi

By Ma'a Brian Sagala Radio 531pi's Ma'a Brian Sagala talks to the retired founding director of the Pacific Media Centre, Professor David Robie, and Tahitian...