Asia Pacific media network plans wider community programme
Pacific Media Watch
A media network publishing an international research journal has vowed to expand its activities into community media and training initiatives.
The non-profit Asia...
Wenda accuses Indonesia of imposing ‘martial law’ abuses on West Papua
Asia Pacific Report
A West Papuan leader has accused Indonesia of imposing a “martial law” on the Melanesian region in response to the kidnapping of...
Jackson’s Plan B for public media may prioritise Māori and Pacific coverage
Axing the proposed merger of TVNZ and RNZ saved the New Zealand government a significant amount of money but left it with the problems...
John Minto: Israeli attacks on Al Aqsa mosque – and the failings of media
COMMENTARY: By John Minto
The last fortnight has seen a series of brutal, deliberately provocative Israeli attacks on Palestinian worshippers at Al Aqsa Mosque in...
ABC launches new TV show, The Pacific – and its storytellers
SPECIAL REPORT: By Natasha Johnson
When Tahlea Aualiitia talks about hosting the ABC’s new Pacific-focused news and current affairs TV programme, The Pacific, her voice...
Africa’s highway takes shape – bureaucrats, mud and all
Flashback to a cover story in African Development magazine in April 1974. The Trans-African Highway (TAH) was expected to ease trade and other contacts...