The talanoa and the tribal paradigm: Reflections on cross-cultural reporting in the Pacific
By David Robie
Alongside normative definitions of the Fourth Estate as an independent watchdog on political power, in the South Pacific there is also a...
David Robie talks Rainbow Warrior to Newstalk ZB’s Total Recall
Pacific Media Watch
While in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, for the Asian Media Information and Communication (AMIC) media conference, David Robie was contacted by Newstalk ZB's Total...
Media blind spots overcome by ‘critical’ journalism, says first Pacific j-professor David Robie
By Alex Perrottet
Despite bans on foreign journalists in West Papua, there is "no excuse" for journalists to turn their backs on the Melanesian people,...
West Papua a media black spot
By David Robie and Alex Perrottet
The state of Pacific media freedom is fragile in the wake of serious setbacks, notably in Fiji, with...
Pacific Islands Forum shuns West Papuan issue at the annual talkfest
By David Robie
The most astonishing unreported story in this week’s Pacific Island Forum in Auckland was a remarkable shift by the United Nations...
Pacific Islands Forum shuns West Papuan issue
By David Robie
The most astonishing unreported story in this week’s Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) in Auckland was a remarkable shift by the United Nations...