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...