Coups, conflicts and human rights: Pacific media challenges in the digital age
By David Robie
At the heart of a global crisis over news media credibility and trust is Britain’s so-called Hackgate scandal involving the widespread allegations...
Remembering Rainbow Warrior: How French President Mitterrand personally approved the attack on Greenpeace 20 years ago
Democracy Now!
Twenty years ago on 10 July 1985, the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior was bombed by French government agents and sunk in Auckland harbour,...
20 years after the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior
By Anastasia Siniori
"K" Magazine, published by Kathimerini Publishing SA of Greece, ran a six-page article and interviews with Grace O'Sullivan and David Robie (including...
Mekim Nius: South Pacific Media, Politics and Education (2004)
By David Robie
The news media is the watchdog of democracy. But in the South Pacific today the Fourth Estate role is under threat from...
Journalism Education in the South Pacific, 1975-2003 : Politics, policy and practice
By David Robie
University education for South Pacific journalists is a relatively recent development. It has existed in Papua New Guinea for merely a generation;...
The Pacific Journalist: A Practical Guide (2001)
Edited by David Robie
"Journalists, as arch-whistleblowers, are often viewed in the same light as trouble-makers who stir up situations unnecessarily. There are deep-rooted beliefs...