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...
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
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...
Pacific Media Centre focuses on reporting wars and dangers for journalists, aid workers
David Robie has played a key role in establishing the Pacific Media Centre as part of the Creative Industries Research Institute (CIRI) with a...
No colonel of truth in Fiji
For a year, journalists in Fiji have had to live with censors posted in the newsroom. Now a new media decree threatens huge fines...