Archive: Coup coup land: The press and the putsch in Fiji
By David Robie
Abstract: On 19 May 2000, an insurrection led by failed businessman George Speight and seven renegade members of the élite 1st Meridian...
Archive: Young and brave: In Pacific island paradise, journalism students cover a strange coup attempt for a course credit
By Sean Ransom, compiled from reports by USP journalism coordinator David Robie and USP student journalists Christine Gounder and Tamani Nair
Fiji's young media corps...
Archive: Fiji coup 2000: Guns and money [Profile]
The Fijian crisis is not about the rights of ordinary people, says veteran Pacific affairs journalist David Robie, it is about 'a Third World...
Archive: Fiji – why the media were also Speight’s hostages
Some reporters and news organisations were too ready to give legitimacy to George Speight's "two bit" rebellion. The Fiji print media in particular failed...
Fiji coup 2000: Protests over USP journalism website shutdown
Pacific Media Watch
Journalism schools and media freedom groups have protested to the University of the South Pacific for suspending its Pacific Journalism Online website,...
Archive: University of the South Pacific shuts down journalism website
By Mithleshni Gurdayal
Journalism students at the University of the South Pacific have expressed dismay over the forced shutdown of their website, Pacific Journalism Online...