Talanoa: The complex notion of news in the Pacific
Brent Edwards looks at journalist and academic David Robie's scrutiny of the Pacific region's governance and journalism. Cartoon by David Pope
By Brent Edwards
David Robie...
Sedition, e-libel is the new media front line
By David Robie
One of Fiji’s best investigative journalists and media trainers ended up as a spin doctor and henchman for wannabe dictator George Speight....
New free press book a must read for Pacific ‘media spoilers’
By Patrick Craddock in Suva
Don’t Spoil My Beautiful Face: Media, Mayhem and Human Rights in the Pacific is being published today while Fiji...
Corruption, illegal tuna fisheries and a ‘lifestyle tsunami’ trouble Pacific business editors
Café Pacific
How ironic. For two days this week, veteran Pacific affairs correspondent Sean Dorney from Australia Network was contributing hugely to an inaugural regional...
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...