Journalist David Robie launches new open access Café Pacific website
Pacific Media Watch
Journalist, author and media academic David Robie has launched an independent news and current affairs website to complement his long-established Asia Pacific...
Pacific media freedom: The day the Fiji police arrested me at Sunday breakfast
By Serafina Silaitoga in Labasa, Fiji
It was a typical Sunday morning on August 10, 2008, as I enjoyed breakfast with the family, lots of...
How Crikey stared down Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp but media freedom challenges remain
By Alexandra Wake
World Press Freedom Day is usually marked by stories of despair — worsening repression of voices, media outlets closed down, journalists locked...
Timor-Leste makes top ten in World Press Freedom Index 2023
By David Robie
Timor-Leste has topped a stunning rise among Asia-Pacific countries to make it to into the “top ten” countries in this year’s World...
Vila-based Indonesian ‘troll’ page targets Papuan advocates
By David Robie
As part of an Indonesian-backed disinformation and troll campaign against West Papuan pro-independence advocates, a Facebook page has emerged making bitter and...
Media challenges in a digital world – a Pacific perspective (Part two)
This is part of a keynote address by Pacific Media Centre director Professor David Robie at the 2015 University of the South Pacific (USP)...