Media

Israel funded the lawfare assault on Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis

The Zionist Federation of Australia’s legal assault on Israel critic and journalist Mary Kostakidis was financed by the Israeli war machine via the World Zionist Organisation.  Michael West Media...

Pioneer of Palestine protest in NZ warns against the IDF ‘obscenity’ becoming normalised

By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report A pioneer of Palestine protest in Aotearoa New Zealand today warned...

Australian Zionists drop case against ‘truth’ journalist Mary Kostakidis

The Zionist Federation of Australia has withdrawn its case of “racial hatred” against Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis, who...

Student newspaper wins lawsuit against Trump’s crackdown on pro-Palestine speech

Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: A federal judge has ruled the Trump administration has violated the constitutional rights of international...

West Papua: The Pacific’s new test of Indonesia’s sovereignty narrative

ANALYSIS: By Ali Mirin The 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Meeting in Koror, Palau, last week has pushed West...

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...

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,...