Politics

Holding power accountable – a Pacific journalist’s journey through assaults and censorship

Exposing autocracy from military-ruled Fiji to democratic Samoa, journalist Shalveen Chand has faced cell blocks, state censorship and physical assaults for holding Pacific powers accountable. Now joining the Cook...

Mary Kostakidis: How Gaza exposed the Australian media’s failings

An edited version of a speech Mary Kostakidis delivered at the Media Diversity Australia Symposium where she spoke...

Gaza mass killing documentary a warning of global dystopian future

REVIEW: By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report I have watched the most disturbing film in my lifetime...

A reminder of what is possible in community empowerment – ‘survival pending revolution’

This book launch speech was delivered today for Ponsonby People’s Union: At the Frontline of Community Activism in...

Palestinian researcher exposes Israel’s list of so-called ‘terrorist’ journalists slain in Gaza as smear

COMMENTARY: By Stephen Prager Seeking to discredit reports of its unprecedented killing of journalists in Gaza, the Israel Defense...

Investigative journalism covering failed states, distant empires and Pacific politics

Media International Australia/Pacific Media Watch A leading international communications academic has described a recent book from the Pacific Media Centre as "investigative journalism at its...

NZ students win top Ossie Award for 2014 Fijian election coverage

AUT University Coverage of the Fijian elections by three New Zealand postgraduate student journalists has been awarded a top prize at the annual Ossie Awards. Mads...

Behind the elusive mythmaking over Fiji, West Papua

By David Robie On the eve of a vital meeting in Port Vila planning a more unified stance over independence in West Papua by disparate...

Journalist’s new book tackles atrocities and human rights issues in the Pacific

By Karina Abadia Veteran journalist Dr David Robie doesn't shy away from a challenge when covering a story. He has spent his career promoting issues pertinent...

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...