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,...
David Robie on The News Manual and The Pacific Journalist books for the region
By David Ingram
Over the years, one of the Pacific region's most respected journalism educators, Professor David Robie, has said some very kind things about...
John Pilger: The ghosts of Indonesia won’t lie
East Timor's history is repeating itself as Jakarta colludes with the West to crush another resource-rich land -- West Papua. The world is watching...
Remembering Rainbow Warrior: How French President Mitterrand personally approved the attack on Greenpeace 20 years ago
Democracy Now!
Twenty years ago on 10 July 1985, the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior was bombed by French government agents and sunk in Auckland harbour,...
Archive: Fiji coup 2000: Ossies recognise promising journalism talent of the future
By Mark Pearson
The United States has its Pulitzer prizes. Australia has the Walkleys. And journalism education in the region has the Ossies, the Journalism...
Archive: Controversial journalist to get USP post
Fiji's Sunday Post
Controversial New Zealander David Robie could be appointed to head the University of the South Pacific's growing journalism programme.
Some USP academics not...