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...
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...
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...
Archive: Scrutiny of the Pacific mass media
REVIEW: By Damon Salesa
This ocean of ours is many things, but it is rarely "pacific". The passage of contact, colonialism and supposed independence has...
Archive: Pacific media benchmark
REVIEW: By Murray Horton
It is a graphic illustration of corporate New Zealand's colonial mentality that our Eurocentric news media tell us all about the...
Archive: Poisoned Reign – bringing us up to date about ‘merciless’ France’s nuclear hostages in the Pacific
REVIEWS: By David Robie
When it first appeared in 1977 under the title Moruroa, Mon Amour, the Danielsson's book was a damning indictment of French...