Tag: democracy
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...
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...
Journalism Education in the South Pacific, 1975-2003 : Politics, policy and practice
By David Robie
University education for South Pacific journalists is a relatively recent development. It has existed in Papua New Guinea for merely a generation;...
Fiji’s ‘civil coup’ rebels free 10 MP hostages
By David Robie in Suva
Ten government ministers and backbench MPs held hostage by gunnmen in Fiji's Parliament in a self-styled "civil coup" were freed...
Archive: Pacifications: The erosion of press freedom in Oceania
By David Robie in Arena Magazine
Abstract: Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights says, "Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion...
Archive: Fiji 1987: ‘Sit down everybody. This is a takeover!’
Fiji: Countdown to a coup
ANALYSIS: By David Robie in New Outlook
Sakeasi Butadroka fingers his trademark blood-red bow-tie and laughs: "This represents the blood of...