Tag: Fiji media freedom
Repeal ‘draconian’ MIDA Act, urge Fiji media and journalism stakeholders
By Kelvin Anthony
The Fiji government is signalling that it will not completely tear down the country’s controversial media law which, according to local newsrooms...
Lice Movono: Hopes for the return of press freedom in Fiji
ABC Pacific
Veteran Fijian journalist Netani Rika and his wife were resting in their living room when suddenly a Molotov cocktail went crashing through their...
‘No Fiji TV broadcast tonight due to censorship’ – Rika recalls Fiji media intimidation
By Lice Movono in Suva
Veteran Fijian journalist Netani Rika and his wife were resting in their living room when he was suddenly woken, startled...
Fiji’s media veterans recount intimidation under FijiFirst government – eye on reforms
Pacific Media Watch
Radio Australia’s Pacific Beat reports today on how Fiji has fared under the draconian Media Act that has restricted media freedom over...
Behind the News: Media freedom, public interest and The Fiji Times
By John Mitchell in Suva
In any true democracy, the role of journalists and the media outlets they represent is to inform the people so...
David Robie: A future in Pacific journalism in the age of ‘media phobia’
KEYNOTE ADDRESS 2018: By David Robie
Kia Ora Tatou and Ni Sa Bula,
For many of you millennials, you’re graduating and entering a Brave New World...