Tag: Fiji
New free press book a must read for Pacific ‘media spoilers’
David Robie talks to Te Waha Nui's Monique McKenzie about the new book
By Patrick Craddock in Suva
Don’t Spoil My Beautiful Face: Media, Mayhem and...
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...
West Papua a media black spot
By David Robie and Alex Perrottet
The state of Pacific media freedom is fragile in the wake of serious setbacks, notably in Fiji, with...
No colonel of truth in Fiji
For a year, journalists in Fiji have had to live with censors posted in the newsroom. Now a new media decree threatens huge fines...
Fiji’s ‘how to gag the media’ report
By David Robie in Café Pacific
It is ironic that Jim Anthony's flawed report for the Fiji Human Rights Commission should be dubbed with an...
Reporting from the Pacific front line
By Andrea Malcolm
Journalists covering the South Pacific face new challenges, as tensions heighten, environmental issues take precedence and economic activity increases.
"A decade-long civil war...