Tag: journalism
Mekim Nius: South Pacific Media, Politics and Education (2004)
By David Robie
The news media is the watchdog of democracy. But in the South Pacific today the Fourth Estate role is under threat from...
USP graduation day reunion a cause for celebration
By Angeline Lal in Suva
It was an occasion to remember for three University of the South Pacific students and their former lecturer when they...
The Pacific Journalist: A Practical Guide (2001)
Edited by David Robie
"Journalists, as arch-whistleblowers, are often viewed in the same light as trouble-makers who stir up situations unnecessarily. There are deep-rooted beliefs...
Archive: Coup coup land: The press and the putsch in Fiji
By David Robie
Abstract: On 19 May 2000, an insurrection led by failed businessman George Speight and seven renegade members of the élite 1st Meridian...
Café Pacific: Media freedom and transparency
Edited by David Robie
Kia ora tatou and welcome to journalist David Robie's independent news media and politics commentary and analysis about Aotearoa/NZ and the...
Nius Bilong Pasifik: Mass Media in the Pacific (1995)
Edited by David Robie | Foreword by 'I. Futa Helu
"The news media in the South Pacific may be small -- but the region has...