Tag: media freedom
Journalists need to ‘take a stand’ over the Gaza carnage after latest killings
By David Robie, editor of Café Pacific
Reporting Israel’s war on Gaza has become the greatest credibility challenge for journalists and media of our times....
Pacific journalists are strong and ‘it’s up to us’, says honoured Barbara Dreaver
By Khalia Strong
Barbara Dreaver is a familiar face on Aotearoa New Zealand television screens, beloved to some, and feared by others who have been...
Nine editors double down in ‘tense’ war on Gaza editorial ban meeting
By Cam Wilson in Sydney
A senior Nine staff journalist has resigned and readers are angrily cancelling their newspaper subscriptions as Sydney Morning Herald and...
IFJ condemns deputy PM’s comments as threat to NZ press freedom
Pacific Media Watch
Journalists and media workers have criticised comments made by Aotearoa New Zealand’s newly-elected Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters — who claimed that...
How mass media makes a mockery of its mission over Palestine
COMMENTARY: By Malcolm Evans
Since the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israeli military positions and civilian settlements it has become the norm for any debate...
Role of journalism pivotal in Pacific societies as a watchdog and to bridge communities
PNG Communication Minister Timothy Masiu's University of the South Pacific journalism awards speech in Suva last night was preceeded by a minute of silence...