Tag: Philippines
Martial law brutality in ‘educational’ musical drama Katips touches raw nerve in NZ
By David Robie
Seven weeks ago the Philippines truth-telling martial law film Katips was basking in the limelight in the country’s national FAMAS academy movie...
Murray Horton: The day the police came looking for a swifty Mr Gangster
By Murray Horton
As I was having breakfast in my Christchurch suburban dining room on Monday morning, I heard a loud but indeterminate noise.
I actually...
Journalism education ‘truth’ challenges: An age of growing hate, intolerance and disinformation
By David Robie in Pacific Journalism Review
This keynote commentary at the Asian Congress for Media and Communication (ACMC) conference with the theme Change, Adaptation...
Creeping authoritarianism in Pacific not the answer to virus pandemic
PACIFIC PANDEMIC DIARY: By David Robie, self-isolating in Auckland under New Zealand’s Covid-19 lockdown as part of a Pacific Media Watch series.
A rather beautiful...
Philippine radio storytelling and community empowerment in Vinzons
By David Robie in Manila
Operating out of a modest three-roomed rooftop suite overlooking the local marketplace in the rice-producing Bicol township of Vinzons, a...
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...