Tag: press freedom
CPJ condemns ban on Al Jazeera – network decries bid to ‘hide the truth’
Pacific Media Watch
The New York-based global media watchdog Committee to Protect Journalists has condemned a decision by the Palestinian Authority to suspend Al Jazeera’s...
Killing of five Gaza journalists by Israel strike highlights weak NZ media genocide response
By David Robie, convenor of Pacific Media Watch
My message today is really simple but brutal.
Israel kills the journalists deliberately. This is unprecedented. The Western...
New survey finds an alarming tolerance for attacks on the press in the US – particularly among white, Republican men
ANALYSIS: By Julie Posetti and Waqas Ejaz
Press freedom is a pillar of American democracy. But political attacks on US-based journalists and news organisations pose...
RSF tackles Taiwan’s media freedom ‘Achilles heel’, boosts Asia Pacific monitoring action
SPECIAL REPORT: By David Robie in Taipei
It was a heady week for the Paris-based global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) — celebration...
When media freedom as the ‘oxygen of democracy’ and political hypocrisy share the same Pacific arena
By David Robie for Pacific Media Watch
Many platitudes about media freedom and democracy laced last week’s Pacific International Media Conference in the Fijian capital...
‘Frontline Media Faultlines’ – David Robie’s keynote address to the 2024 Pacific Media Conference
The Australia Today
Here is the livestream of Dr David Robie's keynote address "Frontline Media Faultlines: How Critical Journalism Can Survive Against the Odds" at...