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One year into Trump’s second term – repressive US president on track to join world’s worst press freedom predators

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REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS
After winning re-election in 2024, Donald Trump promised to be a dictator “on day one”.

When it comes to press freedom, he has kept his word…

Papua in the Pacific mirror: A path to recognition and reconciliation

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Indonesia needs a fundamental shift in perspective: seeing Papuans not as a problem to be managed, but as equal partners and full subjects of their own destiny within the Republic…

Adelaide Writers' Week: Cancelled – no decorum without a quorum

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  • COMMENTARY: By Kim Wingerei and Michael West in Sydney
    Adelaide Writers’ Week, a core part of South Australia’s premier cultural event, the Adelaide Festival, has finally been cancelled in its…

‘Father of Timor Post’ – why Asia Pacific media legend Bob Howarth’s legacy will live on

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TRIBUTE: By Mouzinho Lopes de Araujo
The world has lost a giant with the passing of Australian media legend Bob Howarth. He was 81.

He was a passionate advocate for…

Pacific Media: A renewed commitment to research on Pacific media, development, and democracy

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The Pacific Media journal has replaced the Pacific Journalism Review, which was founded by Professor David Robie at the University of Papua New Guinea and published for…

Local journalists and fixers are dying at unprecedented rates in Gaza. Can anyone protect them?

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ANALYSIS: By Simon Levett, University of Technology Sydney
Journalist Mariam Dagga was just 33 when she was brutally killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza on August 25.

As…

A ‘scathing’ report on RNZ’s performance obscures the good news – and the challenge of serving many audiences

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ANALYSIS: By Peter Thompson, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
The recent internal report on RNZ’s performance, variously described as “scathing” and “blunt” in news…

Eyes of Fire is an updated Rainbow Warrior classic and must read for environmental activism

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REVIEW: By Jenny Nicholls
Author David Robie left his cabin on the Rainbow Warrior three days before it was blown up by the Directorate General for External Security (DGSE), France’s…

Why Israel’s assassination of Al Jazeera’s Anas al-Sharif and crew threatens all journalists

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By David Robie, convenor of Pacific Media Watch
I never knew Anas al-Sharif personally. But somehow he seemed to be part of our whānau.
We watched so many of…

Climate justice victory at the ICJ – the student journey from USP lectures to The Hague

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By Vahefonua Tupola in Suva
The University of the South Pacific (USP) is at the heart of a global legal victory with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivering a…

Phil Twyford: Legends of the Pacific: Stories of a Nuclear-Free Moana 1975-1995

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MP Phil Twyford’s speech while opening the APMN-organised Legends of the Pacific: Stories of a Nuclear-Free Moana 1975-1995 exhibition at the Ellen Melville Centre today.

By Phil Twyford
Kia ora…

Fiji coup culture and political meddling in media education given airing

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Pacific Media Watch
Taieri MP Ingrid Leary reflected on her years in Fiji as a television journalist and media educator at a Fiji Centre function in Auckland celebrating Fourth Estate…

Motarilavoa Hilda Lini – strong, passionate fighter for decolonisation, nuclear-free Pacific

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By Stanley Simpson in Suva
I am saddened by the death of one of the most inspirational Pacific women and leaders I have worked with — Motarilavoa Hilda Lini of…

PNG’s Gorethy Kenneth: 23 years of fearless journalism and unwavering truth

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PROFILE: By Alu J Kalinoe
At Papua New Guinea’s Post-Courier, our senior journalists often operate in the shadows, yet their courageous efforts are often overlooked — continuously pushing boundaries…

Too many journalists remain silent over the Gaza genocide, a threat to our media credibility

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By David Robie on World Press Freedom Day 2025
I ask you now: Do not stop speaking about Gaza.Do not let the world look away.Keep fighting, keep telling our stories…

Amid Dutton’s ‘hate media’ and Trump’s despotism, press freedom is more vital than ever

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COMMENTARY: By Alexandra Wake
Despite all the political machinations and hate towards the media coming from the president of the United States, I always thought the majority of…

How to fight Trump’s cyber dystopia with community, self-determination, care and truth

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By Mandy Henk: Address to the APMN 2025 annual general meeting
When the US Embassy knocked on my door in late 2024, I was both pleased and more than a…

Mediawatch: Jailed Australian foreign correspondent’s life spread across the big screen

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By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter
In 1979, Sam Neill appeared in an Australian comedy movie about hacks on a Sydney newspaper.

The Journalist was billed as “a saucy…

Gavin Ellis: Slow death of the newspaper editorial

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By GAVIN ELLIS, Knightly Views
Newspaper editorials are disappearing, crushed under an avalanche of opinion from the well-informed, the ill-informed, the misinformed, and the malicious.

It is a slow death…