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Headlines

INDONESIA: Court convicts mining protester over ‘communist’ symbol
AUSTRALIA: Amend security bill to protect journalists, sources, says RSF
PHILIPPINES: ‘This isn’t the time to be silent,’ say writers defending Rappler
SAMOA: Research explores media practice, freedom of the press
SAMOA: 'Criminal libel' and PM Tuilaepa’s gift from American Samoa
GLOBAL: 3 years after Charlie tragedy, 'blaspheming' journalists face death

Special Reports

Journalism under duress in Asia-Pacific - an introduction
Friday, December 1, 2017
INTRODUCTION: David Robie. 10th Anniversary of the Pacific Media Centre, 30 November 2017
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PMC focuses on Asia-Pacific 'journalism under duress' for 10th birthday event
Monday, November 20, 2017
PUBLICATION: The Pacific Media Centre at Auckland University of Technology is highlighting the threats to media freedom...
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Terror in Indonesia – the threat posed by returning Islamic State fighters
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
BACKGROUNDER:  Jewel Topsfield reports from Jakarta. More than 500 Indonesian IS supporters are still...
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Dire year for journalists under state of emergency in Turkey
Monday, July 17, 2017
BACKGROUNDER: On the first anniversary of the failed coup in Turkey by the Reporters Sans Frontières team. The...
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Multimedia

VIDEO: Singapore bans film featuring Palestinian teen arrested over 'slap'
Friday, January 5, 2018
SINGAPORE (Middle East Eye/Pacific Media Watch): Singaporean authorities have banned a film festival this week...
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GLOBAL: Australia, Pacific nations sidestep UN vote on Jerusalem
Friday, December 22, 2017
NEW YORK (RNZ Pacific/Asia Pacific Report/Pacific Media Watch): Australia and other Pacific nations did not join...
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Research

Fanohge Famalåo’an & Fan’tachu Fama’lauan: Women Rising Indigenous Resistance to Militarization in the Marianas Archipelago
Friday, December 15, 2017
RESEARCH: Sylvia C. Frain: This project examines how Indigenous women nonviolently resist the invisible and visible...
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Indonesian double standards over press freedom endanger safety of Papuan journalists
Friday, November 24, 2017
RESEARCH: David Robie: It was ironical that the most evocative demonstration of freedom of the press in Indonesia since...
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Photo Galleries

PMC director's sabbatical assignment in France, Scandinavia 2013
Tuesday, January 14, 2014 - 01:06
Pacific Media Centre director professor David Robie travelled to Scandinavia in October 2013 during his global sabbatical. Along with Del Abcede, he...
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PMC director's sabbatical assignment in Timor-Leste 2013
Sunday, January 5, 2014 - 20:15
Pacific Media Centre director professor David Robie worked with La'o Hamutuk (Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysis) as a...
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Projects

PMC collaboration media project with NZ Institute for Pacific Research
Tuesday, December 12, 2017
The Pacific Media Centre embarked on a collaboration project with the NZ Institute for Pacific Research in 2017 with Pasifika student journalists...
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Asia Pacific Report - a new digital initiative on regional journalism
Thursday, December 10, 2015
AsiaPacificReport.nz is a joint non-profit educational-industry venture between Multimedia Investments Ltd (Milnz.co.nz) and AUT’s Pacific...
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Cafe Pacific

Café Pacific: Media coverage of war atrocities opens debate on INFOCORE research
Sunday, November 27, 2016
By Elena Cavalione of Euronews IN A world torn apart by conflicts old and new, the issue of the media’s role seems to have growing...
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Café Pacific: The ‘nuclear free’ Vanuatu girl with the enchanting smile
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
By DAVID ROBIE  on Aneityum, Vanuatu She had the most enchanting smile, even though she had lost her baby teeth. Her toothless grin turned...
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27 January 2018

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Pacific Media Watch

INDONESIA: Court convicts mining protester over ‘communist’ symbol
Friday, January 26, 2018
By Yovinus Guntur BANYUWANGI, Indonesia (Asia Pacific Report/Benar News/Pacific Media Watch): An Indonesian court has convicted and sentenced an...
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AUSTRALIA: Amend security bill to protect journalists, sources, says RSF
Friday, January 26, 2018
PARIS (Reporters Without Borders/Pacific Media Watch): Several provisions in the National Security Legislation Amendment Bill that Prime Minister...
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PHILIPPINES: ‘This isn’t the time to be silent,’ say writers defending Rappler
Thursday, January 25, 2018
By Jee Y. Geronimo in Manila After the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) decision to revoke Rappler’s licence to operate in...
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Niusblog

PMC’s David Robie chalks up many kms, experiences in WCP research programme
Friday, November 17, 2017
AUT’s Pacific Media Centre director Dr David Robie jetted into Yogyakarta earlier this month on a hectic Indonesian World Class Professor (...
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Pacific Journalism Monographs go live on Tuwhera digital platform
Thursday, October 5, 2017
Pacific Journalism Monographs, a research companion to Pacific Journalism Review, has been launched on AUT's Tuwhera digital open access...
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Pacific Scoop

Public interest journalism - a new non-profit beginning for Scoop
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
A message from the New Scoop Team On December 19, 2014, the Scoop Team set out on a project called "Operation Chrysalis". We decided to...
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Pacific Scoop: West Papua and Anzac Day – ‘Lest we forget’
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Pacific Scoop: Commentary – Special correspondent As Anzac approaches and  Australians and New Zealanders remember those who fought...
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Publications

Conflict, Custom & Conscience: Photojournalism and the Pacific Media Centre...
Monday, December 4, 2017
CONFLICT, CUSTOM & CONSCIENCE: PHOTOJOURNALISM AND THE PACIFIC MEDIA CENTRE Edited by Jim Marbrook, Del Abcede, Natalie Robertson and David...
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Pacific Journalism Review 23(2): 'Journalism education in Asia-Pacific
Thursday, November 30, 2017
JOURNALISM EDUCATION IN ASIA-PACIFIC Samoan, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu media case studies are among those featured in the latest Pacific...
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