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AUSTRALIA: New bill worst in free world for criminalising journalism

GLOBAL: IFJ urges drastic media safety change after 82 journalists killed in 2017

REGION: Pacific knowledge, smart media used to tackle health issues

NZ: 'Tenacious' crusading journalist and editor Pat Booth dies aged 88

PMC's chair Camille Nakhid's research bolsters migrant communities

REGION: ‘Recolonising’ the Pacific would stir security backlash

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

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...

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...

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...

VIDEO: Duterte vs Rappler: Declaration of war against Philippine media?

Sunday, January 28, 2018

MANILA (Asia Pacific Report/Al Jazeera English/Pacific Media Watch): As Rappler, a popular Manila news website,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

3 February 2018

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AUSTRALIA: New bill worst in free world for criminalising journalism

Events

'Safe food' governance in the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster

Tue, 13/03/2018 - 4:30pm - 6:00pm

PMC SEMINAR: Enacting ‘safe food’ through ruling discourse in the aftermath of Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster Presented by doctoral candidate Karly Burch