David Robie
Dr David Robie is professor of journalism and director of AUT University’s Pacific Media Centre. He is a strong advocate of independent journalism at the country’s journalism schools. He is co-founder with Selwyn Manning of Pacific Scoop and manages the Pacific Media Watch media freedom project; he is also founding editor of Pacific Journalism Review research journal.
Coups, globalisation and Fiji’s reset structures of ‘democracy’
BOOKS: David Robie, editor of Pacific Journalism Review
When Commodore (now rear admiral retired and an elected prime minister) Voreqe Bainimarama staged Fiji’s fourth "coup...
UN critics join global outrage over Duterte’s Rappler ‘free press’ attack
Rappler’s CEO and executive editor Maria Ressa says that the Philippine government spends a lot of effort to turn journalism into a crime which...
Tiny Timbulsloko fights back in face of Indonesia’s ‘ecological disaster’
Drone views of the village of Timbulsloko showing the scale of coastal erosion and sinking flatlands in an area that once used to be...
Indonesia’s development dilemmas – a green info gap and budget pressure
Crucial to how Indonesia's news outlets cover the environment - and its destruction - is the ownership and vested interests of the media landscape. ...
Timely strategic research spotlights killings of journalists
A trailer for the controversial Anas investigation into corruption by Ghana's judiciary. Video: AnanseGH TV
BOOKS: By David Robie
The Ghanaian investigative journalist summed up the...
Flashback to NZ’s nuclear-free law 1987: Challenging Goliath
New Zealand quietly celebrated 30 years of its official status as a “nuclear-free” country this week, marking the time when NZ Nuclear Free Zone,...
An Indonesian oasis of progressive creativity emerges in culture city
Dr Max Lane, pictured here with Faiza Mardzoeki, talks about his project to establish a community and activist library for the student city of...
Images: Papuan street art, freedom seminar pose challenge at Jakarta’s WPFD2017
Photographs by David Robie and Bernard Agapa in Jakarta
The World Press Freedom Day organisers, UNESCO and the Indonesian Press Council, marginalised the highly sensitive...
Rave hospitality, but Indonesia fails West Papua with media freedom hypocrisy
Al Jazeera's coverage by Step Vaessen of the Papuan protest at WPFD2017 in Jakarta.
By David Robie in Jakarta | Audio report from the PMC's...
Drone killings on a par with mafia hitmen murders
REVIEW: By David Robie
One of the ironies of the legacy of eight years of Barack Obama’s presidency is that under the leadership of the...
Endangered – the frontline journalism of outrage
War Reporters, a short video launched by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) last year to honour journalists facing "danger zones". Its release coincided with the...
David Robie: Florida airport shootings – few basic questions being raised
Surveillance footage of the accused guman Esteban Santiago opening fire at Fort Lauderdale Airport in Florida last Friday. Video: TMZ website
ANALYSIS: By David Robie
Just...
Carry on Fidel Castro’s global legacy, urges Cuban ambassador
By David Robie in Auckland
Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro's contribution to global social justice and dignity, and to developing nations worldwide - including the...
Philippines president’s ‘hit man’ allegations spur renewed calls for killings probe
Inside the Philippines "war on drugs" - Al Jazeera's The Stream programme.
By David Robie in Manila
Mounting calls for the Philippines president to be investigated...
Rendezvous with the ‘nuclear free’ Vanuatu cover girl after 33 years
By David Robie on Aneityum, Vanuatu
She had the most enchanting smile, even though she had lost her baby teeth. Her toothless grin turned out...
WJEC16: ‘That day I saw the power of media, and how...
In this "PNG Diehard" citizen video last month, Papua New Guinea police are seen and heard open-firing at students from the University of PNG...
Speak Up-Korerotia: David Robie and panel talk citizen media and human...
Speak Up-Kōrerotia has just produced its first "pop-up" show on Plains FM.
Explore the grit of "Exposing human rights abuses through (citizen) media" with Professor...
WJEC16: Journalism academic calls for probe on PNG student unrest media...
By David Robie
A Papua New Guinea media educator today called for an investigation into coverage of the two months of protest at the nation’s...
Duterte’s tough stance, impunity big challenges for media in Philippines
By David Robie
Strained relations between the President-elect of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, and much of the news media before he even takes office this...
Polar bear mojo for Greenpeace captain’s environmental thriller
The Arctic 30's thank you message after their release in November 2013 - cited in Peter Willcox's new book out next week. Video: Greenpeace
Review...
Mystery of the 1983 Vanuatu ‘nuclear free’ girl finally solved
June Keitadi -- as a five-year-old -- in the 1983 Huarere video "Nuclear Free". She is seen at 1m08.
By David Robie in Auckland
So the...
Vanuatu’s Daily Post founder Marc Neil-Jones swaps print for tourism
"Retired" Vanuatu Daily Post publisher Marc Neil-Jones talks about the "audio posts" at his Secret Garden retreat.
Asia Pacific Report Gallery - Pictures and video...
