CoveragePost
May 21, 2025
ANALYSIS: By Birte Leonhardt, Folker Hanusch and Shailendra B. Singh The role of journalism in society is shaped not only by professional norms but also by deeply held cultural values. This is particularly evident in the Pacific Islands region, where journalists operate in media environments that are often small, tight-knit and embedded within traditional communities. ... <a title="Culture at the core: examining journalism values in the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/21/culture-at-the-core-examining-journalism-values-in-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Culture at the core: examining journalism values in the Pacific">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
February 22, 2022
COMMENTARY: EMTV’s deputy news editor Jack Lapauve Jr in Port Moresby writes in defence of the newsroom’s decision to walk out in protest over the suspension of head of news and current affairs Sincha Dimara on February 7. The EMTV News editorial decision to run the two stories [about the court cases involving Australian hotel ... <a title="Jack Lapauve: Why we walked out in protest over EMTV news independence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/jack-lapauve-why-we-walked-out-in-protest-over-emtv-news-independence/" aria-label="Read more about Jack Lapauve: Why we walked out in protest over EMTV news independence">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
September 14, 2021
COMMENTARY: By Shailendra Singh in Suva Do the Fiji news media represent a wide range of political perspectives?Fiji’s national media, like media elsewhere, would cover a wider berth collectively, rather than as individual media organisations, because individual media have obvious leanings and priorities. But do the media, even as whole, provide a wide enough perspective?Not ... <a title="Slippery slope for Fiji’s media in politically charged climate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/14/slippery-slope-for-fijis-media-in-politically-charged-climate/" aria-label="Read more about Slippery slope for Fiji’s media in politically charged climate">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2020
By Denis Muller in Melbourne In September 2019, the editor of The Conversation, Misha Ketchell, declared The Conversation’s editorial team in Australia was henceforth taking what he called a “zero-tolerance” approach to climate change deniers and sceptics. Their comments would be blocked and their accounts locked. His reasons were succinct: Climate change deniers and those ... <a title="Media ‘impartiality’ on climate change ethically misguided and dangerous" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/02/media-impartiality-on-climate-change-ethically-misguided-and-dangerous/" aria-label="Read more about Media ‘impartiality’ on climate change ethically misguided and dangerous">Read more</a>
