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January 6, 2026
By Monika Singh of Wansolwara News Pacific media are facing one of their most challenging reporting environments in their history, marked by governance issues, political instability, geopolitical pressures and escalating climate threats, while simultaneously grappling with declining revenue streams and threats to their financial survival. This is highlighted in the inaugural edition of the Pacific ... <a title="New journal warns Pacific media near breaking point amid revenue collapse and political pressure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/06/new-journal-warns-pacific-media-near-breaking-point-amid-revenue-collapse-and-political-pressure/" aria-label="Read more about New journal warns Pacific media near breaking point amid revenue collapse and political pressure">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2024
By Kaneta Naimatau in Suva In a democracy, citizens must critically evaluate issues based on facts. However in a very polarised society, people focus more on who is speaking than what is being said. This was highlighted by journalism Professor Cherian George of the Hong Kong Baptist University as he delivered his keynote address during ... <a title="Polarised media undermines democracy, professor warns at Pacific media conference" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/25/polarised-media-undermines-democracy-professor-warns-at-pacific-media-conference/" aria-label="Read more about Polarised media undermines democracy, professor warns at Pacific media conference">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2024
Pacific Media WatchPacific Journalism Review founder Dr David Robie says PJR has published more than 1100 research articles over its three decades of existence and is the largest single Pacific media research repository. But it has always been “far more than a research journal”, he added at the launch of the 30th anniversary edition at ... <a title="Independent PJR ‘far more than a research journal’, says founder" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/23/independent-pjr-far-more-than-a-research-journal-says-founder/" aria-label="Read more about Independent PJR ‘far more than a research journal’, says founder">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2024
By Justin Latif in Suva Despite the many challenges faced by Pacific journalists in recent years, the recent Pacific International Media Conference highlighted the incredible strength and courage of the region’s reporters. The three-day event in Suva, Fiji, earlier this month co-hosted by the University of South Pacific, Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) and the ... <a title="Pacific journalists’ resilience shines through at historic conference" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/16/pacific-journalists-resilience-shines-through-at-historic-conference/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific journalists’ resilience shines through at historic conference">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2024
Delegates at a Pacific media conference in Fiji two weeks ago heard harrowing stories of female reporters facing threats of violence and harassment. This raised the question: is enough being done to protect female reporters in the Pacific region? In 2022, the Fiji Women’s Rights Movement, in partnership with the University of the South Pacific ... <a title="‘Culture plays a big part’: Female journalists in Pacific face harassment and worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/culture-plays-a-big-part-female-journalists-in-pacific-face-harassment-and-worse/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Culture plays a big part’: Female journalists in Pacific face harassment and worse">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2024
Indonesia’s commitment to the Pacific continues to be strengthened. One of the strategies is through a commitment to resolving human rights cases in Papua, reports a Kompas correspondent who attended the Pacific International Media Conference in Suva earlier this month. By Laraswati Ariadne Anwar in Suva The Pacific Island countries are Indonesia’s neighbours. However, ... <a title="Fiji, anchor of Indonesian diplomacy in the Pacific – a view from Jakarta" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/fiji-anchor-of-indonesian-diplomacy-in-the-pacific-a-view-from-jakarta/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji, anchor of Indonesian diplomacy in the Pacific – a view from Jakarta">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2024
By Jai Bharadwaj of The Australia Today A pivotal book, Waves of Change: Media, Peace, and Development in the Pacific, has been released at the 2024 Pacific International Media Conference hosted by the University of the South Pacific earlier this month in Suva, Fiji. This conference, the first of its kind in 20 years, served ... <a title="Groundbreaking book Waves of Change launched at Pacific Media Conference in Fiji" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/groundbreaking-book-waves-of-change-launched-at-pacific-media-conference-in-fiji/" aria-label="Read more about Groundbreaking book Waves of Change launched at Pacific Media Conference in Fiji">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2024
By Ivy Mallam of Wansolwara Media professionals have been urged to undergo gender sensitisation training to produce more inclusive, accurate and ethical representation of women in the news. Fiji Women’s Rights Movement executive director Nalini Singh emphasised that such training would help avoid reinforcing harmful stereotypes and promote diverse perspectives, ensuring media coverage reflects the ... <a title="Nalini Singh calls for media coverage that ‘reflects realities of all genders’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/nalini-singh-calls-for-media-coverage-that-reflects-realities-of-all-genders/" aria-label="Read more about Nalini Singh calls for media coverage that ‘reflects realities of all genders’">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2024
Pacific Media Watch Many platitudes about media freedom and democracy laced last week’s Pacific International Media Conference in the Fijian capital of Suva. There was a mood of euphoria at the impressive event, especially from politicians who talked about journalism being the “oxygen of democracy”. The dumping of the draconian and widely hated Fiji Media ... <a title="When media freedom as the ‘oxygen of democracy’ and hypocrisy share the same Pacific arena" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/when-media-freedom-as-the-oxygen-of-democracy-and-hypocrisy-share-the-same-pacific-arena/" aria-label="Read more about When media freedom as the ‘oxygen of democracy’ and hypocrisy share the same Pacific arena">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2024
By Khalia Strong of Pacific Media Network News If the pen is mightier than the sword, then an army of journalists has assembled in Fiji’s capital to discuss the state and future of the industry in the region. The three-day Pacific Media Conference 2024 on July 4-6 is organised and hosted by the University of ... <a title="Newsmakers dissect state and future of Pacific journalism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/13/newsmakers-dissect-state-and-future-of-pacific-journalism/" aria-label="Read more about Newsmakers dissect state and future of Pacific journalism">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2024
A group of regional and international media representatives met at a forum in Fiji last week to discuss some of the challenges and opportunities facing journalists in the Pacific. The three-day conference brought together people from the media industry, academics, civil society, and other interested parties. A budding Fiji journalist Shivaali Shrutika said that newsrooms ... <a title="Pacific media conference: challenges and opportunities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/12/pacific-media-conference-challenges-and-opportunities/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific media conference: challenges and opportunities">Read more</a>
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July 11, 2024
NBC News A former newspaper editor believes the journalism profession in Papua New Guinea and other Pacific Island countries is in crisis. Team leader of the Pacific Media Assistance Scheme (PACMAS)/ABC International Development (ABCID) Alexander Rheeney spoke of this issue at the 2024 Pacific International Media Conference in Fiji last week. Reflecting on his role ... <a title="Pacific media in crisis, warns former PNG, Samoa editor Alex Rheeney" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/11/pacific-media-in-crisis-warns-former-png-samoa-editor-alex-rheeney/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific media in crisis, warns former PNG, Samoa editor Alex Rheeney">Read more</a>
