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July 15, 2024
RNZ Pacific Australia has announced more than A$68 million over the next five years to strengthen and expand Australian broadcasting and media sector engagement across the Indo-Pacific. As part of the Indo-Pacific broadcasting strategy, the ABC will receive just over $40m to increase its content for and about the Pacific, expand Radio Australia’s FM transmission ... <a title="Australian strategy plans $75m boost for Indo-Pacific media development" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/australian-strategy-plans-75m-boost-for-indo-pacific-media-development/" aria-label="Read more about Australian strategy plans $75m boost for Indo-Pacific media development">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>
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September 8, 2022
By Geraldine Panapasa in Suva The University of the South Pacific’s Journalism Programme is open to strengthening engagement and partnership with the Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) following the recent visit of senior ABC executives to Fiji. Last week, ABC International Services head Claire Gorman, ABC International Development public affairs lead Jo Elsom, ABC Sport head ... <a title="ABC, USP Journalism keen to boost Pacific media partnerships" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/08/abc-usp-journalism-keen-to-boost-pacific-media-partnerships/" aria-label="Read more about ABC, USP Journalism keen to boost Pacific media partnerships">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
By Josefa Babitu A French Polynesian territorial government cabinet minister says the pandemic and climate justice have provided an opportunity to think about the progress made about action for women’s empowerment in the Pacific. Minister for Family, Solidarity and Equal Opportunities Isabelle Sachet has told the three-day 14th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women it was ... <a title="Pacific women talk about ‘precarious situation’ over covid, climate and rights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/pacific-women-talk-about-precarious-situation-over-covid-climate-and-rights/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific women talk about ‘precarious situation’ over covid, climate and rights">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2020
By Laurens Ikinia in Auckland A new study on the impact of social media in the Pacific during the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic has warned about the potential for misinformation or disinformation to have “dangerous outcomes”. But the report also acknowledges the importance of the so-called “coconut wireless” in Pacific information sharing and says that an ... <a title="Five things to know about social media and covid-19 in the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/16/five-things-to-know-about-social-media-and-covid-19-in-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Five things to know about social media and covid-19 in the Pacific">Read more</a>
