Independent Analysis and Reportage
Paul and Selwyn deep dive into the battle to control a narrative, waged by all sides in a polarised combative world, and how modern mainstream media institutions, like Radio New Zealand, fall vulnerable in the absence of robust all-sides-considered analysis and debate.
External experts are poring over the “inappropriate editing” of international news published online by RNZ. It has already tightened editorial checks and stood down an online journalist. Will this dent trust in RNZ — or news in general? Were campaigns propagating national propaganda a factor? Mediawatch asks two experts with international experience. MEDIAWATCH: By Colin ... <a title="Mediawatch: Further fallout as RNZ takes out the ‘Kremlin garbage’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/18/mediawatch-further-fallout-as-rnz-takes-out-the-kremlin-garbage/" aria-label="Read more about Mediawatch: Further fallout as RNZ takes out the ‘Kremlin garbage’">Read more</a>
Pacific Media Watch Journalist, author and media academic David Robie has launched an independent news and current affairs website to complement his long-established Asia Pacific Report. While Asia Pacific Report will continue to cover regional affairs, the new website — dubbed Café Pacific, the same name as his blog which is being absorbed into the ... <a title="Journalist David Robie launches new open access Café Pacific website" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/11/journalist-david-robie-launches-new-open-access-cafe-pacific-website/" aria-label="Read more about Journalist David Robie launches new open access Café Pacific website">Read more</a>
By Henry Puna, Secretary-General of the Pacific Islands Forum On World Press Freedom Day the world remembers the importance of a free and independent media as the cornerstone of thriving and healthy democracies. For our developing and developed Pacific nations of the Blue Continent, the 30th anniversary of World Press Freedom Day is also an ... <a title="Pacific Islands Forum Media Freedom Day message: Truth without fear" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/05/pacific-islands-forum-media-freedom-day-message-truth-without-fear/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific Islands Forum Media Freedom Day message: Truth without fear">Read more</a>
By Sri Krishnamurthi Highly respected and convivial Koroi Hawkins has become RNZ Pacific’s first Melanesian editor after arriving in New Zealand in 2010 and says he is “truly humbled” after nearly a decade at RNZ. “It is a great honour. I am a Pacific journalist from the school of hardknocks so it was already a ... <a title="‘Calm in crisis’ Koroi Hawkins steps up as RNZ Pacific’s first Melanesian editor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/03/calm-in-crisis-koroi-hawkins-steps-up-as-rnz-pacifics-first-melanesian-editor/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Calm in crisis’ Koroi Hawkins steps up as RNZ Pacific’s first Melanesian editor">Read more</a>
Asia Pacific Report New Zealand pay-TV company Sky TV plans to cut some jobs in the country as it outsources roles to India and the Philippines, reports the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union. Sky chief executive Sophie Moloney said the proposal would result in some of Sky’s work in technology and content operations being outsourced to experienced ... <a title="NZ’s Sky TV plans to outsource 200 jobs to India, Philippines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/06/nzs-sky-tv-plans-to-outsource-200-jobs-to-india-philippines/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Sky TV plans to outsource 200 jobs to India, Philippines">Read more</a>
Pacific Media Watch A New Zealand-based media research and publication group has called for an “urgent rethink” on Papua New Guinea’s draft media development policy, saying its proposed regulation plan for the country’s media council and journalists threatened a free press. The Asia Pacific Media Network Inc. (APMN), publishers of the research journal Pacific Journalism ... <a title="APMN calls for ‘urgent rethink’ over PNG draft media regulation plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/20/apmn-calls-for-urgent-rethink-over-png-draft-media-regulation-plan/" aria-label="Read more about APMN calls for ‘urgent rethink’ over PNG draft media regulation plan">Read more</a>
A powerful day in the history of the Gisborne Herald. Video: Gisborne Herald RNZ Mediawatch New Zealand’s media were in emergency mode yet again this week, offering hours of extra coverage on air, online and in print. Outlets in the hardest-hit places reported the basics — even without access to basics like power, communications and ... <a title="Mediawatch on Gabrielle: ‘I’m proud to be working on this newspaper’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/20/mediawatch-on-gabrielle-im-proud-to-be-working-on-this-newspaper/" aria-label="Read more about Mediawatch on Gabrielle: ‘I’m proud to be working on this newspaper’">Read more</a>
By Lice Movono in Suva Veteran Fijian journalist Netani Rika and his wife were resting in their living room when he was suddenly woken, startled by the sound of smashed glass. “I got up, I slipped on the wet surface,” he recalls. He turned on the lights and a bottle and wick were spread across ... <a title="‘No Fiji TV broadcast tonight due to censorship’ – Rika recalls Fiji media intimidation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/09/no-fiji-tv-broadcast-tonight-due-to-censorship-rika-recalls-fiji-media-intimidation/" aria-label="Read more about ‘No Fiji TV broadcast tonight due to censorship’ – Rika recalls Fiji media intimidation">Read more</a>
COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis It is unlikely that the Mayor of Auckland, Wayne Brown, took any lessons from the city’s devastating floods but the rest of us — and journalists in particular — could learn a thing or two. Brown’s demeanour will not be improved by a petition calling for his resignation or media columnists ... <a title="Gavin Ellis: Communication lessons from the great flood" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/31/gavin-ellis-communication-lessons-from-the-great-flood/" aria-label="Read more about Gavin Ellis: Communication lessons from the great flood">Read more</a>
ANALYSIS: By Simon Potter, University of Bristol The BBC celebrated its 100th birthday last Tuesday. It came as the institution faces increasing competition for audiences from global entertainment providers, anxieties about the sustainability of its funding and a highly competitive global news market. Its international broadcasting operation, the BBC World Service, is only a little ... <a title="BBC at 100: the future for global news and challenges facing the World Service" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/25/bbc-at-100-the-future-for-global-news-and-challenges-facing-the-world-service/" aria-label="Read more about BBC at 100: the future for global news and challenges facing the World Service">Read more</a>
By Jairo Bolledo in Manila The Philippines Court of Appeals has denied the motion for reconsideration filed by Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa and former Rappler researcher Reynaldo Santos Jr. over their cyber libel case. In a 16-page decision dated October 10, the court’s fourth division denied the appeal. Associate Justices ... <a title="Ressa ‘disappointed’ over failed appeal and ongoing harassment in Philippine cyber libel case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/13/ressa-disappointed-over-failed-appeal-and-ongoing-harassment-in-philippine-cyber-libel-case/" aria-label="Read more about Ressa ‘disappointed’ over failed appeal and ongoing harassment in Philippine cyber libel case">Read more</a>