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April 20, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Fiji, New Zealand and Timor-Leste have made significant gains in the latest annual Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index while the Paris-based global watchdog has warned that totalitarian propaganda, censorship, intimidation and cyber-harassment have been on the rise in the Asia-Pacific region. “A lot of courage is needed nowadays to ... <a title="Pacific ‘bright spots’ amid World Press Freedom Index Asian warnings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/20/pacific-bright-spots-amid-world-press-freedom-index-asian-warnings/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific ‘bright spots’ amid World Press Freedom Index Asian warnings">Read more</a>
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April 18, 2019
Inaugural diversity in communication prize winner Malia Latu with Alex Woodley and Colin McKay of the Geraldine Lopdell Memorial Trust at the AUT School of Communication Studies awards tonight. Image: Del Abcede/PMC By Michael Andrew Diversity was a winner at AUT’s School of Communication Studies annual awards last night with several Pacific Media Centre contributors ... <a title="Pasifika and diversity strong ‘winners’ at AUT media awards night" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/18/pasifika-and-diversity-strong-winners-at-aut-media-awards-night/" aria-label="Read more about Pasifika and diversity strong ‘winners’ at AUT media awards night">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2019
Malolo Island … Fiji officials had been given drone footage and photographs of the ongoing destruction in breach of the environmental and planning approvals but nothing was done. Image: FBC News By RNZ Pacific Fiji’s opposition has called for a full investigation by an impartial committee into allegations of collusion by government officials in the ... <a title="Fiji opposition seeks Malolo damage probe, criticises local media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/16/fiji-opposition-seeks-malolo-damage-probe-criticises-local-media/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji opposition seeks Malolo damage probe, criticises local media">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2019
Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama talks to Newsroom’s Melanie Reid … “it shouldn’t be assumed that he was declaring a new-found interest in freedom of the press.” Image: Newsroom screenshot/PMC ANALYSIS: By Dr Dominic O’Sullivan It is not unusual for Fiji to intimidate and imprison journalists. Journalists provide checks on government, parliament and business, which ... <a title="NZ journalists arrested in Fiji now free but no new era of press freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/10/nz-journalists-arrested-in-fiji-now-free-but-no-new-era-of-press-freedom/" aria-label="Read more about NZ journalists arrested in Fiji now free but no new era of press freedom">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2019
Internews EJN Asia-Pacific initiative … funding for 14 successful environmental journalism projects. Image: Internews By Wansolwara The journalism programme at the University of the South Pacific has won a US$20,000 (F$42,617) grant in a boost environmental reporting in the Pacific. The programme was one of 14 recipients of the competitive Internews/Earth Journalism Network (EJN) Asia-Pacific ... <a title="USP wins US$20,000 grant to boost Pacific environmental journalism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/09/usp-wins-us20000-grant-to-boost-pacific-environmental-journalism/" aria-label="Read more about USP wins US$20,000 grant to boost Pacific environmental journalism">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2019
A voter casts his ballot during the 2019 Solomon Islands general election on Wednesday. Image: Island Sun/Wansolwara By Rosalie Nongebatu As Solomon Islanders headed to the polls on Wednesday to vote for leaders whom they trust will lead them in the next four years, some were not so lucky to have this choice. Despite that ... <a title="Solomon Islands students ‘denied’ opportunity to vote in election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/05/solomon-islands-students-denied-opportunity-to-vote-in-election/" aria-label="Read more about Solomon Islands students ‘denied’ opportunity to vote in election">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2019
Newsroom co-editor Mark Jennings talks to Fiji Times reporter Arieta Vakasukawaqa after being released today. Image: Fiji Times screenshot/PMC By RNZ News Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has apologised to three New Zealand journalists detained overnight in Suva by a “group of rogue officers” Newsroom co-editor Mark Jennings, investigations editor Melanie Reid and cameraman Hayden ... <a title="Fiji PM apologises to NZ journalists detained over Malolo probe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/04/fiji-pm-apologises-to-nz-journalists-detained-over-malolo-probe/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji PM apologises to NZ journalists detained over Malolo probe">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2019
“You are in our prayers” … spontaneous messages pasted on the wall of the AUT Masjid at Auckland University of Technology today. Image: David Robie/PMC By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific New Zealand’s Fijian community is reeling after three people from Fiji were killed in Friday’s mosque attacks in Christchurch. The terrorist attacks, which killed ... <a title="Fiji community shaken with loss of three in Christchurch mosque attacks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/18/fiji-community-shaken-with-loss-of-three-in-christchurch-mosque-attacks/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji community shaken with loss of three in Christchurch mosque attacks">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2019
By Shailendra Singh in Suva The University of the South Pacific’s recent 50th anniversary marked 30 years of existence for its regional journalism programme. In an eventful journey, the programme weathered military coups, overcame financial hardships and shrugged off academic snobbery to get this far. The programme started in Suva in 1988, with Commonwealth funding, ... <a title="Journalism education at USP – a 30-year struggle for free press" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/12/journalism-education-at-usp-a-30-year-struggle-for-free-press/" aria-label="Read more about Journalism education at USP – a 30-year struggle for free press">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2019
David Robie, Pacific Media Centre Monday, February 25, 2019 Abstract In 2016, the Pacific Media Centre responded to the devastation and tragedy wrought in Fiji by Severe Tropical Cyclone Winston by initiating the Bearing Witness journalism project and dispatching two postgraduate students to Viti Levu to document and report on the impact of climate change ... <a title="Bearing Witness 2017: Year 2 of a Pacific climate change storytelling project" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/25/bearing-witness-2017-year-2-of-a-pacific-climate-change-storytelling-project/" aria-label="Read more about Bearing Witness 2017: Year 2 of a Pacific climate change storytelling project">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2019
Heading on the book chapter on University of the South Pacific’s 50-year history. Shailendra Singh Friday, February 22, 2019 Abstract The Univerasity of the South Pacific’s 50th anniversary marks 30 years of existence for its regional journalism programme. In an eventful journey, the programme weathered military coups, overcame financial hardships and shrugged off academic snobbery ... <a title="Journalism at USP: A thirty-year journey" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/22/journalism-at-usp-a-thirty-year-journey/" aria-label="Read more about Journalism at USP: A thirty-year journey">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2019
Authors of the current IPCC reporting cycle in Fiji – Dr Helene Jacot Des Combe (from left), Dr Morgan Wairiu, Professor Elisabeth Holland and Diana Salili. Image: USP/Wansolwara By Jope Tarai in Suva The threat of rising global temperatures on Pacific ecosystems is not only a scientific analysis but a reality for many people in ... <a title="World must take moral climate stand for humanity, warns Pacific expert" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/22/world-must-take-moral-climate-stand-for-humanity-warns-pacific-expert/" aria-label="Read more about World must take moral climate stand for humanity, warns Pacific expert">Read more</a>
