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July 17, 2019
Figure 10: A Kanak voter wearing a ‘Kanaky New Caledonia’ flag tee shirt at the Loyalty Islands special polling booth in Vallee du Tir, Noumea. Image: David Robie David Robie Wednesday, July 17, 2019 Abstract The French-ruled territory of New Caledonia, or Kanaky, as Indigenous pro-independence campaigners call their cigar-shaped islands, voted on their political ... <a title="Independence for Kanaky: A media and political stalemate or a ‘three strikes’ Frexit challenge?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/17/independence-for-kanaky-a-media-and-political-stalemate-or-a-three-strikes-frexit-challenge/" aria-label="Read more about Independence for Kanaky: A media and political stalemate or a ‘three strikes’ Frexit challenge?">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2019
David Robie ISBN/code: 9781927184578 Price: $20.00 Publication date: Wednesday, June 19, 2019 Publisher: Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication (AIJC) in association with SciDev.Net and the Pacific Media Centre: Manila and Auckland. “Disaster reporting, which focuses on deaths and casualties for the benefit of local readers, is understandable. However, the mass media also need to ... <a title="Science Writing and Climate Change – a new environmental journalism book" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/15/science-writing-and-climate-change-a-new-environmental-journalism-book/" aria-label="Read more about Science Writing and Climate Change – a new environmental journalism book">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2019
An excerpt from the cover of Mekim Nius – Tok Pisin for “newsmaking”. David Robie Wednesday, June 12, 2019 Abstract The news media is the watchdog of democracy. But in the South Pacific today the Fourth Estate role is under threat from governments seeking statutory regulation, diminished media credibility, dilemmas over ethics and uncertainty over ... <a title="Mekim Nius: South Pacific media, politics and education" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/12/mekim-nius-south-pacific-media-politics-and-education/" aria-label="Read more about Mekim Nius: South Pacific media, politics and education">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2019
Fair Go assistant producer and a recent AUT graduate Blessen Tom and current postgraduate student Sri Krishnamurthi embarked in May on a storytelling project about Pacific Media Watch. They are interviewing the founders and some of the journalists and students involved on the media freedom project, which was launched in 1996 at the time of ... <a title="Pacific Media Watch documentary under way – the highlights 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/28/pacific-media-watch-documentary-under-way-the-highlights-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific Media Watch documentary under way – the highlights 2019">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2019
A Papua New Guinean soldier guards the road to Panguna, Bougainville, 1989. Image: David Robie David Robie Tuesday, April 23, 2019 Abstract ‘The original [Panguna mine] agreement overrode our customs, denied us our land rights and was too rushed. It contradicts our way of life; what comes from the land should benefit the landowners … ... <a title="Bougainville: The valley of the Rambos, 1989" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/23/bougainville-the-valley-of-the-rambos-1989/" aria-label="Read more about Bougainville: The valley of the Rambos, 1989">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2019
A landmark ruling by an Australian court is expected to have international consequences for newsrooms, with media companies on notice they face large compensation claims if they fail to take care of journalists who regularly cover traumatic events. The Victorian County Court accepted the potential for psychological damage on those whose work requires them to ... <a title="Media companies on notice over traumatised journalists after landmark Age court decision" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/06/media-companies-on-notice-over-traumatised-journalists-after-landmark-age-court-decision/" aria-label="Read more about Media companies on notice over traumatised journalists after landmark Age court decision">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 5, 2019
Geraldine Lopdell’s family was looking for a fitting way to celebrate a “life well lived” when they decided to set up one of AUT’s newest awards. During life, Geraldine had been an excellent teacher and artist, a supportive and generous friend and a captivating storyteller with an adventurous spirit. Her early years were spent in ... <a title="A life well lived paves way to encourage Pasifika women in communication" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/05/a-life-well-lived-paves-way-to-encourage-pasifika-women-in-communication/" aria-label="Read more about A life well lived paves way to encourage Pasifika women in communication">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2019
Two University of the South Pacific journalism academics today met with creative industries staff at Auckland University of Technology to discuss plans to bolster collaboration and looked in on AUT’s impressive media facilities. USP’s journalism coordinator Dr Shailendra Singh and colleague Eliki Drugunavelu are on an Asia-Pacific research trip to Auckland. They met with AUT’s ... <a title="USP journalism team drops in on creative industries at AUT" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/24/usp-journalism-team-drops-in-on-creative-industries-at-aut/" aria-label="Read more about USP journalism team drops in on creative industries at AUT">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2018
By Craig Major of AUT Communications Professor David Robie, Director of the Pacific Media Centre in the School of Communication Studies, has been part of the contingent of more than 100 journalists and media academics reporting on and analysing the historic New Caledonian independence referendum in early November. Only 2 out of the 100 were ... <a title="PMC director reports on historic New Caledonia referendum 30 years on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/09/pmc-director-reports-on-historic-new-caledonia-referendum-30-years-on/" aria-label="Read more about PMC director reports on historic New Caledonia referendum 30 years on">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2018
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