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June 30, 2019
By RNZ Pacific Murder charges have been laid in the case of the French Polynesian journalist Jean-Pascal Couraud, who vanished in 1997. The accused are Couraud’s ex-partner Miri Tatarata and a friend, Francis Stein, who are said to have had an affair at the time. The two, who are both top officials in the French ... <a title="Murder charges laid in case of Tahiti journalist missing for 22 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/30/murder-charges-laid-in-case-of-tahiti-journalist-missing-for-22-years/" aria-label="Read more about Murder charges laid in case of Tahiti journalist missing for 22 years">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2019
OPEN LETTER: By Keith Jackson I joined the Australian Journalists Association (now the MEAA – Media Alliance) in, I think, 1971, when I still lived and worked in Papua New Guinea. When I formally retired from paid work a few years back, I was given honorary membership but, to bolster the journalism profession and its ... <a title="Keith Jackson: Act now over grave threat facing Australian press freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/15/keith-jackson-act-now-over-grave-threat-facing-australian-press-freedom/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Jackson: Act now over grave threat facing Australian press freedom">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2019
COMMENTARY: By Alexandra Menzies of Central News in Sydney As I stood out the front of the ABC’s Sydney headquarters on Wednesday morning (June 5), I couldn’t help but feel the conflicting senses of both pride and anxiety. Just moments earlier, a group of first-year UTS Journalism students, including myself, had raced from our lecture ... <a title="Police raids on ABC: The day news theory became reality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/08/police-raids-on-abc-the-day-news-theory-became-reality/" aria-label="Read more about Police raids on ABC: The day news theory became reality">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2019
By Denis Muller of University of Melbourne In their raids on media organisations, journalists and whistleblowers, the Australian Federal Police have shown themselves to be the tool of a secretive, ruthless and vindictive executive government. Secretive because the extensive web of laws passed under the rubric of national security, on top of the secrecy provisions ... <a title="Media raids raise questions of police power over journalists, whistleblowers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/07/media-raids-raise-questions-of-police-power-over-journalists-whistleblowers/" aria-label="Read more about Media raids raise questions of police power over journalists, whistleblowers">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2019
Maria Ressa as Time’s Person of the Year in 2018 as a “guardian of the truth” – now she has been named by the magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. Image: Time Magazine By Christia Marie Ramos in Manila Philippine journalist, editor and publisher Maria Ressa has been named ... <a title="Maria Ressa on Time’s ‘100 most influential people in world’ list" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/22/maria-ressa-on-times-100-most-influential-people-in-world-list/" aria-label="Read more about Maria Ressa on Time’s ‘100 most influential people in world’ list">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2019
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – Julian Assange being dragged from the Ecuadorean Embassy in London … an emblem of the times. Image: John.Pilger.com By John Pilger in London THE GLIMPSE of Julian Assange being dragged from the Ecuadorean Embassy in London is an emblem of the times. Might against right. Muscle ... <a title="The Assange arrest – a warning from history for journalists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/22/the-assange-arrest-a-warning-from-history-for-journalists/" aria-label="Read more about The Assange arrest – a warning from history for journalists">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 8, 2019
The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism looks into the wealth of President Rodrigo Duterte and his family, drawing the ire of the President. Duterte. Image: Rappler montage/Malacañang/Shutterstock By Rappler The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism has responded to what it called President Rodrigo Duterte’s “broadsides” aimed at PCIJ’s recent reports on the Duterte family’s wealth, ... <a title="‘Explain your wealth, don’t lose your cool,’ PCIJ tells Duterte" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/08/explain-your-wealth-dont-lose-your-cool-pcij-tells-duterte/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Explain your wealth, don’t lose your cool,’ PCIJ tells Duterte">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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April 4, 2019
Malolo reef damage in Fiji … target of prosecution of Fiji government, say local media reports. Image: FBC News By RNZ News Three New Zealand journalists were detained by Fijian police in Suva last night after trying to interview a controversial Chinese resort developer. Newsroom co-editor Mark Jennings, investigations editor Melanie Reid and cameraman Hayden ... <a title="Fiji police detain 3 NZ journalists investigating Chinese developer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/04/fiji-police-detain-3-nz-journalists-investigating-chinese-developer/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji police detain 3 NZ journalists investigating Chinese developer">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2019
by Selwyn Manning EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was written for, and first published by, German magazine Cicero.de (ref. Attentat in Christchurch – Willkommen in der Hölle). Thanks also to Prof David Robie, Pacific Media Centre AsiaPacificReport.nz for providing the featured image for this article. OUT OF THE BLUE: It was 1:39pm, Friday March 15. ... <a title="Christchurch Terror Attacks – New Zealand’s Darkest Hour – Friday 15th 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/19/christchurch-terror-attaches-new-zealands-darkest-hour-friday-15th-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Christchurch Terror Attacks – New Zealand’s Darkest Hour – Friday 15th 2019">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2018
EMTV journalist Scott Waide … “Papua New Guinea is a democracy and the media is free to hold those in authority to account.” Image: PMC By Blessen Tom Pacific media freedom and ignorance of Pacific issues by mainstream media in New Zealand are growing challenges for the region, says a journalism academic “There are so ... <a title="Media freedom in Pacific a growing challenge, says journalism academic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/01/media-freedom-in-pacific-a-growing-challenge-says-journalism-academic/" aria-label="Read more about Media freedom in Pacific a growing challenge, says journalism academic">Read more</a>
