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March 30, 2020
By Imelda V. Abano in Manila The novel coronavirus now sweeping the globe has left many countries struggling to cope with rising numbers of infections and journalists grappling with how to best cover this evolving public health crisis. In addition to questions about how governments, health care systems and individuals are responding to immediate needs, ... <a title="Reporting the Covid-19 unknown: How reporters in Philippines do their job" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/30/reporting-the-covid-19-unknown-how-reporters-in-philippines-do-their-job/" aria-label="Read more about Reporting the Covid-19 unknown: How reporters in Philippines do their job">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2020
OPINION: By Antonio Sampaio in Dili The Timor-Leste authorities have to improve significantly the conditions in which journalists are working to cover the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. As the only foreign journalist in East Timor, I support the recommendations made today by the two associations of Timorese journalists. In a statement sent to Lusa ndewsagency, the ... <a title="‘We can’t keep working like this’ – a journalist’s plea to Timorese officials" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/26/we-cant-keep-working-like-this-a-journalists-plea-to-timorese-officials/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We can’t keep working like this’ – a journalist’s plea to Timorese officials">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2020
A video made to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Pacific Journalism Review in 2014. Video: Sasya Wreksono/PMC Pacific Media Watch Tuwhera, the open access repository and publisher of Auckland University of Technology, has added 16 years of back copy editions of Pacific Journalism Review to the digital resource. The full text articles from a further ... <a title="Tuwhera expands the PJR ‘critical inquiry’ Pacific media archive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/09/tuwhera-expands-the-pjr-critical-inquiry-pacific-media-archive/" aria-label="Read more about Tuwhera expands the PJR ‘critical inquiry’ Pacific media archive">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Philip Jacobson, an award-winning editor for the non-profit environmental science news outlet Mongabay, has been arrested for an alleged visa violation in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, after being put under city arrest for a month. Jacobson, 30, was first detained on 17 December 2019 after attending a hearing between the Central Kalimantan parliament ... <a title="Indonesia ‘arrests’ Mongabay editor – one month after first detaining him" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/22/indonesia-arrests-mongabay-editor-one-month-after-first-detaining-him/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia ‘arrests’ Mongabay editor – one month after first detaining him">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2020
By Kerrie Davies and Willa McDonald in Sydney In 1886, a year before American journalist Nellie Bly feigned insanity to enter an asylum in New York and became a household name, Catherine Hay Thomson arrived at the entrance of Kew Asylum in Melbourne on “a hot grey morning with a lowering sky”. Hay Thomson’s two-part ... <a title="Hidden women of history: Australian undercover journalist in hospitals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/21/hidden-women-of-history-australian-undercover-journalist-in-hospitals/" aria-label="Read more about Hidden women of history: Australian undercover journalist in hospitals">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2019
By Ben Bilua in Suva Multimedia skills and innovation are key to adapting to the changing media landscape, said US academic Professor Debora Wenger as newsmakers around the world continue to grapple with challenges arising from the transformation of technology and social media. Speaking to journalists at a regional workshop on new media and multimedia ... <a title="Multimedia, innovation vital for Pacific journalism, says academic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/19/multimedia-innovation-vital-for-pacific-journalism-says-academic/" aria-label="Read more about Multimedia, innovation vital for Pacific journalism, says academic">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2019
Research David Robie Monday, June 10, 2019 Abstract As critical issues such as climate change, exploited fisheries, declining human rights and reconfiguration of political systems inherited at independence increasingly challenge the microstates of Asia-Pacific, approaches to news media and journalism education are also under strain. University based journalism education was introduced to the South Pacific ... <a title="Karoronga, kele’a, talanoa, tapoetethakot and va: expanding millennial notions of a ‘Pacific way’ journalism education and media research culture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/10/karoronga-kelea-talanoa-tapoetethakot-and-va-expanding-millennial-notions-of-a-pacific-way-journalism-education-and-media-research-culture/" aria-label="Read more about Karoronga, kele’a, talanoa, tapoetethakot and va: expanding millennial notions of a ‘Pacific way’ journalism education and media research culture">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2019
Last week was a big one for the media. Not only did New Zealand’s biggest newspaper launch a new paywall, but Thursday was “World News Day”, and Friday was “World Media Freedom Day”. All of this prompts the question, how well is New Zealand society and democracy served by the media in 2019? The World ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The State of the NZ media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/10/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-state-of-the-nz-media/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The State of the NZ media">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2019
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – World Press Freedom Day coverage on the Pacific Media Centre’s Asia Pacific Report. Image: PMC screenshot By David Robie While Pacific countries have got off rather lightly in a major global media freedom report last month with most named countries apparently “improving”, the reality on World ... <a title="Pacific media freedom and news ‘black holes’ worsen for World Press Freedom Day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/05/pacific-media-freedom-and-news-black-holes-worsen-for-world-press-freedom-day/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific media freedom and news ‘black holes’ worsen for World Press Freedom Day">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2019
By Michael Andrew More New Zealand journalists have been seeking ways to “prevent tragedy” through their reporting, shows new research published in Columbia Journalism Review. The research, which analysed domestic and international coverage of last month’s Christchurch terror attacks, found that New Zealand news media preferred to focus on the victims, their relatives and the ... <a title="NZ journalists focusing on ‘tragedy prevention’, says CJR research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/30/nz-journalists-focusing-on-tragedy-prevention-says-cjr-research/" aria-label="Read more about NZ journalists focusing on ‘tragedy prevention’, says CJR research">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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March 28, 2019
Political Roundup: International fascination with Jacinda Ardern by Dr Bryce Edwards As a political commentator, I’ve never experienced anything like it – the phone calls and email requests for interviews from international media have been constant. Broadcasters and journalists all want to discuss the Christchurch terrorist attack and the aftermath. But mostly they want to ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: International fascination with Jacinda Ardern " class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/28/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-international-fascination-with-jacinda-ardern/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: International fascination with Jacinda Ardern ">Read more</a>
