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February 5, 2026
Pacific Media Watch A new Pacific Media research publication and outlet for academics and community advocates has now been added to the Informit database for researchers. Two editions of the new journal, published by the Aotearoa-based independent Asia Pacific Media Network (APMN) and following the traditions of Pacific Journalism Review, have been included in the ... <a title="Pacific Media journal research added to Informit global database" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/pacific-media-journal-research-added-to-informit-global-database/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific Media journal research added to Informit global database">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Pacific Media University of the South Pacific’s Associate Professor Shailendra Singh, who edited the inaugural edition of Pacific Media journal along with co-editor Dr Amit Sarwal, has responded to the publication with a Q and A. The new journal has replaced the Pacific Journalism Review, which was founded by Professor David Robie at the University ... <a title="Pacific Media: A renewed commitment to research on Pacific media, development and democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/pacific-media-a-renewed-commitment-to-research-on-pacific-media-development-and-democracy/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific Media: A renewed commitment to research on Pacific media, development and democracy">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Asia Pacific Media Network Pacific Media, a new regional research journal, made its debut today with a collection of papers on issues challenging the future, such as independent journalism amid “intensifying geostrategic competition”. The papers have been largely drawn from an inaugural Pacific International Media conference hosted by The University of the South Pacific in ... <a title="New Pacific Media journal launched in APMN and USP partnership" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/new-pacific-media-journal-launched-in-apmn-and-usp-partnership/" aria-label="Read more about New Pacific Media journal launched in APMN and USP partnership">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2025
Talamua Online News Samoa has dropped in its media and information freedom world ranking from 22 in 2024 to 44 in 2025 in the latest World Press Freedom Index compiled annually by the Paris-based Reporters Without Borders (RSF). For the Pacific region, New Zealand is ranked highest at 16, Australia at 29, Fiji at 40, ... <a title="Samoa down in RSF media freedom world ranking due to ‘authoritarian pressure’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/07/samoa-down-in-rsf-media-freedom-world-ranking-due-to-authoritarian-pressure/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa down in RSF media freedom world ranking due to ‘authoritarian pressure’">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2024
Pacific Media Watch An Aotearoa New Zealand-based community education provider is preparing a new course aimed to help media professionals in the Pacific region understand and respond to the complex issue of disinformation. The eight-week course “A Bit Sus (Pacific)”, developed by the Dark Times Academy, will be offered free to journalists, editors, programme directors ... <a title="New course planned to help Pacific media professionals counter disinformation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/03/new-course-planned-to-help-pacific-media-professionals-counter-disinformation/" aria-label="Read more about New course planned to help Pacific media professionals counter disinformation">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2024
By Georgia Brown, Queensland University of Technology Fijian newsrooms are under pressure to adapt as audiences shift away from traditional media such as newspapers, radio, and television, in favour of Facebook and other social media platforms. Asia Foundation research showed that Fijians ranked Facebook as their third most significant source of information about covid-19 during ... <a title="Fiji’s mainstream media fight for survival in social media era" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/18/fijis-mainstream-media-fight-for-survival-in-social-media-era/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s mainstream media fight for survival in social media era">Read more</a>
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October 31, 2024
By Teagan Laszlo, Queensland University of Technology For Samantha Magick, journalism isn’t just a job. It is a lifelong commitment to storytelling, advocacy, and empowering voices often overlooked in the Pacific. As the managing editor and publisher at Islands Business, the Pacific Islands’ longest surviving news and business monthly magazine, Magick’s commitment to quality reporting ... <a title="Islands Business publisher Samantha Magick – storyteller, risk-taker and community champion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/31/islands-business-publisher-samantha-magick-storyteller-risk-taker-and-community-champion/" aria-label="Read more about Islands Business publisher Samantha Magick – storyteller, risk-taker and community champion">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2024
By Kaneta Naimatau in Suva In a democracy, citizens must critically evaluate issues based on facts. However in a very polarised society, people focus more on who is speaking than what is being said. This was highlighted by journalism Professor Cherian George of the Hong Kong Baptist University as he delivered his keynote address during ... <a title="Polarised media undermines democracy, professor warns at Pacific media conference" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/25/polarised-media-undermines-democracy-professor-warns-at-pacific-media-conference/" aria-label="Read more about Polarised media undermines democracy, professor warns at Pacific media conference">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2024
Pacific Media WatchPacific Journalism Review founder Dr David Robie says PJR has published more than 1100 research articles over its three decades of existence and is the largest single Pacific media research repository. But it has always been “far more than a research journal”, he added at the launch of the 30th anniversary edition at ... <a title="Independent PJR ‘far more than a research journal’, says founder" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/23/independent-pjr-far-more-than-a-research-journal-says-founder/" aria-label="Read more about Independent PJR ‘far more than a research journal’, says founder">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2024
By Justin Latif in Suva Despite the many challenges faced by Pacific journalists in recent years, the recent Pacific International Media Conference highlighted the incredible strength and courage of the region’s reporters. The three-day event in Suva, Fiji, earlier this month co-hosted by the University of South Pacific, Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) and the ... <a title="Pacific journalists’ resilience shines through at historic conference" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/16/pacific-journalists-resilience-shines-through-at-historic-conference/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific journalists’ resilience shines through at historic conference">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2024
Indonesia’s commitment to the Pacific continues to be strengthened. One of the strategies is through a commitment to resolving human rights cases in Papua, reports a Kompas correspondent who attended the Pacific International Media Conference in Suva earlier this month. By Laraswati Ariadne Anwar in Suva The Pacific Island countries are Indonesia’s neighbours. However, ... <a title="Fiji, anchor of Indonesian diplomacy in the Pacific – a view from Jakarta" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/fiji-anchor-of-indonesian-diplomacy-in-the-pacific-a-view-from-jakarta/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji, anchor of Indonesian diplomacy in the Pacific – a view from Jakarta">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2024
A group of regional and international media representatives met at a forum in Fiji last week to discuss some of the challenges and opportunities facing journalists in the Pacific. The three-day conference brought together people from the media industry, academics, civil society, and other interested parties. A budding Fiji journalist Shivaali Shrutika said that newsrooms ... <a title="Pacific media conference: challenges and opportunities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/12/pacific-media-conference-challenges-and-opportunities/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific media conference: challenges and opportunities">Read more</a>
