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February 24, 2022
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the threats and violence against news media by protesters during the 16-day anti-covid-19 vaccine mandates occupation of Parliament grounds, and called for prosecutions of those responsible. The media are among favourite targets of some of the 500 or so protesters still camped in front of ... <a title="RSF condemns threats, violence against media from NZ’s ‘freedom convoy’ protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/24/rsf-condemns-threats-violence-against-media-from-nzs-freedom-convoy-protest/" aria-label="Read more about RSF condemns threats, violence against media from NZ’s ‘freedom convoy’ protest">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2022
COMMENTARY: EMTV’s deputy news editor Jack Lapauve Jr in Port Moresby writes in defence of the newsroom’s decision to walk out in protest over the suspension of head of news and current affairs Sincha Dimara on February 7. The EMTV News editorial decision to run the two stories [about the court cases involving Australian hotel ... <a title="Jack Lapauve: Why we walked out in protest over EMTV news independence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/jack-lapauve-why-we-walked-out-in-protest-over-emtv-news-independence/" aria-label="Read more about Jack Lapauve: Why we walked out in protest over EMTV news independence">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2022
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The national news team of Papua New Guinea’s major television channel, EMTV, walked out last night in protest over a decision earlier this month to suspend head of news Sincha Dimara for alleged insubordination. They have condemned the political “endless intimidation” of the news service which has led to the suspension ... <a title="EMTV news team walk out in protest over suspension of their chief editor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/18/emtv-news-team-walk-out-in-protest-over-suspension-of-their-chief-editor/" aria-label="Read more about EMTV news team walk out in protest over suspension of their chief editor">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2022
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Suspension of the news manager of Papua New Guinea’s major television channel, EMTV, has sparked a flurry of protest from senior news personalities and independent who condemn the apparent political pressure on the broadcaster. Long standing and experienced news manager Sincha Dimara has reportedly been suspended over news judgement in a ... <a title="Suspension of EMTV’s news chief sparks PNG journo protests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/10/suspension-of-emtvs-news-chief-sparks-png-journo-protests/" aria-label="Read more about Suspension of EMTV’s news chief sparks PNG journo protests">Read more</a>
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January 11, 2022
SPECIAL REPORT: By Joyce McClure in Guam I spent five years as the lone journalist on the remote Pacific island of Yap. During that time I was harassed, spat at, threatened with assassination and warned that I was being followed. The tyres on my car were slashed late one night. There was also pressure on ... <a title="Pacific media dangers: ‘I had death threats and my tyres slashed for my reporting’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/11/pacific-media-dangers-i-had-death-threats-and-my-tyres-slashed-for-my-reporting/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific media dangers: ‘I had death threats and my tyres slashed for my reporting’">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2021
Pacific Media Watch Despite its champions being honoured with a Nobel Peace Prize, press freedom has a “sword of Damocles” hanging over it, warn this year’s two laureates. Maria Ressa of the Philippines, co-founder of the news website Rappler, and Dmitry Muratov of Russia, editor of the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta, will receive their prize ... <a title="Nobel Peace laureates slam ‘Damocles’ sword’ threat to press freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/12/nobel-peace-laureates-slam-damocles-sword-threat-to-press-freedom/" aria-label="Read more about Nobel Peace laureates slam ‘Damocles’ sword’ threat to press freedom">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2021
By Bea Cupin in Manila Journalist and publisher Maria Ressa has called on tech and social media giants to practise “enlightened self-interest” amid a global call for platforms to step up in the fight against disinformation. “The world that you’ve created has already shown that we must change it. I continue to appeal for enlightened ... <a title="Nobel laureate Ressa: How the information ecosystem has been poisoned" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/09/nobel-laureate-ressa-how-the-information-ecosystem-has-been-poisoned/" aria-label="Read more about Nobel laureate Ressa: How the information ecosystem has been poisoned">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2021
Reporters Without Borders One week ahead of the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony, the #HoldtheLine Coalition has called on the government of the Philippines to drop all pending cases and charges against veteran journalist and Nobel laureate Maria Ressa and grant her unrestricted permission to travel to Oslo to accept this international award. The government ... <a title="#HoldTheLine coalition demands charges against Maria Ressa be dropped before Nobel awards" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/07/holdtheline-coalition-demands-charges-against-maria-ressa-be-dropped-before-nobel-awards/" aria-label="Read more about #HoldTheLine coalition demands charges against Maria Ressa be dropped before Nobel awards">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Journalists and journalism are waging a global struggle for survival and for “truth” against fake news and alternative facts, say two Asia-Pacific media commentators. “Without journalists who will tell it like it is no matter the consequences, the future will continue to be one of alternate facts and manipulated opinions,” Rappler ... <a title="Media advocates tell of struggle for ‘survival and truth’ at Asia-Pacific forum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/26/media-advocates-tell-of-struggle-for-survival-and-truth-at-asia-pacific-forum/" aria-label="Read more about Media advocates tell of struggle for ‘survival and truth’ at Asia-Pacific forum">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2021
The Committee to Protect Journalists press freedom 2021 video removed by Facebook, but still available on YouTube and Twitter. Video: CPJ (Hongkong crackdown at 32m:05s) Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The Committee to Protect Journalists has called on Facebook to restore a video honouring the winners of the International Press Freedom Awards (IPFA) at CPJ’s annual ... <a title="CPJ demands Facebook restore ‘censored’ press freedom awards video" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/26/cpj-demands-facebook-restore-censored-press-freedom-awards-video/" aria-label="Read more about CPJ demands Facebook restore ‘censored’ press freedom awards video">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2021
SPECIAL REPORT: By Selwyn Manning in Auckland The dilemma facing whistleblowers, journalists and publishers who risk it all to help the world’s people to become more informed. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange finds himself crushed between these two counterbalances — the asserted right of powerful nations to operate in secret, and the right of the press ... <a title="Assumptions vs facts – how the Julian Assange case confronts our biases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/30/assumptions-vs-facts-how-the-julian-assange-case-confronts-our-biases/" aria-label="Read more about Assumptions vs facts – how the Julian Assange case confronts our biases">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2021
SPECIAL REPORT: By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia-Pacific Report “Public interest journalism plays a crucial role in promoting the quality of public life, protecting individuals from misconduct on the part of government and the private sector, and giving real content to the public’s ‘right to know’.” – The Crucial Role of Public Interest Journalism in Australia ... <a title="Perceptions over NZ’s public interest journalism project – saint or sinner?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/20/perceptions-over-nzs-public-interest-journalism-project-saint-or-sinner/" aria-label="Read more about Perceptions over NZ’s public interest journalism project – saint or sinner?">Read more</a>
