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May 5, 2025
By Michelle Curran of Pasifika TV World Press Freedom Day is a poignant reminder that journalists and media workers are essential for a healthy, functioning society — including the Pacific. Held annually on May 3, World Press Freedom Day prompts governments about the need to respect press freedom, while serving as a day of reflection ... <a title="Pacific ‘story sovereignty’ top of mind on World Press Freedom Day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/05/pacific-story-sovereignty-top-of-mind-on-world-press-freedom-day/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific ‘story sovereignty’ top of mind on World Press Freedom Day">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2025
Australia (ranked 29th) and New Zealand (ranked 16th) are cited as positive examples by Reporters Without Borders in the 2025 World Press Freedom Index of commitment to public media development aid, showing support through regional media development such as in the Pacific Islands. Reporters Without Borders The 2025 World Press Freedom Index by Reporters Without ... <a title="New deal for journalism – RSF’s 11 steps to ‘reconstruct’ global media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/05/new-deal-for-journalism-rsfs-11-steps-to-reconstruct-global-media/" aria-label="Read more about New deal for journalism – RSF’s 11 steps to ‘reconstruct’ global media">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2025
World Media Freedom Day reflections of a protester Yesterday, World Media Freedom Day, we marched to Television New Zealand in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland to deliver a letter asking them to do better. Their coverage [of Palestine] has been biased at its best, silent at its worst. I truly believe that if our media outlets reported ... <a title="‘Dead weight comes to mind’ when thinking about Gazan parents and genocide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/04/dead-weight-comes-to-mind-when-thinking-about-gazan-parents-and-genocide/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Dead weight comes to mind’ when thinking about Gazan parents and genocide">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2025
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – By David Robie on World Press Freedom Day 2025 I ask you now: Do not stop speaking about Gaza. Do not let the world look away. Keep fighting, keep telling our stories – until Palestine is free. These are not my words, although I believe and ... <a title="Too many journalists remain silent over the Gaza genocide, a threat to our media credibility" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/04/too-many-journalists-remain-silent-over-the-gaza-genocide-a-threat-to-our-media-credibility/" aria-label="Read more about Too many journalists remain silent over the Gaza genocide, a threat to our media credibility">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2025
By Anish Chand in Suva Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has paid tribute to all those working the media industry in his message to mark World Press Freedom Day. He said in his May 3 message thanks to democracy his coalition government had removed the “dark days of oppression and suppressions”. “Today as we join ... <a title="Rabuka salutes Fiji media but warns against taking freedom for granted" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/04/rabuka-salutes-fiji-media-but-warns-against-taking-freedom-for-granted/" aria-label="Read more about Rabuka salutes Fiji media but warns against taking freedom for granted">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2025
Pacific Media Watch After a year and a half of war, nearly 200 Palestinian journalists have been killed by the Israeli army — including at least 43 slain on the job. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has brought multiple complaints before the International Criminal Court (ICC) and continues to tirelessly support Gazan journalists, working to halt ... <a title="RSF condemns Israeli targeting of Gaza journalists – then slandering them in death" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/03/rsf-condemns-israeli-targeting-of-gaza-journalists-then-slandering-them-in-death/" aria-label="Read more about RSF condemns Israeli targeting of Gaza journalists – then slandering them in death">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Alexandra Wake Despite all the political machinations and hate towards the media coming from the president of the United States, I always thought the majority of Australian politicians supported the role of the press in safeguarding democracy. And I certainly did not expect Peter Dutton — amid an election campaign, one with citizens ... <a title="Amid Dutton’s ‘hate media’ and Trump’s despotism, press freedom is more vital than ever" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/30/amid-duttons-hate-media-and-trumps-despotism-press-freedom-is-more-vital-than-ever/" aria-label="Read more about Amid Dutton’s ‘hate media’ and Trump’s despotism, press freedom is more vital than ever">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2025
Reporters Without Borders Donald Trump campaigned for the White House by unleashing a nearly endless barrage of insults against journalists and news outlets. He repeatedly threatened to weaponise the federal government against media professionals whom he considers his enemies. In his first 100 days in office, President Trump has already shown that he was not bluffing. ... <a title="Trump’s war on the media: 10 numbers from US President’s first 100 days" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/28/trumps-war-on-the-media-10-numbers-from-us-presidents-first-100-days/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s war on the media: 10 numbers from US President’s first 100 days">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2025
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor The former head of BenarNews’ Pacific bureau says a United States court ruling this week ordering the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) to release congressionally approved funding to Radio Free Asia and its subsidiaries “makes us very happy”. However, Stefan Armbruster, who has played a key role in ... <a title="Pacific editor welcomes US court ruling in favour of Radio Free Asia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/25/pacific-editor-welcomes-us-court-ruling-in-favour-of-radio-free-asia/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific editor welcomes US court ruling in favour of Radio Free Asia">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2025
Asia Pacific Report The US District Court for the District of Columbia has granted a preliminary injunction in Widakuswara v Lake, affirming the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) was unlawfully shuttered by the Trump administration, Acting Director Victor Morales and Special Adviser Kari Lake. The decision enshrines that USAGM must fulfill its legally required ... <a title="Victory for US press freedom and workers – court grants injunction in VOA media case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/23/victory-for-us-press-freedom-and-workers-court-grants-injunction-in-voa-media-case/" aria-label="Read more about Victory for US press freedom and workers – court grants injunction in VOA media case">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2025
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Israel assassinated a photojournalist in Gaza in an airstrike targeting her family’s home on Wednesday, the day after it was announced that a documentary she appears in would premier in Cannes next month. Her name was Fatima Hassouna. Nine members of her ... <a title="Caitlin Johnstone: ‘I want a death that the world will hear’ – journalist assassinated by Israel for telling the truth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/20/caitlin-johnstone-i-want-a-death-that-the-world-will-hear-journalist-assassinated-by-israel-for-telling-the-truth/" aria-label="Read more about Caitlin Johnstone: ‘I want a death that the world will hear’ – journalist assassinated by Israel for telling the truth">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2025
Pacific Media Watch One of the many casualties of the Trump administration’s crackdown on “soft power” that enabled many democratic media and truth to power global editorial initiatives has been BenarNews, a welcome contribution to the Asia-Pacific region. BenarNews had been producing a growing range of insightful on powerful articles on the region’s issues, articles ... <a title="Trump funding cuts on media impacts on independent Asia Pacific outlet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/06/trump-funding-cuts-on-media-impacts-on-independent-asia-pacific-outlet/" aria-label="Read more about Trump funding cuts on media impacts on independent Asia Pacific outlet">Read more</a>
