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September 19, 2019
By Wansolwara staff in Suva Twelve leading journalists from 11 Pacific Island countries will converge in Suva, Fiji, this Friday to discuss critical issues affecting the region including climate change and natural disaster relief and recovery and regional security. The one-day “Capstone at The University of the South Pacific” (USP) Laucala Campus marks the culmination of three ... <a title="Pacific journos converge in Suva to discuss ‘critical issues’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/19/pacific-journos-converge-in-suva-to-discuss-critical-issues/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific journos converge in Suva to discuss ‘critical issues’">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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July 29, 2019
Professor Guy Littlefair … Pacific Journalism Review “provides once again a magnificent example of the best, most relevant most meaningful research”. Image: Michael Andrew/PMC By Michael Andrew A creative “grab bag” of projects has been unveiled by the Pacific Media Centre in a showcase of collaboration across academic and communication communities. Held at Auckland ... <a title="PMC project ‘grab bag’ unveiled at mid-winter showcase" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/29/pmc-project-grab-bag-unveiled-at-mid-winter-showcase/" aria-label="Read more about PMC project ‘grab bag’ unveiled at mid-winter showcase">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2019
ANALYSIS: By David Robie Indonesia recently hosted a bold public relations window-dressing expo in Auckland presenting itself as a “Pacific” nation while attempting to provide an unconvincing impression of normality in the two Melanesian provinces known collectively as West Papua. Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi hailed “a new era of Pacific partnership – a Pacific ... <a title="Indonesia’s cover up over Papuan media freedom violations exposed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/22/indonesias-cover-up-over-papuan-media-freedom-violations-exposed/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia’s cover up over Papuan media freedom violations exposed">Read more</a>
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July 20, 2019
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk New Zealand’s unprecedented “internet-native mass shooting” attack on two mosques, the New Caledonia independence referendum, Fiji’s general election and news media responses are featured in the latest Pacific Journalism Review being published next week. Analysis articles in the “democracy and terrorism edition” include award-winning New Zealand Herald cartoonist Rod Emmerson and ... <a title="NZ mosque massacre, New Caledonia referendum and Fiji elections top PJR" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/20/nz-mosque-massacre-new-caledonia-referendum-and-fiji-elections-top-pjr/" aria-label="Read more about NZ mosque massacre, New Caledonia referendum and Fiji elections top PJR">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2019
Figure 10: A Kanak voter wearing a ‘Kanaky New Caledonia’ flag tee shirt at the Loyalty Islands special polling booth in Vallee du Tir, Noumea. Image: David Robie David Robie Wednesday, July 17, 2019 Abstract The French-ruled territory of New Caledonia, or Kanaky, as Indigenous pro-independence campaigners call their cigar-shaped islands, voted on their political ... <a title="Independence for Kanaky: A media and political stalemate or a ‘three strikes’ Frexit challenge?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/17/independence-for-kanaky-a-media-and-political-stalemate-or-a-three-strikes-frexit-challenge/" aria-label="Read more about Independence for Kanaky: A media and political stalemate or a ‘three strikes’ Frexit challenge?">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2019
Event date and time: Friday, July 26, 2019 – 17:00 – 18:30 JOIN US for this Pacific Media Centre‘s smorgasbord “launch” mid-winter fono and celebration for: + Two new documentaries on climate change and media freedom + The latest Pacific Journalism Review themed on “The NZ Mosque Massacre: Dilemmas for Journalism and Democracy” + The ... <a title="PMC’s mid-winter smorgasbord video, PJR and website ‘launch’ fono" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/16/pmcs-mid-winter-smorgasbord-video-pjr-and-website-launch-fono/" aria-label="Read more about PMC’s mid-winter smorgasbord video, PJR and website ‘launch’ fono">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2019
ANALYSIS: By Bates Gill of Macquarie University As China solidifies its new status as superpower and cementing its influence in the Pacific, The Conversation is launching a series looking at what this means for the world – how China maintains its power, how it wields its power and how its power might be threatened. Chinese ... <a title="Xi Jinping’s grip on power is absolute, but new threats to his ‘Chinese dream’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/28/xi-jinpings-grip-on-power-is-absolute-but-new-threats-to-his-chinese-dream/" aria-label="Read more about Xi Jinping’s grip on power is absolute, but new threats to his ‘Chinese dream’">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2019
ANALYSIS: By Pip Hinman in Sydney Long-time Australian climate campaigner David Spratt and former fossil fuel company executive Ian Dunlop have issued a bold call for unlikely partners to work together to avoid climate catastrophe. In particular, their policy paper, Existential climate-related security risk: A scenario approach appears to call on the national security sector ... <a title="Climate crisis: Bold call for security partners to prevent ‘catastrophe’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/26/climate-crisis-bold-call-for-security-partners-to-prevent-catastrophe/" aria-label="Read more about Climate crisis: Bold call for security partners to prevent ‘catastrophe’">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2019
By David Robie in Bangkok A leading cyber security expert has called on universities to play a more active role in implementing ethics and legal frameworks for communications smart technology to save society from an Orwellian future. Mohamed El-Guindy, an Egyptian consultant to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC-ROMENA), says communication research programmes ... <a title="Bring ethics into global smart tech, warns UN cyber expert" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/22/bring-ethics-into-global-smart-tech-warns-un-cyber-expert/" aria-label="Read more about Bring ethics into global smart tech, warns UN cyber expert">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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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>
