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 2007 ARCHIVE: MEDIA: PERILS OF THE PRESS IN EAST TIMOR Philippine Centre for Investigative Journalism: 21 December 2007 The Timor Post has staff members who have been in constant fear for their lives since last year, when two of them were attacked and left for dead right outside their rundown office. Then again, other journalists in this young nation of East Timor have had similar experiences. By Joseph Laban MEDIA: LEARY WINS NEW PACIFIC MEDIA AWARD FOR HIV/AIDS DOCOS Pacific Media Centre: 12 October 2007 Independent television journalist Ingrid Leary has won the premier new Pacific award in the annual NZ Media Peace Awards for a pair of "inspirational" documentaries about island women community workers suffering from HIV/AIDS. MEDIA: LABAN CALLS FOR MORE INVESTMENT IN PACIFIC MEDIA RESEARCH Pacific Media Centre: 12 October 2007 Associate Minister for Pacific Island Affairs Luamanuvao Winnie Laban has challenged New Zealand media and educational institutions to boost investment in research and coverage. MEDIA: ANALYSIS OF STATE TERRORISM OVER SISON ARREST Bulatlat: 4 September 2007 A handful of Filipino political exiles have taken refuge in the Netherlands from the brutal regimes back home. Now the personnel and offices of the National Democratic Front Philippines (NDFP), legally allowed in Utrecht since the late 1970s, was raided on August 28. By E. San Juan MEDIA: AUTHOR CHALLENGES NZ JOURNALISTS TO DEVELOP INCLUSIVE MEDIA AsiaMedia: 27 August 2007 Journalists have a vital role in creating a media of inclusiveness and helping New Zealanders develop their sense of identity, says Carol Archie, author of a new book on cross-cultural reporting. By David Robie MEDIA: CHALLENGES OVER CROSS-CULTURAL REPORTING Cafe Pacific blog: 27 August 2007 Broadcaster and journalist Carol Archie poses some major challenges for the mainstream media about reporting Maori and current affairs at the launch of her new book, Pou Korero, at AUT University's marae. By David Robie MEDIA: MAKING PUBLIC JOURNALISM MATTER Pacific Media Centre: 12 August 2007 Thank you Chris Warren! He breezed in from Australia for the Journalism Matters media summit in Wellington ... his global perspective was crisp, no nonsense and refreshing. By David Robie EAST TIMOR: INFORMATION 'DROUGHT' ISOLATES TIMORESE Pacific Media Centre: 18 July 2007 Many Timorese people suffer a “significant information drought” isolating them from national development, says a New Zealand media monitoring mission. Full report EAST TIMOR: JOURNALISTS INTIMIDATED IN ELECTION COVERAGE Pacific Media Centre: 26 June 2007 The media was vilified at rallies and one journalist was beaten during elections in East Timor this year, according to a report by observers from New Zealand that calls for criminal prosecutions of those attacking journalists. FIJI COUPS: RESEARCHERS CALL FOR DEEPER UNDERSTANDING Pacific Media Centre: 14 May 2007  An Australian media researcher has found many journalists covering the first three Fiji coups in 1987 and 2000 were too reliant on elite sources to provide a good understanding of the complex crises. This reliance increased the likelihood of reinforcing the status quo and provided a “limited version of reality”, reports the latest Pacific Journalism Review. By David RobieFREE PRESS: MEDIA FREEDOM AND THE DILEMMAS OF AID Asia-Pacific Network: 3 May 2007 The many journalists working in dangerous and sometimes life-threatening conditions pay the price when the dominant free expression groups continue to focus on the advancement of their own interests. Such a focus frequently results in funds being spent in a questionable manner. By Nick Fillmore FREE PRESS: MISINFORMATION - NOTHING NEW IN THE ISLANDS Taimi 'o Tonga: 16 April 2007 Why must we look to Fiji as an example of democracy? They have lost their own royal family and their democracy as well. With four coups in the last 20 years and a chiefly system tainted by corruption, Fiji has hardly any moral ground to judge other island governments. By Kalafi Moala TSUNAMI: DEATH TOLL CLIMBS IN SOLOMON ISLANDS DISASTER Asia-Pacific Network: 2 April 2007 Reports say the total number of deaths from the Solomon Islands quake and the tsunami is rising. The tidal wave was triggered by an earthquake which struck the Western Solomons at around 7.30 am local time. By Priestley Habru FIJI: WHEN THE CHURCH FAILS ... IT NEEDS 'CLEAN-UP' Asia-Pacific Network: 12 February 2007 Now, the same chameleon Christians all of a sudden started singing the virtues of democracy. In the events of 2000 during George Speight's adventures, these so called Sons of God went and preached hatred against the lesser Gods and performed satanic rituals on the sacred Parliamentary grounds. By Thakur Ranjit Singh FIJI: NOW THE GOOD NEWS Time Magazine: 5 February 2007 When Fiji military commander Frank Bainimarama seized power on Dec. 5, he was instantly denounced by Australia, New Zealand, the U.S., the E.U., the U.N. and the Commonwealth. Exiled Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase continues to vent outrage by phone from his island village, but his countrymen don't seem to be rallying. By Elizabeth Keenan FIJI: MILITARY 'CLEAN-UP' - FROM BLESSING TO A BIG QUESTION MARK Asia-Pacific Network: 17 January 2007 Fiji's fourth coup may have come as a blessing for the people of Fiji. In the last 36 years, indigenous leaders and their militant nationalist allies set in train race-based development policies that cemented inequality and poverty. But the interim government line-up has placed a big question mark over the army's agenda. By Sanjay RameshREGION: PACIFIC IN 2007: HANDLE WITH CARE NZ Listener: 13-19 January 2007 Fiji’s fourth coup in two decades came barely three weeks after pro-democracy protest spilled into riots in Tonga. The spotlight has fallen once more on the fragility of Pacific democracy and the forecast for 2007 isn’t terribly promising. By David Robie FIJI: BAINIMARAMA BECOMES PRIME MINISTER The Fiji Times: 6 January 2007 Military commander Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama has taken on the added responsibility of interim Prime Minister and appealed for support from Fiji Islanders. |
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