tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36092288801937578942024-03-19T03:25:02.099-07:00Pacific Media Centre niusblogFeedback blog and Asia-Pacific Journalism's Global WatchPMC feedbackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14253290936248647987noreply@blogger.comBlogger223125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3609228880193757894.post-83279101828406729292010-12-06T17:00:00.000-08:002010-12-06T21:46:41.473-08:00PMC launches new 'social justice' media websitePacific Scoop: By Courtney WilsonThe new Pacific Media Centre’s Web 2 news site has been launched at the inaugural Media, Investigative Journalism and Technology Conference.The new site is a collaborative work, which brings together a range of resources from separate sites including Pacific Media Watch, Pacific Scoop and Pacific media research.The site also links to Dr David Robie’s blog Café PMC feedbackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14253290936248647987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3609228880193757894.post-14431553930239661782010-12-01T03:11:00.000-08:002010-12-01T03:37:02.326-08:00Barbara Dreaver, Nicky Hager talk investigative reporting at AUTSome of the PMC graduating journalists covering the MIJT conference this weekend - Rose Rees-Owen (second from left), Hamish Fletcher and Pacific Media Watch editor Alex Perrottet - along with PMC director David Robie and chair John Utanga (right).AUT UniversityAnyone with an interest in writing, reading or studying investigative journalism, will benefit from a conference at AUT University this PMC feedbackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14253290936248647987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3609228880193757894.post-71407262714685466242010-11-17T21:11:00.000-08:002010-11-17T21:26:32.150-08:00Pasifika among top investigative journalism case studiesWar victims: A tearful Sumitra Adhikari, 16, carries fodder for the family at Chaimale, near Kathmandu. Photo: Deependra BajracharyaPacific Media CentreKey Asia-Pacific, Australian and New Zealand investigative journalists and researchers will gather at AUT University next month for a media “conversation” that will feature diverse issues such as war reporting, scams and global warming PMC feedbackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14253290936248647987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3609228880193757894.post-30855099112322805172010-11-14T13:06:00.000-08:002010-11-14T13:13:28.601-08:00PMC new Pasifika media portal live soonPacific Media CentreThe Pacific Media Centre is soon launching a new Pasifika media portal. This niusblog, Pacific Media Watch, Pacific Scoop and our many other services will be linked to this new website. Watch for it when it is launched on December 4 at the Media, Investigative Journalism and Technology 2060 conference. It will have the same url link as the existing website (www.pmc.aut.ac.nz PMC feedbackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14253290936248647987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3609228880193757894.post-34111456256809771672010-10-18T19:15:00.000-07:002010-10-21T01:05:52.720-07:00PJR wins global creative industries awardPacific Media CentrePacific Journalism Review has won a Creative Stimulus Award for academic journals in the inaugural Academy Awards of the Global Creative Industries in Beijing, China, this month.The journal, published by AUT University’s Pacific Media Centre and now in its 16th year, was one of five international journals to receive awards.Other journals honoured include the British-based PMC feedbackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14253290936248647987noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3609228880193757894.post-52626508400165717242010-10-13T04:12:00.000-07:002010-10-13T04:48:06.116-07:00A stint at the China Daily OnlineMichele Ong, AUT journalism graduate working for the Rodney Times, spent three months in China earlier this year on an AUT University-China Daily Exchange Internship organised by AUT's Pacific Media Centre with Asia:NZ Foundation funding for air travel at the online arm of China’s national English newspaper, China Daily.com.cn. Here are some of her experiences and tips she shared on her return.I PMC feedbackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14253290936248647987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3609228880193757894.post-13321495976810800302010-10-10T00:23:00.000-07:002010-10-11T04:04:25.070-07:00Pacific journalists defend free media in latest PJRPacific Media CentreSophie Foster, assistant editor of the Fiji Times, is among leading journalists who have lambasted curbs on media freedom in the latest edition of Pacific Journalism Review.She condemned the “growth of self-censorship” within Fiji’s media industry while revealing the findings of a recent survey of mainstream journalists.Foster took sudden leave at the Fiji Times after a PMC feedbackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14253290936248647987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3609228880193757894.post-83842900420104696232010-10-08T01:45:00.001-07:002010-10-08T17:31:54.622-07:00Charting a new course for the Fiji TimesFull text of Fiji Broadcasting Corporation news director Stanley Simpson's interview with new Fiji Times publisher Dallas Swinstead on 6 October 2010:What is the new direction, if any, that the Fiji Times will be taking? I want to add to the quality product we already have. This will range across all the various features that good newspapers offer. We have excellent world-wide editorial service PMC feedbackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14253290936248647987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3609228880193757894.post-69996219083347467092010-10-06T22:20:00.000-07:002010-10-06T22:43:55.674-07:00Scholarship supports Pasifika research on Fiji media freedomBy Yvonne Brill: Office of Pasifika AdvancementFormer publisher of Fiji’s Daily Post newspaper and political commentator Ranjit Singh has been given the opportunity to fulfill his dreams of working on a media research project close to his heart - media freedom in his homeland.Singh says that while he has experience in the media industry, academic study will help him “smooth out the rough diamond”PMC feedbackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14253290936248647987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3609228880193757894.post-39427567350453163612010-10-04T20:13:00.000-07:002010-10-07T03:33:28.731-07:00Tagaloatele speaks to PIMA conferenceTagaloatele Professor Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop's opening comments at the PIMA 2010 conferenceKia orana, malo e lelei, fakalofa lahi atu, ni sa bula vinaka, taloha ni, namaste, talofa lava and warm Pacific greetings.Faafetai Pastor for your well chosen words of blessing for this Pacific Islands Media Association (PIMA) opening, reminding us of the tremendous responsibilities of the media. You PMC feedbackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14253290936248647987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3609228880193757894.post-67773236355664533172010-09-19T14:20:00.000-07:002010-09-19T14:32:54.365-07:00Boost Pacific climate change 'frontline' coverage and analysis, PMC educator tells mediaPacific Media WatchNews media need to boost their coverage and analysis of Pacific environmental issues to meet the critical challenges facing the region, says a journalism educator.Associate Professor David Robie, director of the Pacific Media Centre, told a creativity and climate change conference at the University of the South Pacific in Suva this week that most media were not doing enough PMC feedbackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14253290936248647987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3609228880193757894.post-42467572939517722012010-08-22T18:00:00.000-07:002010-08-22T18:39:53.613-07:00Key speakers lining up for investigative journalism conferenceFrom TOKTOK: Pacific Media Centre newsletterSeveral key speakers are being lined up for the Media, Investigative Journalism and Technology 2010 conference being organised by the Pacific Media Centre at AUT University in December.Australian Centre for Investigative Journalism director Professor Wendy Bacon, Nepali Times editor Kunda Dixit and New Zealand’s leading investigative journalist Nicky PMC feedbackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14253290936248647987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3609228880193757894.post-10439684485926464332010-08-18T00:25:00.000-07:002010-08-27T00:45:56.774-07:00AUT seeks Pacific journalism lecturer for new coursePacific Media CentreNew Zealand’s AUT University is seeking a Pasifika journalist and educator to join its teaching staff.The university’s School of Communication Studies described the new post in an advertisement today as a “challenging opportunity to lead, develop and teach the new Graduate Diploma in Pacific Journalism programme”.The new staff person would also contribute to other journalism PMC feedbackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14253290936248647987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3609228880193757894.post-83534768770753246942010-08-17T19:49:00.000-07:002010-08-17T21:16:37.080-07:00New contributing editor joins PMW projectPacific Media CentreA new contributing editor for the Pacific Media Watch project has been appointed and has taken up his role this week.Alex Perrottet, 29, is a postgraduate student working towards a Master in Communication Studies degree at AUT University. He is also a qualified lawyer and experienced aid project organiser who has carried out considerable work in the Pacific.From Sydney, where PMC feedbackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14253290936248647987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3609228880193757894.post-18805151660988449652010-08-14T21:39:00.000-07:002010-08-14T22:01:43.496-07:00Why Samoa for new media group PacMA?By Kalafi Moala: Pacific Media CentreIn the days immediately following the announcement of the launch of the Pacific Media Association (PacMA), the question has often been raised about why Samoa was chosen as the place to register this new organisation.Last week on August 10, several media owners and journalists from the Pacific region met in Apia to form the new association. A new constitution PMC feedbackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14253290936248647987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3609228880193757894.post-28737934805067014642010-08-13T01:18:00.000-07:002010-08-13T14:41:14.568-07:00Development journalism 'vital for Pacific region'Pacific Media CentreDevelopment journalism is critically important for media in the South Pacific, says the director of the Pacific Media Centre.Associate professor David Robie told the week-long Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC) programme in New Zealand that some western media had "lost the plot".Too much focus was on conflict and crises and not enough on solutions.He said good development PMC feedbackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14253290936248647987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3609228880193757894.post-62200153946127909182010-08-12T21:52:00.000-07:002010-08-13T14:36:15.405-07:00East-West Center director visits PMCPacific Media CentreDr Satu P. Limaye, director of the East-West Center in Washington, has paid a courtesy call on the Pacific Media Centre. Accompanied by the US ConsulatGeneral public affairs adviser Phil McKenna, he met with PMC director Dr David Robie, just back from an overseas sabbatical.They discussed regional issues and possible areas where the two centres could collaborate, including thePMC feedbackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14253290936248647987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3609228880193757894.post-21293483880801038452010-07-31T23:19:00.000-07:002010-07-31T23:46:58.947-07:00Two PMC journalists to cover 2010 ForumPacific Media CentreThe Pacific Media Centre has been successful in gaining a grant from the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) to cover costs of assigning two postgraduate journalists to cover the Pacific Islands Forum meetings in Port Vila, Vanuatu, next week.Josephine Latu and Tupouseini Taumoepeau are leaving for Port Vila on Sunday to cover the week's meetings.Over PMC feedbackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14253290936248647987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3609228880193757894.post-92142624351038719422010-07-30T21:47:00.000-07:002010-07-30T22:08:21.268-07:00French student on Pacific Scoop, PMC internshipPacific Media CentreThe Pacific Media Centre has provided an internship base for Virginie Ribadeau Dumas, a French postgraduate student from the University of Rennes, who is completing a political science/journalism major.Dumas’ internship will be in two parts. From July 12 to July 30, 2010, she has been based at the PMC at AUT University. From August 1 to mid-September she will be based at ScoopPMC feedbackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14253290936248647987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3609228880193757894.post-37241812074454694422010-07-21T00:51:00.000-07:002010-07-25T14:30:17.824-07:00Journalism diploma, specifically for PasifikaPacific Media CentreA new one-year Graduate Diploma in Pacific Journalism is being offered to fulfil needs in New Zealand's increasingly diverse media environment at AUT University's School of Communication Studies.Next year is the inaugural year for AUT's new Pacific graduate diploma, a programme spearheaded by Pacific Media Centre director Dr David Robie.The development of the course follows PMC feedbackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14253290936248647987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3609228880193757894.post-31754266843762576022010-07-16T23:58:00.000-07:002010-07-18T21:22:20.279-07:00PMC director calls for greater global outreach by NZ j-schoolsPacific Media CentreNew Zealand journalism schools need to be far more internationally minded and think outside the parochial square, says Pacific Media Centre director David Robie.Just back from a six-week sabbatical trip to several Asian countries and Europe, Dr Robie says many New Zealand journalism graduates are doing well in countries such as China while pursuing an international career.The PMC feedbackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14253290936248647987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3609228880193757894.post-18476706246312789952010-07-16T21:32:00.000-07:002010-07-16T21:45:26.074-07:00Internship journo discovers the essence of ChinaBy Michele Ong in Beijing: Pacific Media CentreIt was in Anhui that I both truly experienced and saw China.Anhui province, with its stunning Huangshan mountain and beautiful old towns, was what I pictured China to be based on the movies I've watched and the books I've read.I first glimpsed Huangshan Mountain at the photo exhibition put out by respected artist Wang Wusheng at the opening ceremony PMC feedbackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14253290936248647987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3609228880193757894.post-82196982267363679912010-07-12T03:19:00.000-07:002010-07-13T19:23:42.867-07:00TVNZ helps bring colour to newsrooms through diversity scholarshipsBy Thakur Ranjit Singh: Pacific Media CentreAlisha Lewis, winner of this year's TVNZ Journalism Diversity Scholarship at AUT University’s journalism school, sees a positive future for cultural minorities in the Nerw Zealand news media. She is grateful for the award which has allowed her to pursue her dreams and ambition to enter a journalism career. “I always loved writing and was interested in PMC feedbackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14253290936248647987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3609228880193757894.post-49976209312439464572010-07-07T21:38:00.000-07:002010-07-13T19:09:18.668-07:00Media kingpins start new group after divisive PINA resignation By Josephine Latu, Pacific Media Watch A group of established media veterans have formed a new group – the Pacific Media Association (PMA) – after this week’s resignation announcement by former vice president of the main regional body, the Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) John Woods. The new media organization includes as key members Samoa Observer founder Savea Sano Malifa, Vanuatu DailyPMC feedbackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14253290936248647987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3609228880193757894.post-37953695377062842742010-06-30T23:44:00.000-07:002010-06-30T23:50:46.464-07:00Fiji media restrictions analysed by Amnesty International Pacific Media CentreAmnesty International has taken a staunch position against Fiji’s military government, stating that a new law that came into effect on June 25 will further restrict Fiji’s fourth estate from doing its job.In the report Amnesty International states the new law delivers another blow to media in Fiji, and reasons that “Despite the Government’s amendment of the draconian draft PMC feedbackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14253290936248647987noreply@blogger.com0