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On the corruption trail: PROFILES IN THE MEDIA: Dominic Kakas
No full textOnce seeking to be a biochemist, Dominic Kakas decided to commit himself to journalism. Fired by a strong desire to make a difference with Papua New Guinea's growing corruption problem, he is now editor of The Independent
REVIEW: Pactok: How the Pacific covers 'nius' on the internet: Review of Pactok's Pacific Talk virtual library
No full textReview of Pactok's Pacific Talk virtual library.
Now a new venture by the Pactok organisation has created on-line access to locally produced news from the South-West Pacific region.
 
Sir Peter firm on Freedom
Get PDF"Three months ago, Archbishop Sir Peter Kurongku delivered an address to the media freedom seminar on the subject of accountability. In his address, he emphasised that the media had responsibility to find and publish the truth. This, he said, was a responsibility placed upon media owners, managers and staff to carry out their duties 'in the service of the community.
The Paradise Conspiracy
Get PDFA death, missing computer disks, a wineboxfull of secret files, a tax haven in the Cook Islands, alleged extortion, arms dealing, corruption, coverups and criminal fraud, billion dollar deals, kidnap attempts ... and an investigative television team's struggle to expose the truth. 
Spotlight on the role of the news media
Get PDFThe push by the PNG government for a 'responsible and accountable' media has put the country's industry in the public spotlight. Several seminars and debates have highlighted the role as a public watchdog. 
Uni Tavur and media education at UPNG
Get PDFUni Tavur, the award-winning journalism training newspaper at the University of PNG is the only newspaper in the South Pacific to have an 'editorial character'. The paper also observes the Charter of Student Press Rights under the United Nations Covention on Freedom of Information. 
Media: Tauiwi and Māori news: The indigenous view
No full textAotearoa/New Zealand is divided between the mainstream news media and the fast-gowing Māori media with different perspectives. New Zealand journalism graduates need to be taught different media systems and news values. In the New Zealand news media now and beyond 2000 the biggest growth area is in the Māori media. For many years Māori have been saying the news media ignores their perspective on news and is not reporting Māori events properly. The news media failed to take notice of these claims and in frustration Maori set up their own media. In the last 19 years—but more so in the past five years there has been a huge growth in the Māori news media. There are now nine Iwi newspapers, 26 Iwi radio stations, a Māori radio news network and several Māori magazines, the most prominent being Mana
Censorship in Malawi
Get PDFMalawi is an example of the utter extremes of press censorship. It never experienced press freedom until 1993. The Malawi people are still bitter after three decades of Banda's rule. The people's new experience in press freedom has given them their first taste of democracy. 
Why can't Kalang push ahead?
Get PDFWhen something goes wrong, attracts a lot of attention and raises concern, we're quick off the mark to ask: what happend? How did this happen to radio Kalang and why did it happen the way it has? Most of all— who is to blame
Curbing the exposure of crooked dealings
Get PDFThe only people who think press freedom is a problem are the 'crooked politicians' trying to cover up their crooked dealings. Politicians who cannot stand press scrutiny should stay out of public life.