Pacific Journalism Review (Pacific Media Centre, School of Communication Studies, Auckland University of Technology)
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Attacks on the press
Get PDFA record 173 journalists were held in prison at the end of 1994 and 72 journalists were killed in the line of duty—eight more than the previous year. Pacific cases have been cited in monitoring of news media abuses
REVIEW: Challenges over Pacific 'free media': A book review of Nius Bilong Pasifik, edited by David Robie.
No full textReview of Nius Bilong Pasifik: Mass Media in the Pacific, edited by David Robie. Port Moresby: University of Papua New Guinea Press.
This is the first comprehensive resource book on the South Pacific news media. Its foreward, by Tongan Futa Helu, sets the agenda. 'Media freedom in the Pacific islands,' he declares, 'is in the balance'
REVIEW: The blurring of the lines between PR and journalism: Book review of Politics of the Media, written by Ian Ward.
No full textReview of Politics of the Media by Ian Ward. Melbourne: Macmillan Educational Press
Serving truth with development news
Get PDFFlawed journalism has sullied Papua New Guinea's good name and built up an unfortunate but valid distrust of the media. The country and its problems have been the victim of shallow journalists unable to look past the bad. 
Wendy Bacon: A bullet and an orchid
Get PDFWendy Bacon, a winner of the Walkley Award, exposed corrupt activities by some New South Wales police officers and also foreigners implicated in the Fiji coups. Now an academic, Associate Professor Bacon assisted University of PNG's new investigative journalism course. 
Share the whole vision, good news and bad
Get PDFImage-massagers sprucing up Pacific government images aren't enough. While issues such as the raskol problem, land disputes and Bougainville remain unresolved, there will continue to be a 'bad press'.
 
Neville Togarewa: A scoop in the jungle
Get PDFFrom his observation and association within the three newspaper companies, Neville Togarewa believes investigative journalism is mostly lacking in PNG. However, it is demanding. It involves courage as well as resources. 
Cat-and-mouse over the French nukes
Get PDFFrench nuclear tests and the controversial draft Pacific logging code of practice drew most of the media coverage at the Madang South Pacific Forum meeting. But logging was almost brushed aside by the host country. 
REVIEW: Basic facts about PNG journos can depend on: Book review of PNG: A Fact Book on Mondern Papua New Guinea, written by Jackson Rannells.
No full textReview of PNG: A Fact Book on Modern Papua New Guinea (2nd ed), by Jackson Rannells, Melbourne, Oxford University Press.
What do barramundi, birds of paradise, the Censorship Board, village courts, malnutrition, Wantok, PMVs, Prime Minister Sir Julus Chan and the Pangu Pati have in common? They're all featured in the second edition of Jack Rannells' handy PNG: A Fact Book. In fact, 'handy' is an understatement
REVIEW: Confronting major regional threats over development: Book review of Development and Environment in Papua New Guinea: An Overview, edited by Hans-Martin Schoell
No full textReview of Development and Environment in Papua New Guinea: An Overview, edited by Hans-Martin Schoell. Goroka: Melaneasian Institute.
From 'wrongdoings' to 'no doings'— welcome to controversies in development in Papua New Guinea and the Pacific. This is Part One of another publication in the Point series from the Melaneasian Institute. Edited by Hans-Martin Schoell, Development and Environment is a well-researched perspective on a region and its people caught in a snag of controversial issues in forestry, fisheries and mining.