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Australia’s media climate: Time to renegotiate control
Get PDFIn 2007, Australia was rated by two international media bodies as well down the chain in media freedom. Within its own borders, internal media groups—in particular the Australian Press Council and the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance, as well as a consortium of major employer groups—have recently released reports investigating the position of media freedoms. This atricle examines a select few of these shrinking freedoms which range from the passive restrcitions on access to documents to the overt threat of imprisonment for publishing sensitive material. In particular, it considers laws relating to freedom of information, camera access to courts, shield laws and whistleblower protection and finally revamped anti-terrorism laws. The article maps the landscape of Australia's downgraded press fredom and suggests that laws controlling media reportage need to be renegotiated. 
EDITORIAL: Political blogs
Get PDFThis edition of Pacific Journalism Review publishes some of the articles presented at the Public Right To Know (PR2K6) conference held in Sydney on 23-25 November 2007. The conference is hosted by Australian Centre for Independent Journalism (ACIJ), University of Technology, Sydney. The 2007 conference was the sixth in the series and its theme was 'reporting futures: journalism, new media, new publics'. 
EDITORIAL: The Challenges
Get PDFWelcome to this edition of Pacific Journalism Review, which gives a taste of what was on offer at the recent Journalism Education Association of NZ (JEANZ) conference, hosted by Massey University's Department of Communication, Journalism and Marketing in Wellington on 10-12 December 2007. The theme of the conference was: 'The future for the mainstream- the changing demands on journalists and the challenge for journalism educators.' We asked a range of eminent speakers to give their views on the topic, including politicians, journalists, editors and legal experts. Our three keynote speakers' addresses are all contained in this volume. 
Commentary: The smartest guys in the room – covering the Enron saga
No full textFortune magazine Bethany McLean profiles her expose on the 2001 Enron financial scandal...
"I thought I'd just start by telling you the story of Enron from my own perspective. It is funny that Helen Clark used the word 'antediluvian' and the director of the enforcement of the US securities regulator SEC recently made a comment that many people in the market today weren't around at the time of the Enron collapse. That made me feel like a bit of a dinosaur...
Bogans in the news: A case of media reflexivity
No full textIn March 2007, the New Zealand government announced the outcome of its competitive funding round for Top Achiever Doctoral Scholarships. This article traces the news controversy emerging with the awarding of a scholarship for the first author to study the everyday lives of Bogans. Across radio, newspaper and television news outlets tensions emerged regarding the (mis)use of public monies, representations of Bogans, and common understandings of academic research. The authors document their efforts to extend news deliberations beyond negative reactions to the scholarship. 
Commentary: The power of print remains undiminished
No full textThe Dominion Post editor Tim Pankhurst, whose newspaper celebrated its centenary in 2007, outlines the innovations undertaken by his newspaper in meeting the technological challenges of the mainstream media.
"Opposite is the by now familiar face of former assistant police commissioner and former Auckland district commander Clint Rickards. He resigned in disgrace in Decemeber 2007 the day before internal police disciplinary charges were to begin against him. He had survived two rape trials and escaped being convicted of any criminal offence but there was no doubt he had brought the police into disrepute through his actions in Rotorua in the 1980s, when he admitted to engaging in group sex while on duty. At the very elast he was a sexual predator and a highly intimidating bully...
Fiji playing hide-and-seek with democracy: Review of From Election to Coup in Fiji: The 2006 campaign and its aftermath, edited by Jon Fraenkel and Stewart Firth
No full textFrom Election to Coup in Fiji, is a collection of more than 30 essays dealing with various aspects of political and social life of Fiji, gives a glimpse into issues and concerns faced by Fiji. A multiracial, multi ethnic nation that has been playing hide-and-seek with democracy and identity politics since its independence from the British. 
Spectacular transition in the Pacific: Review of Asia in the Pacific Islands: Replacing the West, by Ron Crocombe
No full textCrocombe has provided a wealth of information that is invaluable for the region (Fiji) as a beanchmark text but it would have been improved with tighter editing and more attractive and user-friendly design features. 
Noted: Poignant tale of colonialism, sexual politics: Review of An Island Calling, directed by Annie Goldson
No full textWhen Fiji police bumbled their way through investigating the double murder of Red Cross hero John Scott—the 'angel of mercy' during the parliamentary hostage drama in May 2000—and his longtime partner Greg Scrivener, they were accused of a lack of ethics and professionalism. Legal breaches such as sub judice and contempt of court were cited by international critics. The media was also condemned. 
Art journalism and the impact of ‘globalisation’: New fugal modalities of storytelling in Austral-Asian writing
Get PDFThe writing of art journalism has played a key yet little acknowledged role in the ongoing expansion of the international contemporary art world, and the multi-billion dollar global art economy. This article discusses some contradictory impacts of globalisation on art journalism—from extremes of sensationalist record-breaking art market reporting in the global mass media to the emergence of innovative modalities of story-telling in Australian independent journalistic art writing.
This article discusses some contradictory impacts of gobalisation on art journalism— from extremes of sensationalist record-breaking art market reporting in the global mass media to the emergence of innovative modalities of story-telling in Australian independent art writing.