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Media and the coup: Coverage of crises 4
No full textThe accessibility of key players during the crisis was helped in no small measure by the availability of mobile telephones. Thirteen years ago, Vodaphone was yet to exist. During the crisis, Speight, Tarakinikini and others were just a phone call away
Crisis of conscience
Get PDFThe University of the South Pacific has become the centre of excellence in the region, as indeed any university of USP's nature should be. Apart from teaching and research, the university has in many ways become the critical conscience of the region
REVIEW: Lesson for the internet Down Under: Review of Newsgathering on the Net, edited by Stephen Quinn
No full textReview of Newsgathering on the Net, edited by Stephen Quinn. Second edition. Melbourne: Macmillan.
Chapter One covers journalistic skills for the new millennium and my favourite subject CAR- computer assisted reporting. Other simply presented chapters include explaining the jargon of the Net, managing bookmarks, email for newsgathering, listservers and newsgroups for news gathering, assessing information quality, and a look at the future. 
REVIEW: Frozen in time? Not so likely in tropical Fiji TV: Review of Fiji Waves, produced/directed by Natalie Gouin
No full textReview of Fiji Waves, produced/directed by Natalie Gouin. Canadian television documentary, 57min, 2001. Montreal, Quebec.
Fiji Waves starts with a moving glimpse of Fiji. But it isn't meant for Fijians. In fact, the almost hour long documentary shot in Fiji in late 1999 is meant to enlighten those that live in the "first world"— Canadian viewers. The major and most interesting part of the documentary deals with how globalisation, modernisation, new imperialism is affecting the minds, lifestyle and culture of people who live in Fiji with the introduction of television. 
Reporting diseases in the Pacific
Get PDFHeart disease, turberculosis, STDs and HIV/AIDS have one common feature: they are, with the correct information and application, all preventable diseases. Yet, throughout the Pacific, such diseases are on the increase. What should the media do
Running scared- how the media left Dili: East Timor and West Papua 3
No full text'The militia men shot up the front of Dili's Hotel Mahkota. The message was clear—get out now while you can. This act was enough to trigger the vast majority of the remaining journalists to leave.' 
Fiji Times hits back at PM's allegations: Chaudhry and the Fiji Media 2
No full text'Most of the Prime Minister's statements consisted of sweeping generalisations or statements of opinion dressed up as fact—ironically, the very sin of which he accused the media.
REVIEW: The 'widow village' and human justice: Review by Del Abcede
No full textReview of Pacific Women Speak Out: For Independence and Denuclearisation, edited by Zohl de Ishtar. Sydney: Women's International League for Peace and Freedom/ Raven Press.
Self- determination, land rights and human rights are still the leading issues of the day. These issues are as old as humanity itself. It's particularly more touching if the victims are least powerful—the women and children. Pacific Women Speak Out highlights some of these. 
Dutch role in hostage crisis
Get PDFDutch Amabassador, Paul Brouwer, tells in the Dutch radio programme Argos (5 November 1999) about the good cooperation between the Indonesians, Britsh and Dutch. 
'OP'- chief with big heart: PROFILES IN THE MEDIA: Oseah Philemon
No full text'The editor of the Solomon Star, John Lamani, says Oseah Philemon's style of writing is very direct and always has the feel of the common people.