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Fiji news media faces crisis of ethics: Chaudhry and the Fiji Media 1
No full textIn a long-running Government dispute with the Fiji news media over professionalism, accountability and training ever since the May 1999 general election, this speech stirred the controversy to new heights. 
War of words with publisher
Get PDFThere was a war of words between Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry and a senior journalist at a media function last night.
Chaudhry claimed there was no truth in a story written by Robert Keith-Reid of Island Business. When Keith-Reid yelled out from the audience that the story had come from a reliable sources, Chaudhry told him he (Keith-Reid) was suffering memory lapse. 
Why the media must remain free: Chaudhry and the Fiji Media 3
No full text'There is absolutely no need for laws to restrict media freedoms. We live in a democratic state and provided the media conforms with its Code of Ethics, it must remain free.
Course finds PNG 'mecca' for probes: INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM 1
No full textEditors and news directors decided the controversial restructuring of operations at the University of Papua New Guinea was the story deserving deeper exploration. By the week's end, journalists had produced a series of feature and news stories for media exposés
The Rali affair: A case study for a free press: INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM 2
No full textIn early 1996, a PNG news media cover-up was alleged over the so-called Topul Rali affair. An exposé by the student newspaper Uni Tavur led to a clash with the University of PNG administration and the journalism programme was closed down three years later. 
The Daily Post sale: MEDIA BUY OUTS 1
No full textOpposition parties and media groups have protested over the Fiji Government's buying of a major stake in the Daily Post, one of the country's two daily newspapers. But the Government insists that it is for the benefit of the nation. 
Taxpayers in business: MEDIA BUY OUTS 2
No full text'Whether the Post retains editorial independence remains to be seen. The Post's past editorial policy has supported media independence. Perhaps the first ominous sign is the Post's lack of editorial comment on the deal.
Give us a break: MEDIA BUY OUTS 3
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Recently the Daily Post has been the favourite whipping boy of anyone who has anything to say about anything. We get blasted in Parliament, we get blasted by the Government, we get blasted by the Opposition, we get blasted in the newspaper, we get blasted on television and we get blasted on radio. Yesterday [24 February 1999], on page 6 of the Fiji Times, we received one of the cruellest cuts when a man by the name of Yogesh Prasad said: "One way the Government could have helped the Daily Post is by sending their reporters to schools to learn the basic [sic] of journalism and the editorial staff overseas so that they could learn to put [sic] a paper free of bias, master media ethics and cram proper gramer.
Post mortem on a bad deal: MEDIA BUY OUTS 5
No full text'The deal is out of the ordinary. It flies so flagrantly in the face of the Government's own privatisation policy ... and Parliament was so blatantly bypassed, that it sprouts the persistent thought that there has to be much more to it than meets the eye.' 
Outwitting repression of the media in PNG
Get PDF'Papua New Guinea could possbily teach the rest of the world a thing or two about preserving press freedom. What has worked in the media's favour in PNG is the country's vibrant—you could say rampant— democracy.