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Better Aids coverage
Get PDFOne of the basic roles of journalism is to inform people about what is happening. Technically, we describe this as the 'watchdog' role. But in Papua New Guinea the 'watchdog' has dangerously dosed off on the AIDS situation. 
'Censorship by exile' In Micronesia
No full textNow living in Guam, banned editor Sherry O'Sullivan launched in August her Micronesia News Magazine, distributing it widely. The first issue contained a barrage of information embarrassing the FSM government, including on corruption. 
Radio Djiido turns ten
Get PDFAlthough its mission is to be the Kanak people's voice, Radio Djiido broadcasts news and commentry in French. This use of the colonial language to further an indigenous cause might appear odd, but the reason is purely pragmatic— there are 32 different Kanak languages. 
The origins of journalism education at UPNG
Get PDFJournalism education training was started at the University of PNG at the beginning of 1975, when the New Zealand Government agreed to fund a one-year Diploma in Journalism for an initial two-year period. Before this, the few national journalists employed in Papua New Guinea had been trained in-house by the two-principal employers of the time— the Office of Information and the National Broadcasting Commission. 
On the protest frontline: PROFILES IN THE MEDIA: JOSEPH EALEDONA
No full textOne of the highlights of award-winning Joseph Ealedona's jounalism career was while he was a student covering a protest at the French Embassy in 1987 in support of Kanak independence. 
'The world is watching and we've got a message'
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World coverage on the Sandline affair was in contrast to that of the long-running civil war on Bougainville. Foreign journalists have been kept out and perhaps it is just a coincidence that its horrors have never been live on CNN but now peace is close for its hard-pressed people
Political guidelines
Get PDFAdditional guidelines that The National set for its reporters to follow in coverage of political stories during the June general election. 
Observer under threat
Get PDFThe publisher of the Samoa Observer has been battling a long, courageous and expensive campaign to defend his newspaper. And the latest Government attacks on the Observer are a chilling bid to curb free speech. 
The Pacific mission press
Get PDFThe missions were the first to bring printing presses to the region and usually the first to establish a newspaper in the various islands. Despite their limited circulations, church newspapers are still important because of their role in preserving local languages and because of their historical function. 
Singirok claims denied
No full textClaims by sacked Papua New Guinea military commander Jerry Singirok before the first mercenary Commission of Inquiry that Sandline planned to hire a journalist for A$250,000 to 'positively report on Sandline' have been strongly denied by the two named journalists.