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Public opinion and the news media: OMBUDSMAN COMMISSION AND THE MEDIA 3
No full textDuring the elections the news media, both as a corporate citizen and as the conveyor of events, happenings and decisions to the masses, is called upon to exercise more care and responsibility than at any other time. An innocent looking news article could spell doom for a political party or a leader. 
Media and the message
Get PDFThe University of PNG's journalism program has performed with distinction since it began in 1975 with New Zealand Government aid funding the staff and courses for about three years. More than 170 students have graduated with degrees or diplomas in journalism and the university's alumni are today found in key media positions or civil life throughout the Pacific. 
REVIEW: Tackling mass media and mass ignorance: Review of Dateline Earth: As if the planet mattered, by Kunda Dixit
No full textReview of Dateline Earth: As if the planet mattered, by Kunda Dixit. Manila: InterPress.
Former Interpress regional editor Kunda Dixit's provacatively titled book Dateline Earth: Journalism As If The Planet Mattered, provides regional journalists with a timely global view that makes a mockery of dry old company balance sheets. 'Development should lead to human progress but it doesn't always' says Dixit. 'Journalists are a crucial link to the feedback loop ensuring that improvements in the quality of life can be sustained and do not permanently damage nature.
REVIEW: Global networks and news beyond Utopia: Review of Information Technologies for Newspaper Publishing in the Asia-Pacific, edited by Belinda Hopkinson
No full textReview of Information Technologies for Newspaper Publishing in the Asia-Pacific, edited by Belinda Hopkinson. Paris: UNESCO.
Today, as more people become interested in what is happening outside their village, province and South Pacific nation, more and more technological expertise is required to satisfy their interest. Information Technologies for Newspaper Publishing in Asia and the Pacific is a timely book which puts the technology revolution in a useful, practical context for journalists and media managers. 
Jada and the Phantom: CARTOONISTS: JADA WILSON
No full textReview of Jada Wilson (cartoonist): Jada's interest in cartoons goes back to his early childhood days. Then, he used to read alot of comics such as the Phantom and Donald Duck. This interest inspired him to start drawing and cartooning
FORUM: Prize-winning student paper still hangs on
No full textUncertainty still clouds the future of the University of Papua New Guinea's award-winning journalism training newspaper Uni Tavur, suspended in the second semester 1997 due to lack of staff and funding. - Letters by Jean Nuia (PNG); Robert Foster (USA); John Henningham (Australia); Laurie Breen (UK); Rogert Patching (Australia); Wendy, Bacon, Chris Nash, David McKnight, Penny O'Donnell and Brenda Mattick (Australia); Murray Burt (UK); Robert Hooper (USA); and Joe Chika Anyanwu (Australia)
Practise what you preach: The Fiji Times Editorial Comment
No full textWhen the Senate sat for 20 minutes yesterday it cost taxpayers $2400. In those 20 minutes senators said a prayer, adopted the minutes of thier sitting and heard the Senator Filipe Bole move the reading five Bills. The House then adjourned for tea and until today. It can be taken for granted that the taxpayers also paid for morning tea. 
Public perception of the Ombudsman: OMBUDSMAN COMMISSION AND THE MEDIA 2
No full textThe Ombudsman Commission's ability in getting results again reinforces the public's confidence in the Ombudsman office and what it stands for - standing up for the rights of individuals who would otherwise be ignored by the powers that be. 
EDITORIAL: Mercenaries and the media
Get PDFNews breaks—or develops—on the Net these days with remarkable ease. News organisations are without the Internet at their peril. At the Commonwealth Journalists Association conference in Hong Kong during January, the Pacific delegation heard a Ugandan editor, Kevin Ogen, describe in details how his newspaper, The Monitor broke a major corruption story using the Net. 
Paparazzi v British media
Get PDFInspite of the tragedy of Princess Diana and the public backlash against paparazzi, the British Government has refused to implement recommendations of statutory control in 'privacy'. It must have faith in self-regulation by the media; and it does not believe control is necessary in a democracy.