French President Emmanuel Macron is hailing the independence referendum as a victory for France. But many in the region see it differently.
- Founding Editor, Pacific Journalism Review / Te Koakoa, Auckland University of Technology
While Pacific communities need robust public health reporting, local media face harassment and arrest while covering the crisis.
Along with growing hostility towards journalists globally, the media climate in the Pacific has also been deteriorating.
Almost eight months after the much-heralded election to usher Fiji back into democracy mode, the country will mark World Press Freedom Day facing serious questions about its claims to have a free and fair media.
Today, while the world marks Press Freedom Day, draconian cyber defamation laws, journalist killings and legal gags are growing threats to the media across the Asia-Pacific. Media intersects with the raw…
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