A frog's head, old ashtrays and student politics
Commentary: Uni Tavur, the journalism training newspaper produced by the University of Papua New Guinea reporters and editors, celebrated its second decade of publishing in July 1994. The newspaper...
View ArticleThe Rali affair: A case study for a free press
In 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...
View ArticleChronology of a protest
"Afternoon session opens debate on World Bank (WB) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) intiated land mobilisation programme. Students express concern about the Government being used by the two...
View ArticleRatbags, revolutionaries and free speech: The Queensland radical press in 1968
Australian governments have made continuing attempts to restrict the public’s right to know. This article looks back to 1968 when radical Queensland university students challenged state government...
View ArticleIndependent journalism
Discussion about the role of journalism in universities too often leaves the impression that our main, and even only game, should be producing employees for major media corporations. This issue of...
View ArticleMedia freedom in Fiji: Journalism challenges facing Wansolwara, an...
This article is a case study of Wansolwara, the University of the South Pacific (USP) journalism programme student training newspaper. The article compares the outcomes of Wansolwara’s coverage of the...
View ArticleFrontline: Interrogating power and disrupting the discourse about Onslow and...
Abstract: When government statements talk about a secret deal with a multinational consortium that will see more than A$250 million spent on a town with a population of around 1000 people, questions...
View ArticleFrom Pacific Scoop to Asia Pacific Report: A case study in an independent...
Media convergence within the news and current affairs landscape over the past two decades has opened opportunities for competing newspapers, television stations and online publishers to form alliances...
View ArticleThe ghost of Felix Culpa: Adventures in the journalism education trade
Commentary: What is the most effective way to teach the realities of journalism to students? This article argues that the most effective model is the community newspaper, which provides students with...
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