Articles Tagged: journalism

Vienna, 8 May 2008 PRESS RELEASE 93 Reasons Why Journalism Remains a Dangerous Profession   With 93 journalists killed, 2007 was another deadly year. Iraq proved again to be the most hazardous place on earth to report, with the conflict accounting for almost half of all journalists killed during the year. In Somalia, another conflict zone, eight journalists were also killed.   In Europe, the murder of Hrant Dink by a Turkish nationalist reinforced the dangers to those who def

An Australian newspaper publisher has been deported from Fiji amid concerns over freedom of speech an human rights in the country. Ewan Hannah, the publisher of the Fiji Times was put on a flight to South Korea after a judge ruled he had broken visa conditions. This makes him the second Australian journalist to have been expelled from the country in recent months. Fiji?s government, which came to power in a coup in 2006, has been widely criticised by rights groups and governments in the regio

The recent deportation of Fiji Sun's publisher, Russell Hunter was covered in a posting in David Robie's blog Cafe Pacific. A prequel to the media's relationship with the state was summed up in a factual expose published by RMIT's 'The Fifth Estate' written by Crystal Ja. Entrenched pundits have labeled this as a crackdown on media freedom. However, a previous SiFM posting "Fiji Media and Ethical Deviations" identifies a similar track record of slantness. David Robie's take on the Fiji Tim

The recent deportation of Fiji Sun's publisher, Russell Hunter was covered in a posting in David Robie's blog Cafe Pacific. A prequel to the media's relationship with the state was summed up in a factual expose published by RMIT's 'The Fifth Estate' written by Crystal Ja. Entrenched pundits have labeled this as a crackdown on media freedom. However, a previous SiFM posting "Fiji Media and Ethical Deviations" identifies a similar track record of slantness. David Robie's take on the Fiji Tim

Hoorah ! Wananavu ! It's a wonderful weekend for free speech this weekend in Fiji! Gold Stars and congratulations to Fiji Sun, Fiji Times and fellow Bloggers Solivakasama and TardwatchFiji for producing the sort of bold and shining investigative journalism that has uncovered the Fiji junta's DELIBERATE cover up of their internal blatant wrong doing,corruption, covert cronyism and constant nepotism. This in the face of threats, violence, intimidation and possible (illegal) arrest and impriso

News reporting of the so-called ?terror? raids by New Zealand police, news media freedom of speech in Fiji, and how old-fashioned journalism helped break the United States Enron scandal are topics for analysis at a journalism conference in Wellington next week.