MEDIA FREEDOM IN MELANESIA PUBLISHED BY THE PACIFIC MEDIA CENTRE MEDIA FREEDOM PACIFIC MEDIA CENTRE Te Amokura School of Communication Studies IN MELANESIA Auckland University of Technology EDITED BY KASUN UBAYASIRI, Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau FAITH VALENCIA-FORRESTER, DAVID ROBIE, Private Bag 92006, Auckland 1142 PHILIP CASS AND NICOLE GOOCH Aotearoa/New Zealand Email:
[email protected] 2020 JOURNALISM REVIEW 26(1) JULY PACIFIC Key Melanesian media freedom challenges: Tuwhera Open Access: www.pjreview.info Climate crisis, internet freedoms and West Papua ISSN 1023-9499 Journalism in Melanesia and external and internal threats in Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu Cover: The Jakarta Six Papuan self-determination protesters accused of makar Strengthening the voices of human rights defenders (treason) and Morning Star flag protest faces during the 2019 Papuan Uprising. Montage created by Pamela Valenzuela from images: Antara, Al Jazeera In her own words: Melanesian women in media Red tape, disinformation and bogus online media disruption in West Papua Scott Waide, Maseratis, EMTV and how a public outcry restored media freedom Forgetting Papua New Guinea? Australian media coverage FRONTLINE REVERSING SILENCES IN WEST PAPUA: INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND (AUDIO) DOCUMENTARY CREATIVE PRACTICE AS RESEARCH PLUS When TC Harold meets the novel coronavirus Negotiating uncertainty with public health communication What’s in a name? A history of NZ’s unique name supression laws and their impact on press freedom MEDIA FREEDOM IN MELANESIA Edition Editors: Dr Kasun Ubayasiri, Dr Faith Valencia-Forrester (both Grif- fith) Professor David Robie (AUT-PMC); Dr Philip Cass and Nicole Gooch Managing Editor: Professor David Robie Associate Editor and Reviews Editor: Dr Philip Cass Assistant Editors: Khairiah A.