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Pacific Islands Communication Newsletter, March 1977, Vol. 7, No. 1 RESEARCH INFORMATION SERVICES , ,1 EAST-WEST CENTER I I HAWAI Oi I .). ("DI ommunIeatTon Jewkttor iiiePacific IslandsNews Association Suva, Fiji Social Sciences & Linguistics Institute Honolulu, Hawaii East-West Communication Institute Honolulu, Hawaii March 1977 Vol. 7, No. 1 PNG JOURNALISM MUST DEFINE ROLE By COLEMAN MONI Blame for this must be direct- But why is the press so timid Port Moresby ed toward unsatisfactory training now? Perhaps the press has "no given to young reporters. guts' to fight for its rights and Journalism can do a lot in any purposes thus hampering the profes- society, particularly during transi- The initial step for proper' sion from developing its character tional periods. In Papua New Guinea training began in 1974 when 10 and style. journalism has been contributing cadets from the Government Office tremendously toward national deve- of Information and the NBC spent a Within press organizations lopment, unity, and a sense of self year on basic journalism training there exist healthy relationships reliance. in New Zealand under the New Zea- between media executives and their land Government Aid Program to reporters. The National Broadcast- The profession, though, has yet Papua New Guinea. ing Commission (NBC) on two in- to identify its status and place in stances threatened to ban press a country where cultural differences Since then, a year-long diplo- coverage of student activities at and language barriers are immense. ma program has been established at the University of Papua New Guinea, Whether up and coming journalists the University of Papua New Guinea, and also coverage of meetings of will merely follow the footsteps of with Ross Stevens (a Kiwi journal- the Central Provincial Government. their predecessors--mainly foreign ist) administering. Now over 30 develop a true "Mela- young cadets have taken up the reporters--or turn to nesian" concept is hard to say. profession. (please page 9) It was only in the last decade that the profession has had a few nationals enter it. Because of the Canham on the needy state of development and 'Spike' Pacific Press transition, most now hold executive By FLOYD TAKEUCHI people whom they cease to regard as positions in the public and private Assistant Editor people, and they sit at the type- media industry. writer and they write about entities Erwin Spike Canham, editor which are not human. I think it is The popular opinion that the emeritus of the Christian Science all right to be reminded that you press is nowhere near maturity is Monitor, thinks more people should are talking about people. a clear indication of the present see beauty in smaller packages. His (please turn to page 3) status of journalism in Papua New philosophy of life suits him well Guinea. in his new role as U.S. Resident Commissioner to the Government of Perhaps reporters devote too the Northern Mariana Islands. WHAT'S INSIDE much time and space on shallow re- porting of facts and information. During a recent wide-ranging However, one fact is obvious: signs interview held on Saipan, Canham,Editor's73, Notes 2 of critical and investigative re- spoke about his almost 50 years as porting have yet to appear in the a journalist for one of America's Guam Cable-TV S media. most respected newspapers, and he shared these thoughts about the New Radio Station6 Bill Kuamin, interim president role and status of the press in of PNG Press Club, adds: "We seem Micronesia. PICN Forum 7 to report only on the surface of the issues, making the public be- "I respect the fact that noth- PEACESAT 8 lieve that the tip of an iceberg ing is anonymous in a small commu- is all that exists. nity, he says. One of the dangers Research Ethics 10 in metropolitan journalism is that I couldn't agree more. reporters write something about __Indian Jon Examines Third k'r World' Press Issues The physical isolation of Pa- r:'rFL JIM RICHSTAD cific Island journalists can some- times lead to what might be termed This issue of PICN containstesting of television. How can "professional isolation." PICN three thoughtful views on the role television programs be shown,' tries to meet this issue by offering of the press in the Pacific Islands Smith asks, 'to an experimental a variety of articles and reviews --what it can do and should do in group in a society without televi- on the activities of journalists in the Pacific context. Two of the sion when it is possible that there other parts of the region. articles start on Page 1, by will be negative effects?" He then Coleman Moni in Port Moresby and proceeds to describe how the group Occasionally publications come an interview with Erwin "Spike he is involved with answered that to the attention of PICN which might Canham in Saipan. The third re- question. With the increasing sen- be of interest to readers. One such flective article (Page 7) is by sitivity in the Pacific toward re- publication is Communicator, a pro- Lasarusa Vusoniwailala, of Suva search of this nature the article fessional journal put out by the but now at the East-West Center. is an contribution to Indian Institute of Mass Communica- The three articles indicate a high important tion. concern and some uncertainty on the discussion. what the role of the press in the Edited by M.V. Desai, Communi- Pacific should be, and the essen- cator concentrates on the problems Two new of Third World tial uniqueness of the Pacific newspapers in Micro- journalists. The scene. PICN is happy to provide nesia came to the attention of majority of articles in each issue a forum for this kind of question- PICN over the past quarter. The cover some of the problems faced Carolines in South ing and testing of the Pacific Observer, published in by journalists Asia. But Islands press. Yap and edited by Ben Ruan, and these problems are brought on by a the Marshall Islands Journal, edi- similar colonial heritage, and Pa- Another important debate is ted by Justin de Brum, have been cific Island journalists operating carried on by Dan Smith of Majuro in operation since November of in a post-British press system will and John Bystrom, director of last year. be able to identify with most of PEACESAT in Honolulu, over the the issues raised in the journal. accomplishments and future of The Observer is a bi-monthly, PEACESAT. Smith is urging a re- and it is published primarily in Some of the articles which ap- organization of the system and a English with some Yapese. peared in a recent issue, for exam- strong move to operationalize it, ple, include, "Who is an Editor?", as opposed to the demonstration The Marshall Islands Journal "The Transnational Power Structure or experimental status it now has. the only indigenous language paper and International Information", Bystrom details the problems of in Micronesia, is published by the "From the Indian Perspective", and, such an approach, and outlines his Micronitor News and Printing Com- "Studies of Information Media and own plans for PEACESAT development pany, which also publishes the Cultural Institutions in USSR." weekly Micronesian Independent Smith also contributes another Subscriptions are ¬2 or US $5, article to this issue--on the ethi- We hope to carry more detailed by airmail. Checks or drafts should cal considerations involved in the accounts in the next issue of PICN. be made out to the Indian Institute of Mass Communication. The address is: IIMC Press, D 13 NOSE Part II, Reorganized Fiji Press Club New Delhi 110049, India. For Local Media PACIFIC ISLANDS NewBy USHASUNDARForum held in Suva recently confirmed the COMMUNICATION NEWSLETTER Suva honeymoon was over for this new orga- nization. Publisher The Fiji Press Club, the newly Social Sciences and Linguistics Inst. founded forum for Fiji journalists,Club president Mr. Raymond Moti Donald M. Topping, Director is exploring ways of improving train- said the club would take up issues Porteus Hall, University of Hawaii ing facilities for local cadet jour- which were significant in bringing Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 USA nalists. about a better deal for journalists working conditions and training. The Editorial Staff The club was formed last year at club would survey conditions and sal- Editor: Jim Riehstad a meeting in Suva of journalists who aries of journalist and organize Assistant Editor: Floyd Takeuchi wanted to revive the press club which training seminars for reporters. became defunct in 1972. Mr. Len Address all correspondence to: Usher, organizing director for the One of the major problems in the The Editor, PICN Pacific Islands News Association and past had been the fragmentation of East.West Communication Inst. former editor of Fiji Times, was made media in Fiji, the president noted in 1777 East.West Road the club's first patron.his annual report. Honolulu, Hawaii 96848 USA The first annual general meeting (please turn to page 4) confrontation on some issues. The late Kansas editor William Allen essential,' Canham White, a long-time friend of Can- courage says ham's, provides a particularly vivid example. (continued from page 1) got to be able to publish next Looking at the various news week." "William Allen White was not a- media now operating in Micronesia, A wise editor, according to bove criticizing things in the com- Canhani cites the Guam-based Pacific Canham, might feel that while so- munity," he says. "His classic Daily. News as being an excellent and-so may be a rascal in the admin- initial editorial was, "What's Wrong paper within its limitations. istration of a certain fund, he is With Kansas?" which was laying it nice to his children and his grand- on the line.
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