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SURVEY ON TRAINING FOR PACIFIC ISLAND NEWSPAPERMEN The South Pacific Editors Con- It was recognized that he must be a program was to produce a journalist able to what is inhis rice last year in Fiji agreed that able to demonstrate ability to perform identify happening it development of an efficient and certain skills and solve certain problems, own country, represent clearlyand to his and be '"1xinsjb1e press in the Pacific Islands but the skills and problems objectively people, particu- of traditional ends on solving theproblem of train- had to be identified. larly conscious and sensitivities. the relatively inexperienced On-the-job was favored as the best customary Pacific Island ralists who are producing the way of teaching the basic skills, but no The skills a journalist the was to perform were the con- a spilpers in the region. newspaper had staff or facilities to expected I he East-West Communication conduct training systematically. Short ventional skills but in addition he had to be able to do from titute affirmed its support of the courses in techniques would help everything sweeping alleviate this, but it was thought they the floors to writing editorials. itors' aspirations by inviting :) In McClefland, aNew Zealand jour- should go further, that the objective of (continued, p. and volunteer editor of the Tonga Onlele for two years, onasix-month PRESS CONFERENCE OF THE PACIFIC GETS GOING WHhip to develop a program and ''iii which could be used as basic Pacific press conferences using the entry into the Common Market on Pacific hug for inexperienced Island jour- Peacesat radio satellite system were con- Island trading. Participants included ists within their own environment. ducted during May and June. The first John Moses and Noel Harrison, Fiji; lit-fore beginning to plan a project, conference, originating from Honolulu, John Griffin, Robert McClelland and a ruiressary for him to draw on the was held May 15/16 with Dr. Thomas Jim Richstad, Hawaii; and four jour- i, opinions and observations ofthe H. Hamilton as the news source. nalism students in Wellington. Jack pie most concerned with journalism The second conference originated from Kelleher, editor of the Dominion, ruing in the Pacific Islands, the Island Wellington with M.A. Reidy, an expert served as organizer and moderator. rmen themselves and the corn- on Pacific as the news source. ;pap trading, Peacesat is administered through educators associated with ideation The press conference idea grew in the University of Hawaii, under the Pacific Islands. MeClelland prepared part out of the 1972 South Pacific Edi- direction of Dr. John Bystrom. The them to indicate a stionnaire for tors Conference in Suva and is designed system uses the NASA satellite ATS-1, sort of editors andtheir program to provide a professional news link among in stationary orbit over the Pacific. It them do a is needed to help both the islands. is for experimental educational use and e r oh. To stimulate thought j The fir St conference d e alt with carries a wide of different riind editors ofthe discussion range types tourism. Dr. Hamilton is the former of programming. houiference, a paper of their head of the Hawaii Visitors Bureau and LATE a on journalism training was NEWS BULLETIN: is chairman of the PEACESAT oem the conference records and currently governor's VICTIM OF BUDGET CUTS committee on tourism. cornrihutod with the questionnaire--I. The According to University of Hawaii in conference President report from which this article was Participants the Harlan Cleveland, the low- iiis available through the East- included L. G. Usher and Noel Harrison, cost satellite communication network "Communication Institute. Fiji; Leota Pita Alailima, We stern begun in Hawaii two years ago is "one station); of Early in March 1972, 58 Samoa (from Pa go Pa go the casualties of Hawaii's current -tionnaireS were mailed out and 22 Robert Stott and Ron Malcolm, New financial crisis." The .request for New a returned, most by early May. Zealand; Biga Lebasi, Papua $60, 000 from the State budget to sup- and Robert PEA he stated object of the exercise was Guinea; John Griffin port CESAT activities for another McClelland, Honolulu; and X. ering the questions: What is a Wyman year was denied, and the Honolulu termina Jim Richstad 'n w Island journalist expected to be Zachary, Micronesia. of the system faced an uncertain future. e at the endofatraining course ?What served as organizer and moderator. Other terminals in the system, however, held June 11 he be doing when he is demonstrating The second conference, have sufficient funding, and efforts were has reached the objective? 12/13, concerned the impact of Britain's ongoing to fund the Honolulu terminal. .,v "_ 41 .

NOTE on Training (from 1) EDITOR'S Survey p. Eight out of 19 respondents indicated Faalogo Pito Faalogo of the Samoa they currently had persons on their staff Times said than once a reporter 01' his who could attend a course. could write a story t h at ref icc t e d Reaction was generally favorable unfavorably on a friend or relative, he This is the first Pacific Islands to a suggestion of having a small group had reached the goal. It was also impor- (i,,mrnanication Newsletter in almost of tutors about the Pacific con- tant that a did not write a moving and it has been a reporter story year, very busy, ducting courses. Those not in favor merely because a friend w o ul d be exciting year for communication in doubted that theidea would work mentioned. He also expected no di s - the islands. The articles in the fol- because of cost. guised opinion in a reporter who had lowing pages attest to both the growth A scheme attained the of that avoided sending cnd of the and communi- objective training. vitality press trainees to a strange environment was Most respondents to a question about cation in the Pacific. strongly and it was also the contentof atraining program believed supported, pointed out that this would enable tutors I would like to thank all of those basic instruction in newsgathering ala] to adapt their instructions tot he who sent in materials in response to newswriting should be the main elements. spe- cific circumstances my request several months ago. Many Taken together, the questionnaires sug- existing of the items, unfortunately, were the gested that the item of third importance in a country. ictirn of the delay in getting out the was instructionin journalistic ethics and Robert Buker of Guam said since newsletter and had to be dropped be- responsibility. Editing, specialwriting Guam was becoming very Americanized cause they were getting out-of-date. and layout followed, in that order. and journalists on the island received home of the material included in this It was noteworthy that several re- their training from American-taught newsletter may be a bit old or out-of- spondents would put more emphasis, personnel, he doubted if the travelling date, too, and where that happens, we at least in the early stages of a training tutor idea would work there. re sorry and promise to do better. program, on ethics and responsibility The qualifications needed in a person he newsletter should be more frequent than on any other single topic. to train Pacific Island journalistswere 12 ml regular from here on, perhaps In another question, subjects defined as abroad practical experience quarterly. were listed and respondentswere asked in newspapers, particularly in the to indicate whether or notthese should Islands, a sincere desire to help The newsletter editor greatly be included in a program. Only inter- Islanders become competent journalists, J];r¬'('i ateS receiving publications viewing received unanimous approval. ability to impart skills, a knowledge Pacific and finds useful tout the many Other highly favored subjects were of the economic and political conditions them. The Marianas tins in Variety, newsman's English (or French) and in the Islands and patience and humor is sent and or example, regularly, instruction in how to train local to cope with the cultural idiosyncrasies. taken from it. tn items have been village correspondents. Several respondents commentedthat is another iii,' AM! Newsletter Based on 19 questionnaires, opinion one of the tutors should be an indigenous - luthie source. was about two-to-one in favor of i n Islander, even if compara- eluding typing but shorthand tively inexperienced. Comments and articles or items found few supporters. While lengthy university journalism tutu readers are always welcome, To the question on what a Pacific courses are alien to many in the Pacific a form is provided at the end of Island journalist should be taught about because of the emphasis on on-the-job tie newsletter for material for the legal restraints, nearly all agreed he study, 17 out of 20 respondents were in mat newsletter. Please take a few should be taught the law of his own land favor of a university-based course of a mutes and send items in on staff as it affected his reporting, particularly year or two as continuing education for new equipment ingits, policies, in relation to libel, defamation and con- those who had attended a short aiges, and so forth. Interest in tempt. In court reporting and accidents, basic course. h matters is high. he should be taught not to comment or The last of the 34 questions asked editors in And one final note on this. pass judgment. about their objectives pub- Jim of Tahiti an h Me Clelland completed his fellow- Boyack thought lishing a newspaper. The high-sounding Island should not be taught but sincere motive of the tip with the Communication Institute journalist serving people 1 tIm end of June, then headed for a very much about legal restraints. "lie ranked supreme, but there was also an tori tour of the South Pacific before should be taught a very simple defini-. honest admission of the financial factor. tion of slander. he should be Other common were to inform turning to his post on the Auckland Mainly objectives tar. Bob and I worked closely taught all the laws which guarantee the people, to provide a forum for public many matters relating to the press Press freedom. Hanginghimuponlegal opinion and entertain. the Pacific--the training survey, a mumbojumbo can only distract him from Editors, andthose associated directly tnwspaper manual, the Press his major goal of finding out what's hap- with Pacific newspapers, whore- of the Pacific, and many others, pening, and why, and if it's sponded were: includingConferthis newsletter-nee,. His six not happening, why." James Boyack, editor and publisher, tenths with the institute has added On the question about the duration Tahiti Bulletin; Robert Buker, editor, ittititeasurably to what we know about of a training course, themost effective Pacific Dateline, Guam; Shirley Baker, Iacific Islands journalism and should time was thought to be between two and editor and publisher, Fiji Beach Press months and Suva was a very important factor in the three preferred and South Pacific Area News Service; itvelopment of training programs and as a venue because of its good location, H. 1. Dougis, editor, TohiTala Niue, and 'yen a broadly based Press Associa-. availability of facilities reasonable Niue; Faalogo Pito Faalogo, managing ion, lie leaves with much Aloha and wage rates and living standards. editor, SamoaTimes, WesternSamoa; thanks. Honolulu was pointedly not recom- Denis Fisk, senior information officer, mended because it "would be BritishSolomon Islands; John --Jim Richstad Fitzgerald, too sophisticated for Pacific Islanders. managing editor, Papua New Guinea are a Honolulu's distractions risk." Post Courier; Jim (continued p. 3,J

NEW I'APER FOR SOUTH PACIFIC Herald-Tribune in Europe and the Latin MASS C' MMUNICATION, PRESS American edition of the Miami Herald, 1IIBLEOCRAPHY STARTED he said there was a need for a similar, by Robert McClelland authoritative newspaper--on a smaller scale--In the Pacific to serve The first part of a planned bibliog- A weekly edition of the Honolulu North Americans. raphy on Mass Communication and the httr-Bulletin is to be distributed Scott said the new Pacific American Press in the Pacific Islands has been the in the South Pacific, beginning also would provide insights about the completed by East-West Communi- late September. United States and Canada for readers cation Institute. This firstpreliminar3 Called the Pacific American, it in the South Pacific. working bibliography covers articles in primarily is intended to serve travelers Pacific Islands Monthly for the period from the United States and Canada. The The emphasis wouldbe on business, August 1930 through December 1955. "hometown" news, of newspaper will be printed in Honolulu sport, roundups Other working bibliographies will North American events and uid distributed initially in Australia, special be compiled from PIM since 1956 and features. The would also New Zealand, Fiji, the Samoas, Tonga weekly from other magazines, journals, books include contributions from ad other island nations and territories newspaper and newspapers. The workingbibliog- writers in the South Pacific. u'low the equator. raphies will then be combined into a Announcing the plans, the publisher Webster K. Nolan, Star-Bulletin single final bibliography, probably in i the honolulu Star-Bulletin, John A. features editor and director of special a year or so. Scott, said feasibility studies had been projects, has been appointed to manage The first bibliography contains 221 under way for more than a year. the new paper. He said the Pacific annotated entries listing articles on "Our research shows there is American would be printed inHonolulu American Samoa, British Solomon considerable appetite among U.S. and on Saturday afternoon, flown to Nandi Islands, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Canadian travelers in the South Pacific that night and be available in Sydney and Polynesia, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, br news about their own countries," Auckland on Monday evening (Sunday Guam, Johnston Island, Nauru, New '('Ott said. Honolulu time). Independent distributors Caledonia, New Hebrides, Niue, Norfol "The project is modest in scope, at each destination area would handle the Island, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, and ith a limited but select readership paper, doing business as wholesalers. Western Samoa. The final bibliography i:irket. It is not only a commercial Nolan said the price would vary but can be obtained from the Communica- uk'rtaking. We see it as an exciting would be comparable with Newsweek tion Institute. Anyone interested in th \(ntore into a frontier in journalism, and Time in the various South Pacific project can write to Jim Rich stad vehicle to open further the lines of regions. The sellingoutlets would be at the Institute. inberstanding among the peoples of the mainly the airlines and hotels. ,)uth Pacific, Canada and the Although the Pacific American was it'd States. aimed at the traveler it was not intended See Page 9 for the 5(0(1 said to compete with the local free "beach demographic projections mast head of the new increase in the number press," Nolan said. Local advertising, licated a sharp Pacific American travelers from North America and however, would be encouraged. weekly. Hvaii to the South Pacific and increased The launching of the Pacific Ameri- usiness associations between the can would coincide with a significant \) regions. event in the South Pacific, Nolan said, CHURCH GROUP PLANS Noting the journalistic services of the opening by Queen Elizabeth of the A-V WORKSHOP S. pU)1iCtiOflS like the International Sydney Opera House on October 20.

A series of audio-visual workshops (ren . 2)Manke, chief, pub- South Pacific Commission; Juan L. will be held in August and September on information division, U. S. Trust Mercado, director, Press Foundation problems of communication in Pacific errilory; VimaDayalSharma, assis- of Asia; George Rawnsley, public rela- Churches, P.C. C. News reports. The 1 ('(liter, Shanti Dut, Fiji; Moses tions officer, Fiji. Rev. Denys Saunders will be the director long, editor, Tin Belau, Paiau; Letters acknowledging receipt ofthe Objectives of the workshops, planned K. Vakalabure, farmpagewriter, questionnaires were also received from for Port Moresby, Goroka, Rabaul, 1 uiakai, and rural broadcast officer, the following, most of whom had infor- Honiara, Tarawa and Fiji, are to iden- iji; Japheth Tavoa, Solomon Islands, mation or observations to impart on tify local problems and to focus on airlee journalist at Wellington Poly- journalism training in the Pacific Islands: appropriate communication media in hale, New Zealand; Matt Wilson, D. K. Gunn, course supervisor, working on the problems. lief reporter, Fiji Times; A. R. Wellington Polytechnic; Mervyn Dykes, Other communication news in the orIi'r; senior information officer, director, journalism induction course, April Pacific Conferences of Churches New hebrides. Auckland Technical Institute, New newsletter concerns the use of video Others who responded to abbreviated Zealand; Alex Wood, chief of staff, tape recording (VTR) for teacher ustionnaires: Ralph D. Barney, asso- Auckland Star, New Zealand; Laurie instruction in Suva. Projected VTR kite professor in communication, Power, cadet counsellor, Melbourne experiments in teaching agriculture, ln'igliam Young University, Utah; Allan Herald, Australia; Noel Harrison, home economy, health and family Cole, editorial manager, New Zealand lecturer in education, University ofthe welfare were planned. VTR units were Irald, and secretary, New Zealand South Pacific, Suva, Fiji; Stuart Inder, to be based in Fiji and Tahiti, with nurtialists' Training Committee; Jack editor and publisher, Pacific Islands equipment carried on occasion to such cIleher, editor, Dominion, New Zealand; Monthly, Sydney; Paul Grimes, director places as Tonga, Samoa and the Cook 'rank i\Iahony, program director (social) of foreign news, Philadelphia Bulletin. Islands for cultural and educational uses.

bROADCAST TRAINING SESSIONS Regional Courses are planned for the BARNEY WRITES ABOUT rest of 1973: PACIFIC BROADCASTING RADIO PRODUCTION From ABU Newsletter A 4-week course for August: programme staff Broadcasting in the Pacific Islands working in radio. is described in a chapter of a fort h- Last year a number of training coming book concerned mainly with ourses for broadcasting staff were BROADCASTING Asian broadcasting. The book, edited organised in the Asian Broadcasting MANAGEMENT by John Lent, is still in the final stages nion region with the aim of gaining 29Decem- A 4-week course for of publication but should be out late this xperience in relation to the projected her to broadcasting staff at year or early in 1974. The working Asian Broadcasting Training Institute January present engaged in, or title is Broadcasting in Asia and the in Kuala Lumpur. Many ABU members 1974 likely to be engaged in, publisher is Temple University Press. el the opportunity of participating in executive and manage- The chapter on Pacific broadcasting these courses which were arranged by ment work. was written by Ralph D. Barney, neseo staff stationed in Kuala Lumpur Courses for radio staff wilibe held an associate professor of communication a it h extensive assistance from the in a number of countries in the South at Brigham Young University in Utah on l ilaysian National Broadcasting Train- Pacific during the year. In these cases the U.S. mainland. Barney did hiscioc- ing Centre and from a number the cost of experts to organise and con- toral work on the Pacific print media and of international organisations, including duct the training will be met by taught journalism in Hawaii for the U. N. Development international bodies or other organisa- many years. (UNDP). tions and the host countries will be Barney notes that radio is a means ProA similar-grammeseries of courses is being expected to provide only local services. of linking scattered groups with acommon organised for 1973, under the leader- Countries for which courses of this instructive or informational tie, and that ship of the Unesco Regional Broadcasting type are already beingplanned include in the Pacific the operations, content and Norman McBain, and I raining Adviser, Papua/New Guinea (September), Cook control are heavily dominated by expa- with the help of the Malaysian National Islands (October), Tonga (November). triates or Westerners in most of the Iiroadcasting Training Centre, Unesco, ABU members interested in any of the island groups, Dr. Barney also notes I ND]' and many other organisations. courses or meetings referred to above, that eight of the 14 broadcast groups he Regional courses will be held at the or which may wish to have radio courses examines were established since 1961. in Kuala \lalaysian National Centre held in their own countries, should get The review covers Fiji, Western Lunipur and will be run by the staff and in touch with the Unesco Regional Broad- Samoa, Tonga, American Samoa, xperts of the Centre, with the assis- casting Training Adviser, Norman Solomon Islands, Gilbert and Eulice I wee of additional experts. Fellowships McBain. His address is: National Islands, Guam, Cook Islands, Mici-o- ,t ill be available for trainees from other Broadcasting Training Centre, Dewan nesia, New Caledonia, French Polynesia countries which will cover international Tunku Abdul Rahman, Jalan Ampang, (Tahiti), New Hebrides, Niue and Nauju. ravel, course fees and accommodation. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. TRI-LANGUAGE NEWSPAPERS

The Samoa News may be the fist -W11RAM.N'I NEW HEAD OF Dr. Schramm served as director newspaper in the South Pacific Islands (H)MMUNICATION INSTITUTE of the institute for Communication to be published in three dif- Research at Stanford from 1957 to this ferent languages. Dr. Wilbur Schramm, former year. He held the Janet M. Peek chair In copies since February 23 nev Hrector of the Institute for Communi- in international communications items are printed in English, Samoan 10 Research at Stanford University, at Stanford. and Tongan languages. the new director of the East-West Author of more than 25 books on oninainication institute at the East- communication, Dr. Schramm began The Samoa News, a semi-weckL 'Vest Center. His appointment was his career in the 1920s as a correspon- publication in Pago Pagn, American Ifective May 1. dent for the Associated Press, and has Samoa, was formerly printed only in Dr. Schramm succeeds Dr. Michio spent the bulk of his career in commu- English and Samoan. agai, who has returned to his post as nication education and research. In Micronesia, the new titorial writer for Asahi Shimbun, In 1960 he was chairman of the U. S. spa per Micronitor publishes in three languages-- Ipans largest newspaper. delegation to the Asian Powers Con- English, Marshallcse and Trukesc. The Internationally known for his work ference on Communication at Bangkok newspaper has offices in the Marshalls, in( omm unic ation research,Dr. after doing research as a Fellow of the Truk and Ponape. ;hramm's most recent activities have Institute forAdvanced Study in Behavioral involved the Indian radio/television Sciences. He has served as a consultant are common in H,tellite, the Corporation for Public on the American Samoatelevision project. Bi-lingual papers Educa- the Pacific Islands, with one of the lan- Broadcasting and the National In the last few years, he has served as in and the other bOil Television (NET), and family consultant on various communication guages usually English an Such planning communication. projects for the Ford Foundation, in indigenous language. hi-lingual combinations in such as In 1969-70, Dr. Schramm was at UNESCO, the U.S. Department of State appear places tic East-West Center as a Senior and the U.S. Office of Education. He Western Samoa, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Itliow and led a task force which did has served on the editorial boards of Nive, Micronesia and American Samoa. In two editions are 11w planning for the East-West Commu- Public Opinion Quarterly, Journalism Tonga, printed--one and the other in nication Institute. Quarterly and Communications Review. in English Tongan.

AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION munication process and communication the organization of an agricultural AND COMMUNICATION media are needed within agricultural information program, the use of the in WORKSHOP PLANNED programs order to maintain effective press, the production of publications between two-way communication and the use of audio-visual equipment. and farmers agriculture departments The program will also provide oppor- and contribute to modernization Representatives of several Pacific tunity for exchange of information among of al ands agricultural departmentswill agriculture. participants so the countrieswhich have The participate in the East-West Center's content of the program is based made substantial progress in strengthen- on a of Pacific Island their [list Agricultural Information and survey agricul- ing agricultural communication tural communication activities Communication Workshop in Honolulu process can assist those who are just conducted in The showed August 13 to September 21, 1973. 1972. survey getting started. the com- The workshop is part of a continuing importance of person-to-person Coordinator of the six-weekprogram series of workshops and related activities munication and the potential importance is Dr. R. Lyle Webster, former director 11:wned by the East-West Food Institute of radio as a communication channel in and now consultant to the Communication tail East-West Communication Institute. Pacific Islands agricultural programs. Institute and a former Director of Infor- [he total program is based on the view In addition to work in these communica- mation of the U.S. Department of - tion iiit specialized knowledge of the corn methods, the workshopwill cover Agriculture. In addition to participants from the Pacific, EDITOR'S CONFERENCE FOLLOWUP nominations have been invited from persons in the United States who About a year ago, editors from the Pacific Islands Press directory and work with small farmers in an infor- litany of the newspapers in the Pacific the bibliography. mation capacity. altinds met in Suva, Fiji, for the first In training, Robert McClelland has A preliminary list of Pacific Islands iouth Pacific Editors Conference. The been laboring diligently for six months participants includes American Samoa-- 'titiference, co-sponsored by the Fiji at the Communication Institute and has Ta'alolo P. Galea'i, Administrative Offi- Pi ess Club amid the East-West Commu- completed the first comprehensive sur- cer; Cook Islands-- Marii Mahutariki, k ation Institute, spent a week at vey of journalism training needs in the Information Officer; Indonesia--Jr Korsi evaluations, and out of the Pacific. His work is also described in afessional Sebayang, Inspector for Food Crop Pro- a a article will be available aiiitings came not only strong journa- separate and duction, West Irian; Tonga--S iosaia .cticeomraiieshipbutadeepefliflg soon from the Communication Institute. Piutau Tupou, Agriculture Instructor; use of professionalism--and a strong And individual newspapers, such Trust Territory--Bermin F. The editors as the Times and the Post-Courier, ill for journalism training. Fiji Weilbacher, Chief of Agriculture, and be their own tko considered a South Pacific Press. may stepping up David K. idip, Truk District Agricul- asociation and selected an organizing training programs. turist; Western Samoa--Faatauoloa Moa inmittee of five, headedby Len Usher Interest in training has been Mauala, Field Assistant, Information. the Fiji Times. expressed by several outside groups, and some proposals have been made for [lie committee was charged with an international meeting of such groups eking a more permanent form of and the editors committee, and per- GUAM PAPER, MICRONESIA rgani zation, encouraging outside haps others. CONGRESS IN NEWS AGREEMENT to support journalism training, gincies The editors also discussedthevalue iii developing exchanges among both and possibility of academic journalism personnel and news and professional courses, in contrast to the more inten- From Micronesian News Service lefties. The East-West Communica- sive, single-minded training format. an Institute was asked to help withthe Besides Len Usher, who has since :.utnizing task. retired as editor of the Fiji Times but The Congress of Micronesia is still active with the paper, other announced in early March that an agree- uvcral things have happened since organizing committee members are ment has been reached with the uva meeting. There still is not an publisher Leota Pita Alailima, managing editor of Guam's two newspapers that should pt-mating Press Association but there of the South Sea Star, Apia; John result in fairer, more accurate re poisihilities. While there is not a report- Fitzgerald, editor of the Post-Courier ing of Congress activities. sic journalism training program, in New Guinea; James The agreement was reached at a are have been importantdevelopments Papua Boyack, editor of the Tahiti Bulletin; and meeting between Robert E. that area. And the exchanges, slow Henry publisher Raraka, editor of the Kakamora Reporter Udick and Senator Andon Amaraich of darting, are now underway through in the Solomon Islands. Truk, chairman of the Ic Press Conference of the Pacific and Congress Senate The Editors Conference decided that Committee on and nit this newsletter. There is adirec- Judiciary Govern- the Press Association should he open to mental Operations. The meeting was nv of the press coming out soon, and all people in journalism--print and held March 2 on Guam with T rust 11 , nasscommunication and press broadcast--and government information Territory Liaison Officer L. Gordon tibliography started. The press con- officers. Persons interested in the Findley and Congress Attorney Michael k ience is described in a separate Press Association can contact any of the A. White also attending. article, but it is an outgrowth of the A 1 ito r' s desire for news exchanges committee members. Congress press release stated amflr Pacific Island countries of news Many other things came out of the that the men agreed "that all stories summarized to interest particularly to them. It also Editors Conference and are relating the Congress (of Micronesia) the or rovirles a professional dialogue that in a report of the conference and any of its committees should be [lint exist before. There are also papers the editors presented, all avail- checked through the newspapers' Sainan from the Communication Institute. apaitite items in this newsletter about able (continued p. 6)

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PACIFIC ISLANDS PRESS DIRECTORY TO BE PUBLISHED

The first comprehensive listing of most cases updated to April 1973. In four others appear five days a week, the Pacific Islands press will be pub- those few cases in which no responses 19 appear weekly, one publishes three lished soon by the University Press were received to questionnaires, times a week and one twice a week. of Hawaii. Editors and publishers of information, usually incomplete, was There are 10 published every twoweeks, thee 63 publications listed in the direc- obtained by consulting other sources or and five twice a month. The rest appear tory contributed the basic information the publications themselves. monthly or less frequently bou1 their newspapers and periodicals. The introductory section--a survey The directory was compiled by Jim of the current status of the press in the AMERICAN SAMOA liiehstad, Michael McMillan Pacific--draws on and Ralph heavily papers pre- RADIO SAMOA, WVUV, BEGINS for the first South Pacific Editors 1). Barney at the East-West Communi- pared NON-GOVERNMENT OPERATION cation Institute. A review of the Pacific Conference, held in Suva, Fiji, in mid-1972. Islands Press is included as an intro- Michael McMillan There by duction to the directory listings. are 63 entries in the directory. The Publication is the first exten- Entries include name of publication, Commercial radio was introduced into American Samoa June 13 when alye compilation of the basic information name of parent company or sponsoring date, Radio Samoa, Inc., took over about the journalistic publications being body, mailing address, founding manage- issued in the islands of Micronesia, frequency of publication, subscription ment of the government-owned radio station, WVUV, it the Melanesia and Polynesia. It was under- rate, advertising rate, format, circu- making only pri- station a hen to provide a convenient reference lation, reproduction method and make vately operated broadcasting in the South source for journalists, researchers, of press, staff, major sources of inter- Pacific. e'holars, advertisers and others seek- national and Pacific area news. Areas Under a management contract covered are announced in the firm is ing information about communication American Samoa, British April, leasing the station from the for ad journalism in the Pacific Islands. Solomon Islands, Cook Islands, Fiji, government Information of this nature is needed French Polynesia, Gilbert and Ellice $10,000 ayear and has a 20-year option since earlier data on communication Islands, Guam, Nauru, New Caledonia, to purchase the facility for $200, 000. a is scattered, out-of-date and incom- New Hebrides, Niue, Norfolk Island, The immediate effect of the change plete. Without a data base there is no Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Is land, is threefold. Businessmen now have a new medium. Listeners rference point for researchers and Tonga, Trust Territory of the Pacific advertising have And the practitioners. This directory provides Islands, and Western Samoa. Hawaii improved programs. is relieved of about $80, audi a base for the press. publications are listed but not in detail. government Out) a in incurred in CI Data was collected by questionnaires Of the 63 publications, 8 appear year expenses operal the station. distributed by mail during 1972 and in daily (including daily except Sunday), The management firm is jointly owned by Lawrence S. (Bob) Bergei'of Honolulu, Ron Pritchard of American r (C',"U(' I fOCI? " 5) devoted to improving the newspapers' Samoa, and Robert Newgard of Los reau, in addition to c bee king any service to the Trust Territory, was Angeles, each of whom owns on(-. Lhird 1ucsiionable points through the Trust fruitful and productive," the news interest. Berger, the president a lerritory Liaison Office or throughthe release said. chief executive officer, also owns I.IIVH j cronesian News Service "Both Mr. Udick and Senator radio and television in 110 no 1 uI u. Amaraich the need for a that \INS) on Saipan." noted improved Pritchard operates firm provides Senator A in ar ai c h asked for the communications betweenthe newspapers ground services for airlines an(! is at'ting after publication inthe Pacific and the Congress and the people of general sales agent for Polynesin Daily News of two stories dealing with Micronesia. They both acknowledged Airlines. Newgard is an investoa id the that both the a friend of a' adoption by the Congress of a joint obligations newspapers Berger. solution supporting Continental/Air and the Congress have in providing The company was organized lal accurate information to the of the American Samoa Iieronesia for the Saipar -Japan air people year after govern-. ule. The articles, said Amaraich, Micronesia, and promised to increase ment approached Berger, an adviser to ire inaccurate and misleading." efforts live up to this obligation. The to the government television systia,, Both articles were written by two agreed to open lines of communica- about taking over management of the It ii'hard Williams, a Guam-based free- tions, either directly or through the radio station. The government inherited lance reporter. "The author," said newspapers' Saipan bureau and the staff the station from the U. S. Navy when g.'nator Arnaraich, "did not bother to of the Congress, for the purposeof imple- the Navy relinquished control of investigate the facts with me, any mem- mentation of these common objectives," American Samoa in the early 1950a. sr of the committee's staff, or with concluded the Congress release. The station was operated as part of tee newspaper's representa- Udick is publisher of themorning the Office of Samoan Information. I v e S on Saipan.' Pacific Daily News and the smaller Governor John M. Haydon said the According to the Congress press afternoon paper, Pacific Dateline. Both change is part of his administration's 'lease, Udick acknowledged that there are part of the U.S. nationwide Gannett policy of placing a number of govern- at] been a "breakdown in communica- chain. They are the only daily source ment operations in the private sector tions" with respect to the articles. of printed news for most of the Trust as soon as possible, lie said the con- Both Senator Amaraich and Mr. Udick Territory. The company in early 1973 tract has the approval of the U. S. greed that the discussion, perhapsthe opened an office on Saipan, employing Department of the Interior, which has First of its kind between the newspapers' two reporters with the full time respon- jurisdiction over the government of publisher and a member of the Congress sibility of covering Trust Territory news. American Samoa. (continued p. 7)

rL;() Samoa (continued from p. 6) from Samoan merchants, who wanted a receive national and international news The contract stipulates that there new outlet for their advertising. Com- from the United Press International is not new to Ameri- broadcast a Samoan participationin the ownership, mercial advertising wire and will carry a limited and 1h:0 Samoans be employed to operate can Samoa; newspapers in American number of news reports from the CBS a station, and that the station's facilities Western Samoa ancithe government- network. At present, American Samoa e available to the government in case owned radio station inApia all is served by a small news bulletin pub- ri rivildefense emergencies. The govern- carry advertising. hshed by the government five days a nent does not exercise control over The management contract guarantees week and by a newspaper published he station's programming, however. the station certain amounts of govern- twice weekly. Preparations for the changeover to ment advertising for the first three years. Berger expects the station to carry ',rivate operation had been underway for The advertising, in behalf of government a great deal of discussion of public issues. more than a year. A major part of the revenue -producing operations such as "We want to make it available for the in a' liminary work involved securing a the telephone and electric companies, man the street as well as for the F) ruadcasting license from the Federal will average about $20, 000 a year over government's utterances, he said. Communications Commission (FCC). the three-year period. Berger expects "We will operate under the rules of the he FCC did not have jurisdiction over operating costs to continue running FCC, which encourage a free press he station as long as it was operated between $70,000 and $80,000 ayear and through the 'fairness doctrine' by letting V ihe government. hopes to break even by the third year. both sides be heard." According to Berger, the licensing "The money-making possibilities are WVUV is on the air from 5 a. In. roeedure cost about $] 5, 000 and rather negligible," he said. "On the until midnight Monday through Thursday evolved completion of new engineering other hand, I don't think we'll lose and until 1 a. m. on Friday and Satur- udies and technical improvements to money. It's a small investment and day. The station broadcasts from 6:30 1h- station's transmitting facilities. He will bring a small return. Our biggest a. m. until midnight each Sunday. a hl the changes made to bring the desire there is to do something in the It on up to FCC standards will extend public interest. We want to aid the Ia station's coverage to Western Samoa, community, and if you do that, you A USTRA LIA and WV(JV on make )nga, Fiji. operates money." AD REVENUES LEVEL OFF with a of The station will be on a 20 kilocycles power operated FOR NEWSPAPERS IN 1972 a, 000 watts. 'something-for-everybody" basis. Some new studio equipment has al- "We've tried to attune the station to the From Media Council of Australia rely been purchased, and plans are community, and we are trying to appeal Hag made to move the station's studios to all groups," Berger said. The pro- Although advertising volume handled the rIo a new wing being built onto P ago gramming will consist primarily of by agents accredited by the Media Council La go Americana Hotel in Utalei, where music and news and will be conducted of Australia exceeded the previous rev will be more visible and more acces- in a bilingual format. For example, year's record total, there was a marked off in the annual die to the public. The transmitter will Samoan music will be introduced in levelling regular increase math at Leone. Outfitting the new Samoan. News will be broadcast on the patternwhich increased by only - - adios will cost about $25, 000 and is hour in English and on the half-hour in $1, 706, 482 or less than 6% between 1971 eetcd to be completed in October. Samoan. In addition, the station wilibe and 1972. Figures released by the chairman The station is managed by Herbert available for a variety of free public of the MCA Accreditation A u thor it Hajilan, Jr., and employs four service announcements. y, B. C. reflected the alouncers, a newsman, and a traffic "Our major project is to supply the Simpson, generally lower level of economic activity expe- p)rvisor. All are Samoans, andnone information service needed in Samoa, rienced by most businesses during 1972. experience in commercial broad- and this will be reportorial more than The comparatively small rise of .581/',-, Four of the employes were editorial," Berger said. "The topthing was more than 4 below the lowe st "n training in radio production con- will be local news." The station will increase shown over the 1965-1971 >ts and techniques in Honolulu before provide coverage of important 10 C a 1 period, which had an aggregate increase changeover. The others will receive events, such as meetings of the legis- of 64. 2 during the six years. oare training in Honolulu later. lature, he said. 1972($) 7) lierger said much of the impetus for In addition to the lull-time newsman New South 170,561,698 167,155,041 switch to private management came on the staff, the station will continue to Wales

"LFl)OW LEAVES Victoria 90,144,013 93,482,227 lORMATION POST NEWS PLANS DAILY PUBLICATION West 11,221, 778 9,311,125 Australia News in was Edwin Engledow, director of the The Samoa Pago Pago to twice a week hfiee of Samoan Information inAmeri- scheduled to go publica- Queensland 11,200,579 11,162,234 ii Samoa and editor of the daily News tion in June and daily publicationin July, to J. L. editor of l3ulletin put out by that office, resigned according (Jake) King, South 10,279,062 10,862,552 American Samoa a May and has returned to the United the paper. Australia was to install ;tat(,,. lie has been replacedby King said he planning husan MacDonald. a Heidelberg press in September. The Tasmania 1,369,556 1,097,025 circulates in American Engledow served in a similar capacity paper mainly iii Guam and was for many years a Samoa but also distributes $294,776,686 $293,070,204 urrialist with the Honolulu Advertiser. in Western Samoa.

COMMONWEALTH PRESS NEWSPAPERS COUNCIL'S FIJI FNION ACTIVITIES NEW PRESIDENT JOHN MOSES SUCCEEDS LEN USHER AT FIJI TIMES From Commonwealth Press B.A. Williams is the President of Union Australian Section the Australian Newspapers Council. Williams, who is Joint Managing Direc- John Moses, who has been editor tor of Advertiser Limited, Newspapers of the Sydney Sunday Telegraph and The activities of the Adelaide, succeeds R. B. Leonard, who principal deputy editor of the Sydney Daily commonwealth Press Union Australian concluded his term. two-year Another Mirror, has been appointed managing ction 1972 were in the Tele- executive during change at ANC level is the editor of the Fiji Times. field, where therewas communications appointment of Leon Hertz, Group He will succeed L. G. Usher, who :in extensionof the useful liaison Director of already Advertising Mirror News- retired from his executive post in June with the Australian Post Office in limited, as dealing papers chairman of the but will remain on the board of directors. itli matters affeetingthe Australian National Board. --From Advertising Usher hasbeen editor of the Fiji pleas at metropolitan, regional andpro- B. G. Osborne, Secretary of the Times since 1956. lncial level. ANC, Sydney. These matters include establishment RADIO REVIEWS AD POLICY of the link point and general acceptance for I he increasingly sophisticated equip- yient being introduced by the press to MEDIA MINISTER URGES improve communications, provincial Fiji Radio Adopts MORE LIBERAL LIBEL LAWS press rates and country newspaper New Advertising Policy ,!ivcries, general mail delays within and overseas, and Australia (This article appeared in Editor & ealth press rates. Publisher as a letter from Common-%\ Anthony Over the years, the Fiji Broad- Whitlock of Melbourne. It has been I lie Section's Telecommunications casting Commission has developed 'antittittee met the then minister for reduced in length here.) a long and complex set of rules con- \ternal territories (Mr. Peacock) trolling advertising. So complex has Australian newspapers took a small it arly in 1972 and submitted strongrep- become by constant addition and toward more freedom in June when resentations for the restoration of the step amendment that itwas, infact,impos- the new Federal Miaisterforthe Media 'apUd New Guinea press rate and also sibleto apply in practice, except to move for more liberal and tie introduction of a bulk postage rate promised where one or another of the rules uniform libel laws ,Athuii the Territory. Action had been throughout matched some precise and easy-to- the tonjised to promptly process this country. apply standard. "Racketeers and are us- tatter but, as delays have continued, exploiters shackle Thus, although commercials con- e annual meeting decided to again ing stop writs to newspapers," taining jingles, songs, sound effects, lkss this matter with the new minister said the Minister, Senator Douglas McClelland, at a Methodist etc., were permitted in English- territories. Action has again speaking Church in on June 3 because the entire system of importing alt promised. gathering Sydney held to mark an otherwise unremarked overseas commercials would other- Various aspects of press freedom wise have broken down-the rule Mass Media Sunday. McClelland has ca dealt with at the annual meeting, such was for many years been a member of the banning jingles firmly applied i the N. S. W. Defamation Act lading Australian Journalists' Association, to Fijian and Hindi broadcasts. It has t;alt was currently the subject of now been abandoned as it was a the editorial public relations and short- crippling talon. In the of the light growing hand writers' union. handicap in improving the quality of cads to press freedom atworld level, in and Hindi, and on Newspaperand libel laws were affairs advertising Fijian v',ts decided to to London suggest of the Australian States and notthe Fed- the air gave an impression of immutable ,uneii that action be takento express eral Government, said Senator superiority in one language only. at the restrictive action concern McClelland, but he to do what promised It is intended 1973 to draw iag lakeji against the Philippine press during he could to get theState Attorneys- Ptesident Marcos. up a short and simplified c ode of General to "provide more freedom for conduct relating to advertising. It will The chairman, Sir Vincent Fairfax, the Press by unshackling it from archaic probablyremain management's ,,it! ined the broadening opportunities and laws." repressive responsibility to maintain decent stan- ug made availableto youngjournalists McClelland, aonetime official court dards while introducing new ideas and ,ider the Training and Education of shorthand reporter, said stop writs new methods and remaining answerable aurrialist s plan. Apart from the completely halting Press discussion to the Broadcasting Comm is si on for igular Fellowship visit to the U.K.- could be issued in and Melbourne Sydney abuses. have any v which Australian nominations for only $10 and in other States lIfl been made-and the Travelling for only $3. 50. Advertising income, which consti- aholarship Scheme, arrangements were "I believe a uniform Australian libel tutes three-quarters of FBC revenue, a hand to enable a partly sponsored CPU law could remove the traps that exist in the remainder coming from Govern- ahange between Australian and neigh- criticism and take away the constant ment grant, rose by more than 25% in Asian, to allow threat of that makes ',,) ring countries, notably damages newspapers 1972, and the upward curve of the sales of and pproximate reciprocal attachments television and radio more timid and graph is expected to continue in 1973. -- aix weeks for chosen journalists. less crusading than they should be. Adapted from ABU Newsletter

1. PRESS GETS OWN GILBERT AND ELLICE starting... the Copra Board regrets to :'rTING FACILITIES announce.., the film to be shown at the Maneaha tonight is...another cow- ISLANDERS USE RADIO boy one,.." FOR MESSAGES Ships may be erratic, mail may A forward for twice big step Fiji's take months to get from one island to 11,000 circulation by Howard Gough monthly, 28-page, another, goods can get lost overboard iiji Beach Press is the installationof in a surf. There is no postal from rough its own facilities. A sister Excerpted ABU Newsletter typesetting delivery, so even in urban areas on Tarawa and Services company, Print Design itself, the administrative centre, you Pacific) has installed a CG (South Ltd., will not receive a letter in the post tell- (Howard Gough spent 1972 with Universal Compugraphic photo- ing you that your tax is due, that you first in Radio Tarawa of the Gilbert and Ellice typesetter-the Fiji. must pay a fine, that so and so is stand- Broadcasting Service on a Unesco ing for election. Says editor Shirley Barker, "We get assignment as Broadcasting Training Radio has to cope with all these xeellent service from our Suva Printer, Specialist. He was seconded from the activities. District Offices Government oceania Printery Ltd., but they just NZBC where he holds the position of and trading departments feed out infor- can't get used to us breathingdown their Head of Staff Training.) mation, so there is no scarcity of necks while the hot metal splutters and messages for broadcasting. The trouble the island operators splutter undertheir Radio comes into its own herein is that they are coining from so many ,ie&Ih in Hindi!'' serving people's needs. To the Ellice sources, from many people not aware Islander, living on a tiny island in the either of the of radio or of the Oceania will still make plates and Gilbert and Ellice Islands, such as potential but all will be handledby difficulties of communicatingby sound. print setting Nukulaelae in the South of the group, I rint and on a machine installed The form in which much of this Design radio keeps his family together. His the Beach Press material was received for broadcast Fiji pro- son may work in the phosphate mines duction prompted our setting up some short department. of Ocean Island; his daughter may be pilot courses in which we tried to get a nurse, 800 miles away on Tarawa; some of those for his brother a clerk at the Ellice Head- responsible writing broadcast messages to start thinking quarters, 100 miles away at Funafuti. about the way in which it could best be There is only one village on his island, G U AM done .... The courses were of two kinds: there are only 300 people. Communi- the first concentrated on writing; the cation in the days before "development" second also on performing skills. Both was easy, before the tribal unit andthe ALL THE TIME' emphasised through demonstration tapes iT FUN family itself started breaking up, and and exercises, how difficult it is to get the hunt began, for education, for work, information across, the limitations of for money, for a more exciting life. radio, the need to use it in conjunction low does an American Now the only way he can keep in touch journalist with other media for making sure that of a is radio. em Chicago find the editorship communication takes A structure makes a actually place.... 'acific islands newspaper? One view political A special course was mounted for national of this of islands wa-i given by John Walter, managing family group Medical Department staff, who were spread over thousands of square miles editor of the Pacific Daily News in interested in planning an integrated cam- of ocean, with peoples of two different in an item in Editor paign on Child Nutrition. So, after and Micronesian - Publisher. Here's what he said: races-Polynesian instruction on various programme forms, and an - Central English speaking the group looked at target audiences, 'It's not fun all the time. I don't Government... News services, educa- placement, timing with other media they '-elly have any life there, except for tion, medical care, representative were planning to use, and drew up out- newspaper. So I end up spending councils, entertainment, all create the lines for a series of short talks, slogans, all time at the office. need for a new communication irtually my system advertisements, short dramatised scenes, and a new outlook. to a a discussion or two, and sev- "Remember," Walter said and So private government messages eral interviews. ''uer colleague in Chicago, "we used fly back and forth over the air: "We are They also planned how they could ,,it tround and make all these plans sending you money... a position is va- make "news" for submitting items for t,,ut the way an ideal newspaper cant.., your son has died.., a ship is news bulletins, how they could tie up eli! run, how we'd never let anything calling at your island, please be ready with Agriculture, so they could get into or embarrassing get into ipid a new seaman's training course is that programme, too .... piper...

------'Well, you just can't help it. AIR SPECIAL ------z----- I here's only so much you can do, and Al your long-range plans somehow get pushed aside when you have to deal with the sheer problem of putting out ilfr c[uEQcifieNEWS OF THE UNITED STATESAmuriCaAND CANADA n whole, new newspaper every day. \jid then the edition comes up, and you A Gmrw" Newspaper eec things in it that you shouldn't see, jut it's already time to start This is how the logo for the new weekly, The Pacific American, will look. See he next one...'' page 3 for story on new paper.

HAWAII The Naalehu Theatre related how KIIV1I-TV CHANGING HANDS the movie house is counteringthc recent (ill) NEWSPAPERS MICROFILMED introduction of cable television (which greatly improves reception) by showing The Federal Communications imported Chinese movies. Commission has approved the sale of ''Our seem to Several libraries, museums and patrons really enjoy KiTVhl-TV, Honolulu, to Starr Broad- the Chinese films," Mr. Nakano, the ofNew Orleans. .'he r groups in hawaii, with the help casting Group, Inc., theatre manager, told the Ka'u News, Lawrence S. of $5, 000 grant from the Gannett Berger, president those that have Fu, Western Telestations, loundation, are microfilming old news- "especially Kong Inc., present and owner of KI1VH-TV, said the transfer papers in the Islands. The Honolulu sword-fighting magic." The theatrehas of will take atar-Bulletin reports that work was 556 seats, and Nakano ownership place August 1. said he has to gross more than $50 a '-rt'iieduledto start first with copies of The sale includes two satellite sta- lire Bulletin, from 1882 night if he is to break even, at $1.25 Daily published tions, Rh VO-T V in Hue and KMVI-T V, 1895, the Bulletin, per adult ticket. Evening published Maui. Berger, who has operated the harm and "When television first came, our 1895 to 1912, the Honolulu stations since 1964, will retainowner- Oar, from 1893 to 1912. All business really took a nosedive... I'd published ship of KIIVII radio. The sale price guess our gross income 70 irree publications were predecessors dropped by was not disclosed but has been esti- the lonolulu Star-Bulletin, which was per cent," he said. But business picked mated to be more than $3 million. rammed in 1912. The Star-Bulletin is up over the years, and he felt the theatre was there to raw owned by the Gannett Newspapers, stay. And then cable tele- vision was introduced, is are the daily newspapers on Guam. making that medium i'he old newspapers will he pooled more attractive and a new fight for audiences I !,,)m several library and other sources. began. Nakano said 20 HOURS 'LIVE' TVSATELLITE SET He hound copies of the newspapers "good samurai and western movies cii special care to preserve them, almost always draw crowds, "but a inch limited their availability for use good that he loses money on v scholars, students and others. most Walt Disney films because the child- Twenty 50-minute television pro- ren get in for 35 cents, and it takes a grams originating in Las Vegas will let of kids to break even. be seen in Hawaii at the same time they are broadcast on the U. S. Main- land the Labor weekend 'liON BUYS STATION during Day in September.

The programs, which are to be lire owners of KHON-TVin Honolulu this FIJI BROADCASTER VISITS part of year's Jerry Lewis a radio station in Port- a vt purchased Telethon for the Muscular Dystrophy to the nail, Ore. , subject approval by Association, will he brought to hawaii al Communications Commission, satellite. Hugh Leonard, general manager by r ,\:t a announced in April. designate of the Fiji Broadcasting The total amount of satellite broad- Republic Broadcasting, Inc., report- Commission, visited communication is about five times as much as liv signed a contract to purchase the casting researchers and practitioners during has ever been aired to ii aw a ii at asrts of NLIQ-FM in Portland for a short stop in Honolulu in April. He one time. 000. Republic is a wholly-owned was onroute home spending two months nirrririiar'y of McCoy Broadcasting Five consecutive hours of college on the U. S. mainland visiting which owns KITON, NEON's football is the most satellite- rrrjr:nrry, broadcast facilities. games rphhor island satellites and KYXI live which Hawaii viewers Leonard spent April 9 with the East- broadcasting rr in Oregon City, Oregon. --Iiono- have received in the West Communication Institute, visiting past. hr \r Ivcrtisc.r Robert Hewett, public affairs officer; With a few exceptions--news events John Brownell, acting chancellor; and, notably, network coverage of the Robert Worrall, assistant director, first moon walk--broadcasts brought to r\hl hiOtJSE BAiT LES CABLE TV EWCI; and Jim Richstad and Robert hawaii by satellite have been MeClelland, who are working on Pacific sports programs. Islands communication materials. The Ka'u News, a weekly on the And most of the latter have been Leonard also participated in a radio Island of Hawaii, that the football reports interview for the East-West Center professional games. itt Il movie house and modern cable radio station and sat in on a Peacesat The first U. S. Mainland broad- hr'vision are locked in a bit of a duel, discussion on journalism the next day. casts live by satellite to hi awa ii lb Chinese movies used to He also met with EWCI students and were in November 1966. --from Hono- arrant audiences. visiting Asian journalists. lulu Star- Bulletin JElmonou1ubbr-td!ettn

MICRONESIA GUAM PAPER GETS NEW STRINGER ON SAIPAN NEW WEEKLY, IGASETA, APPEARS

From Micronesian News Service Diane Maddex has replaced Mike Malone at mid-year as the Saipan correspondent for the Pacific Daily its is that "this is a Marianas A new weekly newspaper made paper really News and Pacific Dateline newspaper We want to concentrate on the appearance on Saipan in March. It is paper. of Guam, Micronesian News Service Marianas." He said I Gaseta will cover called I Gaseta, which means "The reports. Ms. Maddexhasbeen asso- other Trust news at times, News," according to its editor and Territory ciate editor of the Marianas Variety, but will deal with the Marianas. publisher, Victor M. C. Pangelinan. primarily a Saipan weekly. She is an American, The first edition of the new Pangelinan is no newcomer to the publication and wont to Saipan from Washington, was with a run of 300 and Saipan newspaper business. He was press copies I). C. Malone, a former Peace Corps was distributed free, for a time the editor of the island's largely according Volunteer, helped found the Micronitor to The other weekly paper, the Marianas Pangelinan. regular newstand newspaper when he was in the Marshall will be 10 cents, he said. \'triety. He said there are two impor- price Islands from 1969 to 1971, and helped tant reasons why he has decided to Victor Pangelintm is putting out re-open the Micronesia Star weekly launch his own publication. the paper in cooperation with his father, in 1971. He said he intends to live "One, andthis is probably the most Jose S. Pangelinan, who is listed on the in Ponape. important, is that there are a lot of masthead as a co-editor. In a statement people here on Saipanwhodon't getthe to readers on page one, I Gaseta says: news because they don't understand "On any controversial but newsworthy 'PRESSURE' CITED IN English," l'angelinan explained. I issue this publication will attempt to get CLOSURE OF PALAU PAPER Gaseta, whichwill both English all sides of the story before it presents publish From the Marianas Variety rid Chaniorro,willbe aimed at those it to the public..." Tia Belau, a readers. At present the Marianas Pangelinan said that, in addition to biweekly newspaper in Palau, was closed in Marchby "local Variety does not regularly publish English and Chamorro, he hopes even- and moved to Guam, accord- 'tides in Chamorro, although it has tually to also publish in Carolinian, pressures" ing to the editor. in the past. which is spoken by a large minority of The was closed A second reason, Pangelinan said, Saipan's residents. bilingual newspaper because of "political pressure from local Palauan leaders," according to [NOTE: See Bulletin on p. 1] Moses Uludong, the 23-year-old and editor of the The MICRONESIA JOINS PEACESAT publisher paper. paper has been publishing articles critical of not local leaders in From Highlights only Palau but also members of the Congress of Micronesia from Palau. Micronesia entered the age of first official interest in PEA CESAT in The newspaper is housed in a build- it cHit e communications in April when, mid-Juneof 1972 when High Commis- ing owned by Modekngei, a religious- in the Broadcast Johnston wrote to a it lithe flickof a switch sioner Edward E. economic group in I'alau that supports the ('enter on Saipan, the Trust Territory Harlan Cleveland, President of the Liberal Party, the dominant political ,Ftlie pacific Islands became University of Hawaii, to say that the party in l'alau. The party controls both iliatedwith the Pan Pacific Education Trust Territory government was "enthu- the Palau District Legislature and the d Communications Experiments siastic over theprospects of participating congressional delegation. v Satellite. in the PEA CESAT project." Through In its last issue, Tia Belau ran edi- the Communications Division, Professor Kitashi Nose, PEACESAT Depart- torials and news stories critical of ment of the Interior's authorization most of the Liberal members. It is clinician from the Physics Department to proceedwith the project on an experi- that the Liberal had the tJniversity of Hawaii, and George reported Party mental basis was in Callison, Chiefof Broadcast Division, received pressured Modekngei to close the news- late office. )partment of Public Affairs, con- September. paper It took over ayear tobring Microne- "I went to my office one afternoon u't'd theinitial tests on theSaipan sia's in the to and I saw another lock -round station. participation project on the door, full realization. The 'bird "worked said Uludong. "Our leaders are not Several witnessed the persons without a flaw during the April tests. used to public criticisms and discussion, ting of the equipment, involving both watched and As dozens of onlookers especially if it comes from the younger v nice and mong them was telecopier. A listened, Professor Nose, Dr. Kumangai generation. Even our congressmen who 1)r. \lasao Kumangai, Director of Health succession and Callison talked in rapid are supposed to be mo r e enlightened '' rvices, who held two satellite conver- with Honolulu; Maui; American Samoa; about the role of the press get all (angry) 'ttions, one with Dr. Richard Seamen Alaska; Wellington, New Zealand; Suva, when someone questionstheir actions." Memorial inHonolulu f'l'ripler Hospital Fiji; and Papua New Guinea. Later in Tia Belau, which in English means ad the other with PEACESAT officials the test, through the use of the tele- "This is Palau, This is our land, this health officials in American Samoa. copier, a page of typed and written is our nation, "will continue to publish; .\ station in Truk is also due to join material was received from Honolulu printing facilities were arranged on PF:ACESAT soon. and a similar page of printed material Guam, and at least one edition was The TT Government indicated its was transmitted to Hawaii. issued from there.

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NEWSPAPER COM1ETITION IN SAIPAN

What threat is posed to local news- Although GPI's actual plans appear to solicit advertisements and printing papers by a much larger newspaper firm as vague after Monday's hearing as they jobs here. Although printing presses 1 mm outside the community or country? did when its application was first made (including color) might be brought in \\lien is such competition "unfair" ? public, the general long-range objective sometime soon, all such printing jobs iese were some of the major questions is to start publishing another newspaper accepted would at first be sent to the hacussod in Saipan recently when the on Saipan. GPI plant on Guam. A permit also iianas Economic Development Board At present, GPI prints, on Guam, would enable GPI to import the Daily wand down on May 5 the application of a special "Saipan edition" ofDateline News and Dateline into Saipan should uam Publications, Inc., todobusiness and also exports the Daily News for something happen to the present dis- to Saipan. The Board found that the readers here. There are now 300 tributor, who now has the sole authority utry into Saipan ofthepublications Dateline subscribers and 700 Daily News to bring in the newspapers. All this, I'm, which is part of the Gannett News- subscribers on Saipan. said Udick, would "regularize" GPI's persgroupintheU.S. and which If GPI receives its sought after busi- operations here, which at present are publishes the Pacific Daily News and ness permit, and when--or if--the paper's confined to a news bureau (for whicthno ticific Dateline on Guam, would repre- subscription here reaches 5, 000, said business permit is needed). ant 'unfair competition to thetwo local Publisher Robert E. Udick on Monday, Whether the local newspaper could a aklies in Saipan (the Marianas Variety they will start awhoily new paper. survive this competition for printing to! I Gaset'a, a newpublication.) The "With the way the districtis pros- jobs, competition for newspaper !nard said, as reported in the May 11 pering," said Udick, "perhaps this is advertisements and competition for 'It r'ittiltis Variety: not really so long-range." It could come news was a concern voiced by several "There are already two active local within possibly two years, he added, ex- persons at the hearing. wop:ipers, wholly ownedby Microne- plaining that its coverage would be "What monetary benefits will come itins, which are entirely dependent on TT-wide. to Micronesians from printingjobs done (01 advertisers and subscribers for The effect that such a newspaper-- on Guam?" "How many Micronesians jr support. owned by one of the giants in the news- will be employed?" "Why do you need "The Guam papers would definitely paper business, backed by a huge a business office here just tosend work pose an unfair competitive environ- international staff--would have on Saipan!s over to Guam?" asked Paz Younis, i'nt to the two local newspapers local newspapers occupied most of the owner of the Marianas Variety. a advertising. discussion period during the "If a big newspaper comes here, The board feels that to allow GPI public hearing. with special advertisement rates, with aunt Publications, Inc.) to solicit "This newspaper will be no compe- daily issues, our advertisers would toiness here will force the two local tition whatsoever "categorically stated leave. I'd have to close down the " wspapcrs to declare bankruptcy." G. Dudley Dambacher, Chiefof Economic Marianas Variety, added Abed Younis. lTh1'li(r, the board held ahearingon Development for the TT's Department of Pedro A. Tenorio, a member ofthe issue, listening to the arguments Resources and Development, who was at Economic Development Board, asked iiI against. The April 27, 1973, the hearing as an observer. The R&D Udick, "Have you studied the feasibility ,!ritulas Variety containedadetailed Department is responsible for reviewing of incorporating with the local news- twy of the hearing, bringing out many this and similar applications for foreign papers ?" s of interest to journalism observers, business permits, and giving its recom- "We are wholly owned by Gannett," lance the story is reprinted herein mendations to the High Commissioner Udick said, "so we couldn't do that." oat its entirety. along with those of the Economic Develop- "We want to serve the Marianas in From the Marianas Variety ment Board. two ways," he also explained. "We want Is Suipan really a three- "It's not a matter of life and death" to expand our coverage ofthe Marianas, paper town? (for Saipan's small newspapers), said and to better serve the district." When this is one of the major questions L'dick. "We can both go along together." asked, he responded thatthe newspapers' merged during Monday's hearing "It's a business," added another Guam staff is made up of about three- Mt rianas Economic Development GPI official. fourths Guamanians, and GPI attempts l on the applicationof Guam Publi- "But do you expect to make money to restrict the number of expatriates on us, Inc., for a permit to do here?" asked Joaquin Torres, the Legis- its staff there. iU'SS here. lative Liaison Officer for the Marianas. "Who willspeakfor the Micronesians I lie firm publishes the Pacific Daily "Not for a long, long time," asked Paz Younis. :us and Dateline and is awholly owned said Udick. "If a newspaper fails to do this, "said Isidiary of the large Gannett news- He told the board that GPI needs a Udick, "it will fail. Our goal is to serve per chain in the U.S. business permit essentially to allow it the community and we can serve onlyby being sensitive to its views." Mike Malone of GPI's Saipan bureau (and former editor of the Micron e s i a predecessor to the Marianas Variety was asked by Economic Develop- 1! ment Board Chairman Pedro Q. Dela Cruz, (f:, "How do you think the local people accept r'i their local f newspapers?" ': 1d'i .!pi 3' "I think they are very well received,' ç\ .': he answered. ;1 EA

COMMERCIAL RADIO APPLICATION was the first part of the overall facelift. The broadcast trainer was brought from service has about 5, 500 The Micronesian Broadcasting subscribers who Majuro, where he had been living forone to month asked in May for apermit pay $13.75 per for the service. and a half years, and was assigned the watt In the Marinas Coronstruct -porationand operate a 1,000 April, Economic task of setting up a training school and Yoiimiercial AM radio station, a 250 Development Board told Pacific program for Micronesian broadcasters; a itt FM station and a community an- Broadcasting Company (Micronesian several classes have been held to date. tenna cableTVsystem, the Marianas Broadcasting Corporation) of ciua m iriety reports. to re-submit its application to start an AM/FM radio station herowhen its pre- MBS NEWSLETTER The Saipan weekly notes the corpora- sent license for WSZE-TV comes up ion WSZE-TVon Saipan, tireadyoperates for renewal. Micronesia's only television station. The Marianas Variety reports that Broadcast Center, central NIBC at the same time asked for a 10- Saipan "the company has hopes of becoming the point for the six Trust Broad- renewal of its TV station Territory vtar permit. first commercial radio in the operator cast stations, now publishes a weekly Trust it said Earlier, a company headed by Lee Territory, although initially newsletter, featuring news from all the station would be olmes of Guam submitted an applica- non-commercial. It stations, for distribution through- tam for a cable TV system throughout contends that from an economic stand- out Micronesia. Il six districts of Micronesia. Holmes point, it would be beneficial to have both owner of the Mariarias Communica- radio and its present TV stations run tions Systems on Guam, which provides from a single location with the STAR the only cable TV service there. The same personnel." BULLETIN'S RIGHT TO PUBLISH UPHELD

The Honolulu MICRONITOR EDITOR Star Bulletin won a 1 ENGLISH' BROADCASTS courttest of its -1P1:CIA FACES LIBEL SUIT right to publish a series of stories dealing with organized crime of 25 15-minute A series programs, in Hawaii when Circuit Judge Robert vi been produced by the Broadcast W. B. The Micronitor Chang dissolved on August 7 a radio weekly (operating Center, Saipan, for use by six temporary restraining order issued four in the Marshalls, Truk and Ponape in --tations within the Trust Territory of Micronesia) was faced with a libel suit days earlier. Pacific Islands. The programs, The the Public Defender, temporary order was issued at deal with informa- brought by Roger original scripts, the request of the Honolulu prosecuting " St. Pierre, in early 1973. The suit ton on everyday things like banking, office, which contended that involved articles that appeared in the attorney's itsuitnee, health, nutrition and agri- the articles, based on interviews Micronitor. The case was being heard with u11u re. The programs are an underworld informer, Alfonso Mol- in Saipan, and the Micronitor asked ifoitnational in their content and pro- cilo, contained material that would first for dismissal and then for a change prej- entetl in ''special English.'' udice the forthcoming murder trail of in venue from Saipan to Majuro in t he the alleged leader of a so--called guns- Marshalls, where the newspaper is pub- for-hire James K. Pokini. The lished. is about 2, 000 miles from gang, NAMED WSZD MANAGER Saipan J)IINNY Star-Bulletin agreed to postpone publi- Majuro. An account of these actions was cation of the stories the out- litivorsen Johnny is the new station carried in the April 20, 1973, pending Microne- come of a hearing on the anger for WSZD in Ponape, Marianas Variety. prosecutor's that the -Johnny, formerly program director request restraining order be On May 29, Chief Justice H a rold made the station, replaces Dusty Fredrick, permanent. Burnett granted a motion of the Microni- a to resigned several months ago. The Following day-long hearing, which tor publisher and three editors for centered -tW station manager attended the 1971 on questions of freedom of the summary judgment, relieving them of Itific Islands H acli o Development press and the rights of the defendant and in the case. This left the -aininar it the East-West Communica- responsibility the State to a fair trial, Chazig ruled editor in Joe as the in Institute. Majuro, Murphy, that publication of the articles would not sole respondent. completely destroy the defendant's right Chief Justice Burnett also heard a to a fair trial and would not make it request for change of venue and one for )! ('F COMMUNICAT ION IMPROVED impossible to impanel a jury. The a jury trial, according to the June judge said, however, that he hoped the Better voice communication among 15 Marianas Variety. newspaper would "use its sound dis- c islands of Micronesia is underway, cretion and determine for itself ecording to the June 1 issue of High- and perhaps the press will see that New equipmenthas been installed NEW NAME FOR TT BROADCASTING lights. these articles can wait for a while." in each of the six district centers. The The six-part series began appear- \I arshalls and Ponapo Districts were ing in the Star-Bulletin August 10 with operational before June, and the rest by Trust Territory broadcasting is now the notation that, "Respecting concerns he end of June. The new equipment "The Micronesian designated as Broad- of the court, certain deletions have been eliminates the "over and out" system of casting Service." The change is part of made in the original manuscripts. These communication and replaces it with an effort by the Broadcast Center to mold have to do with specific allusions to the tore conventional telephone all six district stations into amore homo- individuals who may or may not be ac- of The name type system. genous organization. change cused and tried for murder." 13

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Radio Vila, New Hebrides Broad- A completely new broadcasting struc- in different parts of the country: one in casting Service, stepped out with an ture in New Zealand has been announced the capital, Wellington, with links to increase in 'on air' hours--up from bythe Government. The present Dunedin in the south of the South Island; :; to 4 1/2 a day-- late last year. It Broadcasting Corporation will be re- another will have its head office in may not sound likemuch, butwithonly placed by three separate and independent Auckland, and responsibilities in Christ- two trainees as extra staff, and studio public corporations with smaller boards: church, also in the South Island. Facilities strictly limited, it represented one to operate the existing television Douglas s aid in hi s statement: a considerable strain on resources. networks; one to operatethe projected "Regionally based competing public Several new programs were intro- second channel network; and one to corporations will offer a variety of luced in the English and Bislama (Pidgin) operate radio. The plans also call for careers and a choice of opportunities language sections at the same time. replacement of the Broadcasting Authority in television and radio which have not !'hese included a program of ideas for by a body which will be responsible for existed in New Zealand hitherto." youth, sports magazine, and current the provision of common services (includ- affairs in Bislama. More and more ing the news service) that cannot He also said a goal of up to 50',"( accent is on rural and be divided, for being placed economically broadcasting national content "will be a guarantee 1celopmental topics. The French standards and for other matters outside towards New Zealand's own cul- language section is based on the proposed scope of the three transcrip- tural and social growth." t iOflS from OIIT F. corporations. In conjunction with Criscom (an arm Of the news, which would be announcement, the minister gathered of the Pacific Council of Makingthe Churches), and provided by the central body, Douglas 01 broadcasting, Roger Douglas, said Radio Vila held a weekend coursein said it was essential that all three work- two guiding principles the restructuring basic hroadcastingtechniques for pastors in should have access to were decentralization and the introduction ing corporations cd others interested in religious a full news service which could utilize of competitive enterprise. Over theyears, programming. one staff, trained and as said there had been promoted New Zealand volunteer John Mc Neil Douglas, increasing gatherers of news on film, video tape centralization of creation, production and raid his two-year assignment as Broad- with no in news administration and this had had an inhib- and sound tape, partiality returned casting Officer and home at the presentation. The three corporations iting effect on all broadcasting-particu- of last year. would have to develop current affairs larly on radio, which had been treated January saw the departure to New teams and which would go " more and more as a poor cousin of programs land of young information Assistant raw news and television, lie said the of a beyond explore background 'lPrvoa, who is a one- setting up :cpcth undertaking and meaning. Thus, while the news would separate radio corporation would rein- ,', :cr course in journalism at the be a common service, there would be state radio in the scheme of V lie finished things. llington Polytechnic, complete freedom for the three outlets So that decentralization and -'cc)ndary School a year ago and has region- to evaluate, interpret or illustrate it by acre been with the alism would have full play, t he two assisting preparation interview, feature programs and Fcc British Newsletter. television would be based corporations in-depth reporting.

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pants include students, mainly at the stitutions, and organizations in the multi- postgraduate level; Senior Fellows and cultural State of Hawaii. RE EAST-WEST CENTER isanational Fellows with research expertise or location institutionestablished in Hawaii Center programs are conducted by practical experience in such f i e 1d s as lv the United States Congress in 1960. the East-West Communication, Culture government, business administration or known as "The Center for Learning, Food, Population, and crmaliy communication; mid-career professionals 'Rural and Technical Interchange Be- Technology and Development Institutes; in non-degree study and training programs East and West," the federally Open Grants are awarded to provide at the teaching and management levels; 'irk ci Center is administered coopera- scope for educational and research inno- in and authorities invited for international con with the University of Hawaii. Its vation, including emphasis on the conferences and seminars. Thesepartici- :,cridated goal is "to promote better humanities and the arts. pants are supported by federal scholar- cc't:tt]ofls between the United States and THE EAST-WEST COMMUNICATION ships and grants, supplemented in some c nations of Asia and the Pacific through INSTITUTE concentrates on the use of fields by contributions from Asian/Paci- study, training, and research." communication in economic and social operative fic governments and private foundations. and in A fundamental aim of all East-West development the sharing of know- about 1,500 men andwomen across cultural barriers. These Each year Center programs is to foster under- ledge ,rn the United States and some 40 coun- themes are explored standing and mutual respect amongpeople through coopera- rica in the Asian/Pacific area exchange tive research and from differing cultures working together study, professional i'as cultural in East-West and insights in seeking solutions to common problems. development programs involving gradu- with a ate programs. Working and studying The Center draws on the resources of degree students, Institute staff, and ccc'rltinational Center staff on problems U. S. mainland universities, Asian- visiting scholars in a variety of com- ccl mutual East-West concern, partici- munication fields. Pacific educational and governmental in-

TWO STATIONS OPENED They are Kahi Vila from Kerema in WORLD NEWS IN PIDGIN the Gulf District, and Joseph Gob an from Buka in the Bougainville District. In Our News Kahi Vila is the station manager for by William Miki Radio Kimbe in theWest New Britain District, and Joseph Gohan is station for Radio Mendi in the Southern More than 17, 000 people came to manager Solomon Islands Broadcasting Service District. celebrate the opening of Radio Chimbu Highlands The controller of Jim in hundiawa and the opening of Radio broadcasting, Excerpted from ABU Newsletter said the two new radio stations Western Highlands' new building. Leigh, at the time More than 10, 000 people from all had not started broadcasting parts of the Chimbu District came to of the appointments. Every evening at 6:45, from Monday sic the opening of Radio Chimbu. He said it was important that the two to Friday, the World News in Pidgin Nbc new station was built at a cost managers should work in their areas for English is broadcast from the Solomon more than $218, 000. six months to meet the people and learn Islands. On Saturdays at the same time Many Members of the House of As- about their areas and setup equipment we broadcast the summary of the week's sembly talked to the people at Kundiawa. for the stations. news. It is a Solomon Islands Broad- Fite Minister for Information, Paulus Kahi Vila and Joseph Gohan spent casting Service (SIBS) Programme .... A r e k, said the Chimhu people should seven weeks in Australia, visiting From Monday to Friday, the news cake full use of their new radio station. various broadcast stations. --Our News from the BBC and the ABC, Australia lie said it was important that the Papua are recorded dailyat 0700 and 0745... New Guinea Government tell the people The translation is done by a Programme of the work it was to Assistant and the translation into everywhere doing EX-A. B.C. MAN JOINS Pidgin this ahead. It was also is checked an Information Officer, a make country go CITY COUNCIL by important, the Minister said, for the Solomon Islander, after which the news people to give their ideas to the Govern- A former broadcast officer of the is ready to be broadcast. aunt so the Government knows what the is the most common Australian Broadcasting Commission, Pidgin language are in the British Solomon Islands Pro tee- ople thinking. Maua Kemo'o, has been appointed Okuk, Minister for torate,although it is still h:tmbakey communications and public relations being \iriculture and member for Chimbu standardised. The Solomon Islands officer with the Port Moresby said the radio station would Christian Association last kional, City Council. year began the He said the work of a standard- peak people's messages. Maua Kemo'o will be responsible putting together ic would in ised for this radio station help unity for collecting news, as well as explain- Pidgin orthography country ti and a committee from all districts i s country. ing the work of the councilto the people. who came on a final NlLuiy of the 7, 000 people lie will also translate the work of the working version... the ltadio Western To read it highlands opening council from English to Motu and Pid- Pidgin, say phonetically. dress. Here are some me traditional gin and do other work as well. --Our examples: ihe Minister for Works and member News ii imi Open, Thomas Kavali, said the IN ENGLISH: In South Vietnam the is building would help the people to Communist forces have made two i miideast their traditional attacks on the South singsings, RADIO FOUGHT FAMINE separate tries and legends. The radio station Vietnamese troops patrolling the mmlii help people to know quickly about Mekong Delta. mm changes happening in our country. The Australian Broadcasting Com- IN PIDGIN: Long Snot Vietnam mission played a key role in the recent olketa Kominist solodiaibinmekem fight against hunger in the drought and tu fain fait long diferen taem long frost ravaged areas of the Papua New olketa soledia blong Snot Vietnam IW RADIO MANAGERS Guinea Highlands, according to the who i bin sedere long maos biong January issue of "RadioActive," the des fain Mekong riva. ABC staff journal. Two broadcast officers with the The Commission's Papua New Guinea IN ENGLISH: Britain's Prime am itment of Information and Exten- Service conducted a phon-a-thon (radio's Minister, Mr. Heath is to :11 Services have been appointedradio equivalent of a telethon) and succeeded in visit China next week. it ion managers for two new radio sta- raising more than $8, 500 for thenational torts in New Guinea. famine relief campaign. Papua IN PIDGIN: Des fain Paraem Minista blong Iglan Mr. Heath i baebne visitem S nina nex wik. Sainn nao i big faia kadera long wol an i garem pladepipoltumns wen i kasim 769. 000, 000 long 1970... Our department's main aim is to get information from overseas across to our own people in a way they c an understand as well as information Registered at the General Pear Office, Konedobu, about local things in which they are lot transmission by post as a qualified publication. FREE Nil! (continued, p.16) 15

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TONGA on events and people of the Pacific such Chronicle reporter Hopoate Moengangongo as Fiji, New Caledonia and Papua to cover the June rugby football tour of New Guinea. Australia by a Tongannational team. IIAIMOTONGA MAY GO INDEPENDENT Our biggest problems are getting Australian newspapers also helped enough information (because the SIBS the Kingdom's only newspaper by cannot afford to buy news from the cabling reports back to Tonga at the end Radio Tonga may soon be operating world news service) and, at present, of each game and by arranging for pic- independently of the government, a recent to give enough time to staff to write and tures to be transmitted, through Fiji. notice in the Tonga Chronicle indicated. background the news as well as we The April 12 Chronicle carried a notice would like. for a new manager for the Tonga Broad- WESTERN SAMOA tasting Commission and toward the end of the column noted: "At present the Commission rates TONGA PAPERS ENTER 10TH YEAR UNDER ASSIGNED TO INDONESIA rod functions as a Government depart- ment. It is, however, the intentionthat such control should cease so as to enable Siosiua Foaua, editor of the Tonga Kjell Linder has left the UNDP's it to operate independently." Chronicle and Ko e Kalonikali Tonga, Agricultural Development project in The position of manager was to he took the occasion of the papers entering Apia for assignment in Djkartawith the carries a vacant on June 16, 1973, and their 10th year of existence to reflect on Development Support Communication salary of T$3300 fixed. Responsibilities the role of the newspaper in the Kingdom. Service. Linder did extensive work in include total program output, mainten- He said that perhaps two of the most agricultural communication while in rue rod security, stafftraining and sales important functions of the papers were Western Samoa. promotion and advertising. Knowledge to "disseminate topical news items to the 1 troth Tongan and English were required. readers in such a way as not to be boring \pplication deadline was April 30. to the learned readers and at the s am e the John hunt, manager of Fiji time digestible by the average reader" NEW HOME FOR PICN? tJroadcasting Commission, which oper- and "the recording of historic events in rtes independently of the government, Tonga for future reference." He also n as recently invited to Tongato advise said the paper should carry accounts of The Pacific in the broadcast situation. "local events that would be of interest to Islands Communication Newsletter was started in 1970 the our overseas readers." by 15) East-West Communication Institute be- (continued from p. He notes the paper started in 1964 nat interested. Some items from cause of what seemed to be a need for orally with eight pages and only this year has Urn the ABC news are not information 1113C and been able to increase to 14 and sometimes about Pacific Islands relevant to the of the communication and and village people 16 pages, through tight scheduling and journalism, Urrlomuns, who form the there was no other or greatmajority overtime by the staff. publication organi- ,d' our country's population. For exam- zation meeting the need. Now three years ph, news on cricket and hi -jaekings. later, perhaps there is another organi- lrese are quite complicatedto explain AUSTRALIA ASSISTS zation that would like to cooperate in the nun riot much value is obtained from RUGBY REPORTER publication of this newsletter, or even aanti news by the people. take over the whole job. If interested, What we do is get more news which A contribution of A$500 tow ard please write to Jim Richstad at the inn interesting and simple to explain. expenses from John Fairfax & Sons Ltd., Communication Institute, 1777 East - So, first of all, we try to pick up items Sydney, made it possible for Tonga West Road, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA

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