Conflicts challenge the Asian news media

During the 1980s, I reported extensively on the indigenous Kanak struggle for political and social justice and independence in New Caledonia. Twice I was arrested by French troops in the course of my conflict reporting—once at gunpoint. (This saga was covered at length in my 1989 book Blood on thei...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:b92ee69d79eb41bd8e2976c01fc18eaa2021-12-02T10:34:36ZConflicts challenge the Asian news media10.24135/pjr.v15i1.9751023-94992324-2035https://doaj.org/article/b92ee69d79eb41bd8e2976c01fc18eaa2009-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/975https://doaj.org/toc/1023-9499https://doaj.org/toc/2324-2035 During the 1980s, I reported extensively on the indigenous Kanak struggle for political and social justice and independence in New Caledonia. Twice I was arrested by French troops in the course of my conflict reporting—once at gunpoint. (This saga was covered at length in my 1989 book Blood on their Banner.) Also, over this period I reported on social justice, human rights and conflicts in the Philippines, coediting a special edition of the journalists' union magazine Diarista. It is agaisnt this background- and also running a postgraduate course in Asia-Pacific Journalism- that i am reviewing these two books. Both are results of special projects in Asian journalism. Both are packed with case studies (13 in Media and Conflict and eight in Blood in thier Hands).  David RobieAsia Pacific Networkarticleconflict reportingcorruptionforeign correspondentsAsia-Pacific journalismAsia-Pacific studiesCommunication. Mass mediaP87-96Journalism. The periodical press, etc.PN4699-5650ENPacific Journalism Review, Vol 15, Iss 1 (2009)
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topic conflict reporting
corruption
foreign correspondents
Asia-Pacific journalism
Asia-Pacific studies
Communication. Mass media
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Journalism. The periodical press, etc.
PN4699-5650
spellingShingle conflict reporting
corruption
foreign correspondents
Asia-Pacific journalism
Asia-Pacific studies
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Journalism. The periodical press, etc.
PN4699-5650
David Robie
Conflicts challenge the Asian news media
description During the 1980s, I reported extensively on the indigenous Kanak struggle for political and social justice and independence in New Caledonia. Twice I was arrested by French troops in the course of my conflict reporting—once at gunpoint. (This saga was covered at length in my 1989 book Blood on their Banner.) Also, over this period I reported on social justice, human rights and conflicts in the Philippines, coediting a special edition of the journalists' union magazine Diarista. It is agaisnt this background- and also running a postgraduate course in Asia-Pacific Journalism- that i am reviewing these two books. Both are results of special projects in Asian journalism. Both are packed with case studies (13 in Media and Conflict and eight in Blood in thier Hands). 
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