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Elite sources, journalistic practice and the status quo
In a time of crisis, when there is a signifi cant amount of uncertainty about the means and motivations of those involved, news sources have the ability to determine how an event is represented to an entire society.
Anthony Mason
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The media and the coup leader: Sitiveni Rabuka
Brigadier-General Sitiveni Rabuka, the former prime minister of Fiji who gained notoriety for staging twin coups in 1987, has enjoyed a love-hate relationship with the Fiji and Pacific media for almost two decades.
Anthony Mason
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REVIEW: Vibrant, stimulating view of region's nationalism, media
Review of: Blood on their Banner: Nationalist Struggles in the South Pacific, by David Robie. London, Zed Books, 1989; Sydney: Pluto Press, 1990; Manila: Malaya Books, 1991.
Alan Robson
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A case for Fiji’s grassroots citizenry and media to be better informed, engaged for democracy
Democracy in Fiji has been top-down where primarily the middle class and the wealthy elite have understood its true merits and values. Politicians, professionals, academics and civil society organisations, rather than the grassroots population, have been
Mosmi Bhim
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Wendy Bacon: A bullet and an orchid
Wendy Bacon, a winner of the Walkley Award, exposed corrupt activities by some New South Wales police officers and also foreigners implicated in the Fiji coups.
Sophie Kuasi
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REVIEW: Noted: Human touch, revealing media insights into Speight’s coup
At 10.45am on the morning of 19 May 2000, Fiji’s Parliament was disrupted when six gunmen entered and demanded the government step down. This is how it happened: Mr Speaker: (Standing up) What is this? Stranger No.
Christine Gounder
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Café Pacific and online censorship in Fiji
A commentary on how, more than a decade after the military coups, a hangover from the post-coup 1990 Constitution of Fiji cast a shadow on the media and journalism education methodology in 1998, in spite of the new "free specch" 1997 Constitution.
David Robie
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Fiji has endured four coups in the past 22 years. On 10 April 2009, President Ratu Josefa Iloilo suspended the Constitution, sacked the judiciary, postponed any general election until 2014 and appointed himself as head of state.
Patrick Craddock
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Fiji journalism pioneer remembers: Vijendra Kumar
A transcipt of an interview with 1975 Fiji Times editor, Vijendra Kumar.
Anthony Mason
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