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The public right to know: 'Giving them what they want'
Vol 15(2), October 2009
Cover photo ©Maria Timon/ Pacific Calling Partnership.
Editors
Wendy Bacon, Jan McClelland and David Robie
Editorial
A viable public sphere?
Wendy Bacon, pp. 5-8
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Theme
THE PUBLIC RIGHT TO KNOW: 'Giving them what they want'
1. Covering the environmental issues and global warming in Delta land: A study of three newspapers (read abstract)
Jahnnabi Das, Wendy Bacon and Akhteruz Zaman pp. 10-33
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2. Reporting controversy in health policy: A content and field analysis (read abstract)
John Roberts and Chris Nash pp. 35-53
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3. ‘Letting them eat cake’: Narrative templates in current affairs/news journalism (read abstract)
John Carr pp. 54-70
4. The question of crime: How much does the public have the right to know? (read abstract)
Joy Cameron-Dow pp. 71-84
5. Behind the Fiji censorship: A comparative media regulatory case study as a prelude to the Easter putsch (read abstract)
David Robie pp. 85-116
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6. What is happening to investigative journalism? A pilot study of ABC’s Four Corners (read abstract)
Marni Cordell pp. 118-131
7. Arts journalism and exiled writers: A case study of fugal, reflexive practice (read abstract)
Ruth Skilbeck pp. 132-151
8.Media convergence in Bhutan: Case studies in 2008 link local voices to central infrastructure (read abstract)
Kinley Wangmo and John Cokley pp. 152-172
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Articles
Intentional use of te reo Māori in New Zealand newspapers in 2007 (read abstract)
Jenny Rankine, Angela Moeweka Barnes, Belinda Borell, Hector Kaiwai, Raymond Nairn, Timothy McCreanor and Amanda Gregory pp. 174-190
A comparison of teenage views on journalism as a career in Australia and New Zealand (read abstract)
Mark Pearson pp. 191-203
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Commentary
The changing mediascape in New Caledonia broadens the political spectrum
Nick Maclellan pp. 205-209
Reviews
Shooting Balibo: Blood and Memory in East Timor
By Tony Maniaty
Reviewed by Marcus O’Donnell pp. 210-213
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The State of Suffering: Political Violence and Community Survival in Fiji
By Susanna Trnka
Reviewed by Steven Ratuva pp. 214-219
Rebel Journalism: The Writings of Wilfred Burchett
Edited by George Burchett and Nick Shimmin
Reviewed by David Robie pp. 220-223
Media Education in Asia
Edited by Chi-Kim Cheung
Reviewed by Michael Bromley pp. 224-226
Papa Bilong Chimbu
Directed and produced by Verena Thomas
Reviewed by Jim Marbrook pp. 227-229
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A People War: Images of the Nepal Conflict 1996-2006
Edited by Kunda Dixit
Reviewed by David Robie pp. 230-234
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NOTED: Political Change in Southeast Asia
By Jonathan Woodier
Reviewed by Elena Kolesova pp. 235-236
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NOTED: Don McMullin supporting the Freedom of the Press
By Reporters Sans Frontières
Reviewed by David Robie pp. 238-239
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