Scott Waide, Maseratis and EMTV … how a public outcry restored media freedom

  • Fred Wesley The Fiji Times
Keywords: Australia, censorship, Fiji, media freedom, Melanesia Media Freedom Forum, MMFF, Papua New Guinea, television

Abstract

Commentary: ‘It’s like we are operating in a bubble,’ says EMTV deputy news editor Scott Waide from Papua New Guinea at the Melanesia Media Freedom Forum (MMFF). ‘But when you start reaching out, talking to others in the region, you find that you are not actually alone in this. The experiences are similar. The intensity varies, but the take home for me is that nobody should be alone to handle their problems on their own.’

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Author Biography

Fred Wesley, The Fiji Times

Editor-in-Chief
The Fiji Times
Suva
Fiji

References

EMTV suspends senior journalist Scott Waide over NZ Maserati news story (2018, November 25). Asia Pacific Report-Pacific Media Watch. Retrieved from https://asiapacificreport.nz/2018/11/25/emtv-suspends-senior-journalist-scott-waide-over-maserati-news-story/ Also, EMTV television news 17 November 2018. [Video]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/76CxGr62aZ8

Jacinda Ardern says she won’t be travelling in a Maserati at Papua New Guinea APEC (2018, November 16). Television New Zealand. [Video] Retrieved from https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/jacinda-ardern-says-she-wont-travelling-in-maserati-papua-new-guinea-apec

PNG journalist reinstated (2018, November 27). RNZ Pacific. Retrieved from https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/376888/png-journalist-scott-waide-reinstated

Scott Waide reinstated–‘thank you’ message from EMTV journalist (2018, November 26). Asia Pacific Report- Pacific Media Watch. Retrieved from https://asiapacificreport.nz/2018/11/26/scott-waide-reinstated-thank-you-message-from-emtv-journalist/

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Published
31-07-2020
How to Cite
Wesley, F. (2020). Scott Waide, Maseratis and EMTV … how a public outcry restored media freedom . Pacific Journalism Review : Te Koakoa, 26(1), 43-47. https://doi.org/10.24135/pjr.v26i1.1083