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Free, open, and sustainable societies require a strong and professional media industry with impactful journalists to thrive. Since October 2020, 16 media outlets across 11 Pacific Island countries have been able to republish content from The New York Times as part of a partnership between the East-West Center (EWC) and the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR). By providing media outlets with non-biased, world-class journalism from the ‘newspaper of record’ in the United States, which they can republish to supplement their local news coverage, the project is strengthening media outlets and helping counter the proliferation of misinformation and biased reporting on social media. So far the media outlets have primarily used Times articles related to the 2020 U.S. elections, the COVID-19 pandemic, global news (including developments within Britain's Royal Family), and the environment. In addition to the licenses, all members of the Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) are being provided with online subscriptions to The New York Times and being invited to a series of exclusive webinars.
This successful initiative expanded in April 2021 to include capacity-building activities for faculty and students at the University of the South Pacific (USP) through several activities. In collaboration with National Public Radio’s Next Generation Radio Project, the program offered a series of in-depth customized ‘virtual newsroom’ trainings for students and faculty from USP which included one-on-one mentorships from experienced journalists in the U.S. These mentor relationships, which begin during the week-long workshops, are intended to last far beyond the life of the project. Additionally, select journalists from the region participated in short-term virtual fellowships with seasoned American media professionals. Finally, the project provided funds to upgrade the Radio Pasifik studio and the broadcast journalism program to better serve journalism students, Radio Pasifik volunteers, their community of listeners, and the University.
See outcomes of the NextGen Radio workshops here.
Free, open, and sustainable societies require a strong and professional media industry with impactful journalists to thrive. Since October 2020, 16 media outlets across 11 Pacific Island countries have been able to republish content from The New York Times as part of a partnership between the East-West Center (EWC) and the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR). By providing media outlets with non-biased, world-class journalism from the ‘newspaper of record’ in the United States, which they can republish to supplement their local news coverage, the project is strengthening media outlets and helping counter the proliferation of misinformation and biased reporting on social media. So far the media outlets have primarily used Times articles related to the 2020 U.S. elections, the COVID-19 pandemic, global news (including developments within Britain's Royal Family), and the environment. In addition to the licenses, all members of the Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) are being provided with online subscriptions to The New York Times and being invited to a series of exclusive webinars.
This successful initiative expanded in April 2021 to include capacity-building activities for faculty and students at the University of the South Pacific (USP) through several activities. In collaboration with National Public Radio’s Next Generation Radio Project, the program offered a series of in-depth customized ‘virtual newsroom’ trainings for students and faculty from USP which included one-on-one mentorships from experienced journalists in the U.S. These mentor relationships, which begin during the week-long workshops, are intended to last far beyond the life of the project. Additionally, select journalists from the region participated in short-term virtual fellowships with seasoned American media professionals. Finally, the project provided funds to upgrade the Radio Pasifik studio and the broadcast journalism program to better serve journalism students, Radio Pasifik volunteers, their community of listeners, and the University.