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David Robie

David Robie (born 1945) is a New Zealand author, journalist and media educator who has covered the Asia-Pacific region for international media for more than two decades.[1] Robie is the author of several books on South Pacific media and politics and is an advocate for media freedom in the pacific region.[2]

In 1985, Robie sailed on board the Greenpeace eco-navy flagship Rainbow Warrior for 10 weeks until it was bombed by French secret agents in New Zealand’s Auckland harbour.[3][4] He is the author of a book about the ill-fated voyage, Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage of the Rainbow Warrior (Lindon Books, 1986).[4] An updated memorial edition of Eyes of Fire was published in July 2005,[5] and a 30th anniversary edition in July 2015 (Little Island Press).[6]

In 1993-1997, Robie headed the University of Papua New Guinea journalism programme and in 1998-2002 became coordinator of the University of the South Pacific journalism school where his students covered the 2000 George Speight coup d'état in Fiji.[7][8] According to the NZ Listener, an assistant minister in Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka's government in 1998 threatened to close Robie's media and politics website - Café Pacific - and revoke his work permit as a media educator in "what was seen as the first test of the 1997 Constitution's freedom of expression clause".[9] In 1999, Robie became an annual Australian Press Council Fellow.[10] He is founding editor of Pacific Journalism Review, launched at the University of Papua New Guinea in 1994. Between 1998-2002, Robie was the Head of Journalism at the University of the South Pacific.[citation needed] He became an associate professor in Auckland University of Technology School of Communication Studies in 2005 and a professor in 2011.[11] In 2020 he retired as director of the Pacific Media Centre.[12]

Awards

1985: NZ Media Prize, for coverage of the Rainbow Warrior bombing[citation needed]

1989: Qantas Press Awards for best feature article[citation needed]

2005: PIMA Pacific Media Freedom Award.[13]

2015: AMIC Asia Communication Award.[1]

Publications

Robie's publications include:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "David Robie". The New Zealand Society of Authors. 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Promoting Asia-Pacific journalism - David Robie". www.aut.ac.nz. 31 January 2013. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  3. ^ "A PHOTOGRAPHER'S DATE WITH A NUCLEAR DEATH".
  4. ^ a b "Crimes NZ: David Robie on the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior". RNZ. 25 June 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Eyes Of Fire: When Nuclear Wars Came To Town". Scoop. 3 February 2006. Retrieved 1 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ RAMPELL, ED (10 July 2015). "Thirty Years Later: The Bombing of the Rainbow Warrior". Retrieved 1 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "Journalist on bombed ship Rainbow Warrior to launch new book". Wansolwara Online. 22 June 2005. Archived from the original on 22 December 2005. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Internet coup in Fiji 2000". 26 July 2010. Archived from the original on 21 September 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Guns and money. NZ Listener". Archived from the original on 20 December 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  10. ^ "1999 Australian Press Council Fellow: David Robie, report and speeches".
  11. ^ "Pacific Media Centre founder takes on new social justice journalism role | Asia Pacific Report". Asia Pacific Report. 21 December 2020. Archived from the original on 18 February 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  12. ^ Fuatai, Teuila (30 March 2021). "Future of AUT's Pacific Media Centre under spotlight following director's departure". The Spinoff. Archived from the original on 29 March 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  13. ^ Fisher, Kate (10 October 2005). "David Robie Wins PIMA Pacific Media Freedom Award". Scoop.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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