Contents
PACIFIC CRISES: COVID, CLIMATE EMERGENCY and WEST PAPUA
Crisis communication and COVID-19: Covering two Pacific tragedies with storytelling / David Robie, 11
The weather is never neutral: Then and now / Jeremy Rees, 22
Strings attached: New Zealand’s climate aid in the South Pacific / Matthew Scott, 27
Taliban takeover: Charlotte Bellis faces perils outside ‘enemy territory’ / Gavin Ellis, 41
COVID-19 vaccine online misinformation in Fiji: Preliminary findings / Romitesh Kant, Rufino Varea and Jason Titifanue, 47
Spreading (dis)trust in Fiji? Exploring COVID-19 misinformation on Facebook forums / Romitesh Kant and Rufino Varea, 63
The COVID-19 pandemic: Resilience of Indonesian journalists / Gilang Desti Parahita, 85
Papua and the public: News framing of the Asrama Papua 2019 conflict / Annisa Nadia Putri Harsa and Lily El Ferawati Rofil, 105
The role of collaborative journalism in West Papua: A Jubi and Tirto case study / Ana Nadhya Abrar, 119
SPECIAL REPORT
Watchdogs under pressure: Pacific Islands journalists’ demographic profiles and professional views / Shailendra Singh and Folker Hanusch, 132
FRONTLINE
The making of Ophir - Bougainville stories and silences: An exploration of the documentary / Wendy Bacon and Nicole Gooch 150