Pacific Media Centre (PMC) is part of the School of Communication Studies at AUT University in Auckland, New Zealand. It was founded in 2007 with a mandate to develop media and journalism research in New Zealand, particularly involving Māori, Pasifika, ethnic and vernacular media topics. Its website hosts a range of Pasifika media resources, including the media freedom monitor Pacific Media Watch and the peer-reviewed research journal Pacific Journalism Review, founded at the in 1994. It is listed by the Human Rights Commission (New Zealand) as a diversity project. and featured by the Panos London Media Development programme for its development communication work. by The centre is also a publisher of Asia-Pacific journalism, media and communication studies books. The most recent book was Communication, Culture and Society in Papua New Guinea: Yo Tok Wanem? published in partnership with the main publisher, Divine Word University Press in Madang, Papua New Guinea. In 2009, it began publishing Pacific Scoop independent news website specialising in Asia-Pacific current affairs in Partnership with Scoop Media Limited. In 2010 PMC was featured as a Creative Commons case study. Founding director of the PMC is Professor David Robie, a New Zealand author, journalist and media academic who won a vice-chancellor's award in 2011 for excellence in university teaching.
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