Open AccessPNG's Year of the Gun
Author(s) -
Richard D. Dinnen
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
pacific journalism review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.308
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2324-2035
pISSN - 1023-9499
DOI - 10.24135/pjr.v7i1.706
Subject(s) - project commissioning , publishing , government (linguistics) , journalism , political science , public relations , media studies , photojournalism , advertising , public administration , law , sociology , business , management , economics , photography , philosophy , linguistics
All of us who practise journalism in PNG need to be ready for challenging times ahead. It is up to Government to properly explain its policies, and that's something the current PNG Government has not done well of late. And it is up to the media to take a lead role in informing, rather than inciting, public debate.