By Staff Reporters
SUVA, Fiji Islands (April 29, 2002 - Wansolwara Online-USP Journalism/Pacific Media Watch)---The University of the South Pacific journalism program plans a lively day of debates and activities on World Media Freedom Day on Friday, May 3.
Here is the program:
9:00 am-9:45 am: Open day print, radio and video presentations in Newsroom and labs, H301A, Humanities Building, by student journalists
9:45 am-10:00 am: Cultural performance, introduced by Jackie Crenshaw, Journalism Students Association (JSA)
10:00 am-11:00 am: Fiji Human Rights Commission director Dr. Shaista Shameem: Keynote Address: "Human rights and the Media: The Challenge for a Genuinely Free Press in the Pacific." Lecture Theatre H101, Humanities Building (basement, near Journalism). Response: Debbie Singh, freelance journalist and regional media consultant. Facilitator: Dr. Akanisi Kedrayate, Head of the School of Humanities.
11:00 am-12:00 noon: Panel of...