This week, we were pleased to welcome regional media to the Pacific Islands Forum campus. The journalists, who are in town for the ABU Pacific Media Partnership Conference, were given a brief tour of Nasonini and sat down with the PIF team for an informal talanoa. #OneBluePacific

New advertising from SME businesses highlighted as one of the benefits of #GenerativeAI for broadcasters at #DBS2025 - great presentation by Greg Armshaw, Senior Director of Strategy APAC, at Brightcove. ABU

Interesting review of ethical issues of using #GenerativeAI #AI at #DBS2025 including potential breaches of privacy when using facial recognition and the risk of fraudulent use by malicious actors. #media ABU

Major Asia bank to cut 4,000 roles as AI replaces humans bbc.in/3F3CTSd

Take a ride around the Australian synchrotron and glimpse the future –The Citizen thecitizen.org.au/articles/melbo…

The state-run Korea Broadcasting System has appointed a female anchor to lead its weekend news for the first time in 33 years koreaherald.com/article/104377… #KBS

Great program - my recommendation of the week. Nice work ABC Foreign corro.

Such an important story - nice work 360info.global 20 deaths a day: Australia’s ongoing COVID toll 360info.org/20-deaths-a-da…

BREAKING: A tsunami warning has been issued for Tonga after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit near the Pacific island country. An alert warned that hazardous waves could be possible for coasts located within 300 kilometers (185 miles) of the epicenter. apnews.com/article/tonga-…

This is shaping up to be a great event.

Indonesian journos struggle with low pay, job insecurity dlvr.it/TKVfTC

Press freedom faces an unprecedented threat. Artificial intelligence can support freedom of expression — or stifle it. Biased algorithms, outright lies, and hate speech are landmines on the Internet. Accurate, verifiable, fact-based information is the best tool to defuse them.

Anwar calls Russia ‘a great friend of Malaysia’ in meeting with Putin #FMTNews #FMTEng freemalaysiatoday.com/category/natio…

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he sees prospects for joint ventures between Russia and Malaysia in the fields of natural gas and nuclear energy.

Entries are open for the 2025 HEC Global Media Peace Awards on conflict prevention and resolution. Digital, TV and radio categories - international-peace-awards.hec.ca

Protesters pressure Dutch govt with ‘red line’ Gaza demonstration aje.io/hmmlay via Al Jazeera English

BREAKING: The Trump administration bars Harvard from enrolling international students and says thousands of students must transfer. Follow live updates. apnews.com/live/donald-tr…

In awe at the work on display at the World Press Photo exhibition in #Amsterdam. Especially moved by those below, including this year’s winning shot of a Palestinian boy and an extraordinary photo by Nanna Heitmann of a wounded Ukrainian soldier. No 3 is during air strikes in

Entries are open for the Global Media Peace Awards on conflict prevention and resolution. Deadline: Aug 31. More info: international-peace-awards.hec.ca Open to all media, in all countries.

In order to find the path to a better world and future, we must first be honest with ourselves about the true predicament we are in, acknowledging that we can’t get from Point A to Point B if we don’t even know where Point A is... michaelmoore.com/p/american-idi…