Government Information Office
The Government Information Office is the state media authority on the island of Nauru and as such the carrier of the state broadcaster Nauru Media Bureau as the successor to the former Nauru Broadcasting Service. The authority has been responsible for a radio and TV station since 2008, and for the magazine Mwinen Ko since 2010 .
The agency is headed by Rod Henshaw, who came to Nauru around 2001 from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) as a consultant and then founded the broadcasting station together with AusAID , the development aid organization of the Australian government.
history
Today's radio stations were re-established in 2008 after the state-run Nauru Broadcasting Service had to be almost completely wound up due to the island's economic recession. An outdated infrastructure was taken over from the former radio, but the radio station resembled a jukebox and was only audible when you were in the immediate vicinity of the station. The television station broadcast no local programs and practically did not have its own technology for producing local programs. Until 2013 there were no local journalists on Nauru. The development aid financed cameras and microphones, a new, more powerful transmitter and training courses for local employees. In the first two years of foundation, the development aid organization raised around 450,000 US dollars.
Nauru Media Bureau
The state information office is not the direct organizer of the radio stations and the island's magazine, but has set up the Nauru Media Bureau as the operator of the media for this purpose . In 2012, around 30 people were employed for all three media. The foundation and operation of the media unit are supported by AusAID .
Radio Nauru
Radio Nauru was founded in 1968 as a station for the Nauru Broadcasting Service . In addition to its own programs, extensive material from Radio Australia and the BBC was distributed. Today, a local music program is produced with editorial contributions and foreign contributions are greatly reduced.
Nauru Television
The television program was founded in 1991. At that time, contributions were taken from New Zealand . After the re-establishment, material from the channels Australia Network (now Australia Plus ), ABC Radio Australia and the BBC was taken over. In the meantime, regular local programs are also produced in the national language and Australia Plus is the main supplier for English-language programming.
Mwinen Ko
The government magazine Mwinen Ko first appeared on February 24, 2010. It is distributed every fortnight. The initial print run was 2000 copies and cost 50 cents. The editor in charge is Sandra Bill. The name means "let's talk about the problems". It is produced exclusively by local employees. It informs about the government and the issues of the island community.
Official media
The Nauru Bulletin, which was published as a weekly magazine, is designed directly by the Information Office. The magazine was first sent out as a newsletter in 2009 and will be continued as a bi-weekly internet publication after the publication was discontinued in 2014.
The Office also produces and publishes the official government and press releases.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Sally Jackson: Nauru makes media network from scratch. The Australian Business Review, February 15, 2010
- ↑ a b c 'Let's talk about the issues': Developing Nauru's media industry. Ministry of Development, October 21, 2013, in the web archive of June 21, 2014
- ↑ a b Fact Sheet - Media. (naurugov.nr)
- ↑ a b Nauru Society. Country profile on The Commonwealth, in the internet archive of July 8, 2011
- ↑ Report for 2014 from freedomhouse.org
- ↑ Nauru Bulletin (naurugov.nr)