Asia-Pacific Regional Press Freedom Seminar

Country Report - Papua New Guinea

The Papua New Guinea Media Council is comprised of nine members, six are media outlets and three are media and advertising agencies.

The current President is Mr. Peter John Aitsi, General Manager of PNGFM - a commercial radio station. He is continuing the the good work initiated by the two former Presidents.

The Media Council was originally set up to protect the interest of the media organizations, it was as a vehicle to share information about possible "bad accounts". Over the years the focus of the Council has widened significantly to address aspects of improving the performance of the media as a whole.

This focus has taken the form of industry wide training courses, and the uniformity of approach by the media houses in tackling common goals.

The Media Council Board is made up of members of the various media organizations, and has established a specific working committee that concentrates on identify and facilitating training opportunities for the people within the industry. The training courses developed and made available to University Students, the general public and other interested groups that may wish to take part.

The long-term focus of the Council is to continue to encourage and develop the professionalism within the industry by the media houses and the people that choose media as a career. The principal is to develop better quality performance by our people and our organisations to ensure the interests of the People of Papua New Guinea are protected by a responsible, active, free media.

Yehiura Hreiwazi
Editor, the National

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