Journalists Who Cover Pacific Islands

Stefan Armbruster

Brisbane City, Australia

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Stefan Armbruster is the Pacific Regional News Development Lead for Pasifika TV/PCBL. 

Previously he was Head of News (Pacific) for Radio Free Asia/BenarNews, defunded by Trump in 2025, and a correspondent with Australian national public broadcaster SBS World News for 18 years, covering Australia ...

Sharon Bhagwan-Rolls

Suva, Fiji

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Sharon Bhagwan-Rolls is a Suva, Fiji Islands based broadcast journalist (writer/producer) with the ability to cover and produce content on a range of current issues from the development sector, natural disasters to arts and culture as a result of more than twenty years experience in the broadcast ...

Helen Clark

Melbourne, Australia

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Helen Clark is a journalist based in Melbourne, Australia.

Paula Dupraz-Dobias

Geneva, Switzerland

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Paula is a journalist, news and documentary producer and editor with experience in all forms of media in Europe, North America and South America. 

Her work has included articles published in swissinfo.ch, The New Humanitarian, Geneva Solutions, Le Temps, C&EN, Al Jazeera, VICE, Climate Home News, ...

Devianti Faridz

Central Jakarta, Indonesia

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Devianti Faridz is a Freelance Broadcast Journalist in Jakarta.

She had worked as a News Correspondent at a Singapore based regional broadcaster, Channel NewsAsia.

Prior to that, she served as Producer for several English news programs, as well as a Bahasa Indonesia tourism program on Metro ...

Erin Hale

Taipei, Taiwan

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Erin Hale is a journalist based in Taipei.

Luke Hunt

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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Luke Hunt began his career in journalism in the early 1980s after traveling through what was then some of the world’s trouble-spots, including Northern Ireland and the south of Morocco. Hunt initially worked for Australian Associated Press and then Agence France-Presse where he served as bureau ...

Robert Kelly

Belfast, United Kingdom

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Robert Kelly is a filmmaking professional based in Belfast, United Kingdom.

Bryan Manabat

Kannat Tabla, Northern Mariana Islands

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Bryan Manabat is a veteran journalist based in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, known for his deep, on‑the‑ground reporting on public affairs, government accountability, legal developments, and community resilience across the CNMI and Micronesia. His work spans daily news, long‑...

Niranjan Marjani

Vadodara, India

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Niranjan Marjani is a journalist based in Vadodara, India.

Alastair Mccready

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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Alastair McCready is editor for regional magazine Southeast Asia Globe, based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. He is able to provide editing, photography and reporting, as well as contacts in country and across the region.

Scott Morris

Oakland, United States of America

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I'm an experienced breaking news and investigative reporter in Oakland. I worked for six years as a staff breaking news reporter and editor at San Francisco-based Bay City News Service before becoming a full time freelancer in 2017. Since then, I've been writing investigative features on policing, ...

Lice Movono

Suva - City Center, Fiji

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Lice Movono is a Suva-based multiplatform journalist, communications specialist and media skills trainer with over two decades of experience covering the South Pacific, particularly Fiji, for including reporting for international outlets including ABC, RNZ, Al Jazeera, The Guardian among other ...

Ramesh Pokhrel

Kathmandu, Nepal

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Ramesh Pokhrel is an Investigative journalist, Researcher based in Kathmandu (and also New Delhi). 

Areas of Focus / Coverage

Crime & Justice, Politics, Military affairs, Geopolitics, foreign & global affairs, current affairs across Asia.

Yasmine Ryan

Tunis, Tunisia

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Yasmine is a bilingual, award-winning print, photo and television journalist with more than eight years’ experience with leading international news organisations. She is currently based in Tunis, where she writes analysis, news and features for international media, along with television and radio ...

Sarah Souli

Athina, Greece

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Sarah Souli is an independent journalist based in Athens, Greece. She focuses on narrative-driven, in-depth pieces that connect individual stories to a bigger picture, be that politics, economics, the environment, culture, or human rights. 

Her print work has been featured in Vice, The Guardian, ...

Claire Turrell

Singapore, Singapore

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Claire Turrell is a journalist based in Singapore, Singapore. 
Bylines | BBC, Insider, Nat Geo, The Guardian, The Smithsonian.
Specialises in travel, business, environment.

Fixer for film crews.

Timoci Vula

Suva - City Center, Fiji

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Timoci Vula is a journalist based in Suva - City Center, Fiji.