02 – 10.2003

This site is the first web presence for the Media Council of Papua New Guinea and the Media Association of the Solomon Islands. It was developed to support the councils' journalism training, information sharing and anti-corruption campaigning. The site was designed and built by an interdisciplinary team of communication design, journalism and media and communication students under the supervision of Sharon Tickle and Marcus Foth.

At the launch on 16 Oct 2003, PNG's Minister for Intergovernmental Relations Sir Peter Barter said he was full of admiration for what has been accomplished and he hopes that the information sharing, the site makes possible, will be the first step towards a deeper relationship between PNG and the Solomon Islands media industries. President of the Media Council of PNG Peter Aitsi said he wants the site to be "a tool for training to enable journalists in the region to exchange their experiences and learn together".

Between 17 and 23 November 2003 two staff from Port Moresby and one from Honiara visited the Creative Industries Faculty to learn how to manage the site themselves. Their visit is funded by a Community Service Grant which was awarded by QUT to Sharon Tickle and Marcus Foth.

The site is driven by PHP/MySQL scripts and features a dynamic slide show as well as news, events, jobs and members listings which can be edited through a secure admin interface.

http://www.png-simediacouncil.org/

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