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LAST NAME:
Brown
MIDDLE NAMES:
(none)
FIRST NAME:
Jason
CITIZENSHIP / NATIONALITY
Australian / Cook Islands Permanent Resident (1985)
DATE OF BIRTH
15th September 1965, St. Leonards, Sydney, Australia
INTERESTS
Walking, photography
CONTACTS
e-mail:
jasonbrown1965@live.com
postal:
1 Jason Ave
Sandringham
Auckland 1025
Aotearoa, New Zealand
Aotearoa, New Zealand
phone:
+64224340831
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
1982 First news story, on impacts of Space Invader games on youth, CINews
1985 Editor, Mini South Pacific Games insert, Rarotonga
1986 Sacked by Sir Thomas Davis administration for "naughty" stories
1988 Te Kuki Airani; campaign newspaper, exposes mafia links
1990 Liasion, Media and Government Relations, Forum, Rarotonga
1991 Exclusive expose Avaiki Air crash, CITV
1992 Advocate for Maori-first news, Te Rongo Veka, CITV
1994 Founding member Cook Islands Journalists Association, code of ethics
1995 Expose US$1.1 billion Letters of Guarantee, Cook Islands Press
1995 Leading role in public petition against Media Standards Bill
1996 Freedom of Information Award, PINA, Cook Islands Press
1996 Press Attache to Atlanta Olympics, team Cook Islands - Go Green!
1997 Exclusive local coverage of Cyclone Martin, Manihiki, Cook Islands
1997 Founding role in Cook Islands Media Association
1997 Expose constitutional amendment against permanent residents
1998 Cook Islands media only institution gaining public confidence
1986 Sacked by Sir Thomas Davis administration for "naughty" stories
1988 Te Kuki Airani; campaign newspaper, exposes mafia links
1990 Liasion, Media and Government Relations, Forum, Rarotonga
1991 Exclusive expose Avaiki Air crash, CITV
1992 Advocate for Maori-first news, Te Rongo Veka, CITV
1994 Founding member Cook Islands Journalists Association, code of ethics
1995 Expose US$1.1 billion Letters of Guarantee, Cook Islands Press
1995 Leading role in public petition against Media Standards Bill
1996 Freedom of Information Award, PINA, Cook Islands Press
1996 Press Attache to Atlanta Olympics, team Cook Islands - Go Green!
1997 Exclusive local coverage of Cyclone Martin, Manihiki, Cook Islands
1997 Founding role in Cook Islands Media Association
1997 Expose constitutional amendment against permanent residents
1998 Cook Islands media only institution gaining public confidence
1999 Set up Avaiki Nius Agency
2001 Speaker lifts ban
2002 Information Assistant, Pacific Islands AIDS Foundation, Barcelona - meet former presidents Nelson Mandela and Bill Clinton
2002 Information Assistant, Pacific Islands AIDS Foundation, Barcelona - meet former presidents Nelson Mandela and Bill Clinton
2003 WWF photo contract
2004 Avaiki Nius Agency launches online.
2005 Tahiti by election, launch JPK investigation
2006 'Malestreaming' intern, Pacific Women's Bureau, SPC
2006 Women in Politics blog, Rarotonga
2006 Sole Pacific Islands media contributor to aid strategy review, Australia
2007 Australia aid strategy review ticks sustained public broadcasting
2007 Founding member Pacific Islands Journalism Online
2008 Inaugural meeting Pacific Freedom Forum, Samoa.
2010 Establish JICC, Journalism in Crisis Coalition
2004 Avaiki Nius Agency launches online.
2005 Tahiti by election, launch JPK investigation
2006 'Malestreaming' intern, Pacific Women's Bureau, SPC
2006 Women in Politics blog, Rarotonga
2006 Sole Pacific Islands media contributor to aid strategy review, Australia
2007 Australia aid strategy review ticks sustained public broadcasting
2007 Founding member Pacific Islands Journalism Online
2008 Inaugural meeting Pacific Freedom Forum, Samoa.
2010 Establish JICC, Journalism in Crisis Coalition
2011 Establish WJR, World Journalism Review
2012 Report Samoa 50th independence anniversary, for Apia Business Review
2013 Hired as deputy editor, Samoa Observer; approved as volunteer Coordinator for Pacific Freedom Forum
2015 Establish Journalism Agenda 2025, an open newsroom approach towards solutions for the global journalism crisis.
CAREER LOWLIGHTS
1982 First job threats from cabinet ministers
1982 First job threats from cabinet ministers
1986 Sacked by Sir Thomas Davis administration for "mischievous" stories
1988 Failure of bid for privatisation of Cook Islands News
1989 No job; public relations for Cook Islands Government
1988 Failure of bid for privatisation of Cook Islands News
1989 No job; public relations for Cook Islands Government
1990 Resign from government over censorship
1993 Contempt of Cook Islands Parliament for cartoon
1994 Lots of promises, but few funders for Cook Islands Press
1995 Death threat from shipping owner, deportation threat from prime minister
1994 Lots of promises, but few funders for Cook Islands Press
1995 Death threat from shipping owner, deportation threat from prime minister
1996 Develop tinnitus, 24/7
1997 Refused NZAID funding
1998 Commercial failure of Cook Islands Press
1999 Failure of Cook Islands Media Council, Cook Islands Media Association and Cook Islands Journalists Association
1998 Commercial failure of Cook Islands Press
1999 Failure of Cook Islands Media Council, Cook Islands Media Association and Cook Islands Journalists Association
2000 Not selected for Sydney Olympics media, starts in my birthland on my birthday without me
2001 Banned from Cook Islands Parliament
2004 Declare crisis in Cook Islands media
2005 NZAID: "Your name is mud with New Zealand."
2006 Migrate for health reasons, Auckland
2007 Banned from PINA membership
2008 Banned from WIBT, Auckland, withdraw from AUT PIMA scholarship
2009 Declare crisis in New Zealand media
2010 Banned from Pacific WAVE meeting, at WPFD, Brisbane
2011 Declare GJC, Global Journalism Crisis
2012 Failure to get support for World Journalism Review
2013 Inability to do full time job and volunteer for PFF
2014 Return to NZ from Samoa deputy editorship (family illness)
2015 Was sent the wrong ticket reference to a major freedom conference, in Paris + rejected for Bruce Jesson award a second time.
CONFERENCES
1994 PINA Samoa
1998 PINA Tahiti
1999 PINA Fiji
2003 PINA Samoa
2006 PIMA NZ
2008 PIMA NZ
2009 PIMA NZ
2010 World Press Freedom Day, Australia
2015 UNESCO Internet Freedom Forum (invited, see lowlights), France (informal submission)
2015 IFEX General Meeting and Strategy Conference, Trinidad and Tobago, a hugely inspiring and empowering event.
HEALTH
LINKS:
Tinnitus (google results).
ESTIMATED TOTAL PERSONAL DEBTS
US$135,000 as at 15 September 2015
PERSONAL CREDIT RATING
Bad
PERSONAL DEBT BY COUNTRY
Cook Islands
New Zealand
PERSONAL STATUS
Divorced, two children
ESTIMATED TOTAL PERSONAL DEBTS
US$135,000 as at 15 September 2015
PERSONAL CREDIT RATING
Bad
PERSONAL DEBT BY COUNTRY
Cook Islands
New Zealand
PERSONAL STATUS
Divorced, two children
LINKS:
Foreign aid in Pacific media education
Total Transparency Tools
Independent researcherEARLIER VERSIONS
UPDATED:
28th September 2015
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