The demographics of diversity: profile of Pacific Island journalists

Abstract

One hundred and sixty-four journalists in eight Pacific Island countries responded to a 1992 survey on profes-sional attitudes and practices in the region. Generally, these journalists were found to be young, middle-class, well-educated in comparison to the rest of the popula-tion, and male. However, regional and national dis-tinctions were evident. In Melanesia, journalists are most likely to be indigenous, to come from an agricul-tural background, to have some tertiary education and to be male. Polynesian journalists (and this includes Fiji) are also young and indigenous, but less likely to have university degrees. Like Micronesian journalists, Polynesian journalists are almost equally male or fe-male. Micronesian journalists, however, are primarily expatriate in origin and few stay in the islands longer

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