Mass media in

Nauru Nauru ( or ; na, Naoero), officially the Republic of Nauru ( na, Repubrikin Naoero) and formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island country and microstate in Oceania, in the Central Pacific. Its nearest neighbour is Banaba Island in Ki ...

remain undeveloped, but Australian aid program AusAID has been financing and supporting their development. As of February 15, 2010, Nauruan media consist in a television station and a radio station, with a fortnightly newspaper due to be launched within days. Former

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broadcaster Rod Henshaw is serving as interim media director for the Nauruan government."Nauru makes media network from scratch"
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'', February 15, 2010

Press

In 2009, the Nauruan press consisted of the '' Central Star News'' and the '' Nauru Chronicle'', both of which were published fortnightly, and the government-issued '' Nauru Bulletin'', which was published weekly."Nauru: Media"

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, May 5, 2009"Nauru - Society"

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In 2010, the first edition of '' Mwinen Ko'', a monthly community newspaper, was published. The ''Nauru Bulletin'' is managed by the Government Information Office (GIO) and is distributed by email and on the official website on a fortnightly basis.

Television

Nauru Television Nauru Television (NTV), established on 31 May 1991, is the government-owned, non-commercial sole television company in the Republic of Nauru. It is operated by the Nauru Broadcasting Service and overseen by the Nauru Media Bureau. Specific ...

(NTV) -operated by the state-owned, non-commercial

Nauru Broadcasting Service The Nauru Broadcasting Service is the state-owned, non-commercial broadcasting service of the Republic of Nauru. Founded in 1968, when the country obtained independence, the NBS operates Nauru Television and Radio Nauru. By the early 2000s, i ...

- was launched in 1991. In addition to local programmes, it broadcasts programmes from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's

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and from New Zealand television. It is the only television company in the country.

Radio

Radio Nauru Radio Nauru, established on 1968, public radio, government-owned, non-commercial sole radio station in the Nauru, Republic of Nauru. Owned by Nauru Broadcasting Service. It broadcasts in 105.1 MHz frequency modulation, FM and operates from M ...

, also operated by the Nauru Broadcasting Service, broadcasts local content and programmes from

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and the

Media Freedom

As of 2015,

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classifies Nauru press as "Partly Free". Classified as "free" from 2002 to 2013, it was downgraded to "partly free" in 2014."Freedom of the Press - Nauru"

, 2013. There have been several reports of media censorship within Nauru, under President Baron Waqa (elected in 2013). In August 2013, Acting President David Adeang placed a media ban on opposition criticism of the asylum seeker deal between Australia and Nauru."Nauru TV censored over asylum seeker deal"
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'', 6 August 2013. Just over two weeks earlier, media coverage of the July 2013 riot at the

Nauru detention centre The Nauru Regional Processing Centre is an offshore Australian immigration detention facility in use from 2001 to 2008, from 2012 to 2019, and from September 2021. It is located on the South Pacific island nation of Nauru and run by the Gover ...

was restricted. Police confiscated a video recording of a parliamentary session from Nauru Television in May 2000."Freedom of the Press - Nauru"

, 2002 In January 2014, the visa cost for foreign journalists rose from $200 to $8000. Australian opposition leader Bill Shorten was quoted as saying "There's more than one way to bar the scrutiny of the press ... it could be a measure aimed at discouraging Australian journalists from reporting"."Nauru to increase visa cost for journalists from $200 to $8,000"

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, 9 January 2014. However, the Nauruan government has stated that the increase was only intended to provide more revenue for the island, and was not implemented to deter reporting.

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