Fiji has submitted a bid to host the Eighth Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) media summit in 2026.
PINA board member and Fiji Times editor in chief Fred Wesley confirmed this following a meeting of PINA board members in Niue yesterday.
Currently attending the Seventh Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) Media Summit, Wesley said Fiji wanted to host the next meeting.
“We had our board meeting today (yesterday) and there were a couple of decisions that were made and the big one was that Fiji wants to host the next PINA Summit in Savusavu,” he said.
“This is going to be a unique experience for delegates that will be coming across to Fiji which is something we are really looking forward to.”
Wesley said PINA played an important role in developing journalists across the region.
“PINA was part of our discussions back home when we are discussing the decision to repeal the MIDA Act.
“They have also been part of initiatives and programs that involve the development of media organisations and journalists. They have been especially focused on the development of your journalists. The training of young people coming into the industry and empowering the journalist so that at the end of all of this they continue to uphold our values of journalism.”
The Seventh Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) Media Summit ends on September 26.
