PORT MORESBY, 27 April, 2026 - The 2026 PNG Media Summit is expected to elevate the Pacific Media narrative, with a focus on restoring the acknowledgement that media in the Pacific must lead its own growth and development.

The 2026 PNG Media Summit has received a significant boost with the announcement of major corporate and government sponsorship.

Organised by Women in Media PNG (WiMPNG), to commemorate World Press Freedom Day on May 3), the event is set for Friday, May 1, 2026 at the Crown Hotel in Port Moresby.

The event has secured a powerhouse line-up of sponsors dedicated to regional transparency and media development in Papua New Guinea and the Pacific.

MCPNG Announces 2nd PNG Media Summit 2026 Elevated to Pacific Regional Event

PORT MORESBY — The Media Council of Papua New Guinea (MCPNG) is proud to announce that the 2nd PNG Media Summit 2026 has been elevated to a major Pacific regional event.

Organised by Women in Media PNG (WiMPNG), this milestone summit will convene regional leaders, international keynotes, and industry giants in Port Moresby on Friday, May 1, 2026, in commemoration of World Press Freedom Day which falls on Sunday, May 3^rd.

PNG Media will be leading World Press Freedom Day celebrations across the Pacific region following a request from the Pacific Islands News Association (PINA).

The Media Council of Papua New Guinea calls on Prime Minister James Marape and the government to crack down on the Board and Management of Telikom PNG Limited and stop what has become the practice of silencing and suppressing media personnel who work for government-owned media organisations

THE inaugural PNG Media Summit 2025 held on World Press Freedom Day, Saturday, May 3 marks a significant milestone for the media landscape in Papua New Guinea. Representing the Media Council of PNG (MCPNG), Salome Vincent Alman of TV Wan News expressed the Council's profound gratitude to all who contributed to and participated in this landmark event.

The 2025 PNG Media Awards has received 55 nominations across 17 of its 18 Awards on offer.

The Council received a total of 55 nominations across 17 of the 18 Awards from the seven categories of Journalism, Radio, Television, Print, Online, Creative Media, and Special awards.

Only five days away, the first ever Papua New Guinea Media Summit will lead Media Council of PNG activities to commemorate World Press Freedom Day on Saturday, May 3^rd.

The PNG Media Summit gets underway on Saturday, May 3rd, in Port Moresby, with the keynote address to be delivered by Richard Howard, the United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator in Papua New Guinea.

Mr. Howard's presence highlights the international recognition of media freedom's importance in PNG.

The Media Council of Papua New Guinea will be staging its first national media summit in Papua New Guinea.

It is the first event which the Council hopes will gather media professionals currently engaged in the industry, policy makers, and media academics to discuss emerging media technologies and its impacts on ethics and standards in Papua New Guinea’s media sector.

The Remington Group is proud to be a sponsor of the PNG Media Awards 2025!

Remington Group, a long-standing leader in PNG’s technology and business solutions space, is sponsoring the ‘Best Website’ Award as part of its broader commitment to national transformation and development.

The MCPNG recently participated in an information exhibition facilitated by Transparency International PNG (TIPNG), and the Community Coalition Against Corruption (CCAC).

The ‘Integrity & Action’ Exhibition was staged at the Holiday Inn on Friday 28^th and Saturday 29^th of March.

A DELEGATION of Tongan Media Leaders led by the Media Association of Tonga (MAT) has left Port Moresby satisfied after an intense week of learning from visits to various mainstream media organisations and engaging with the Media Council of Papua New Guinea.

The first PNG National Press Club event for the year featured Eddie Tanago, Campaign Manager with ACT NOW PNG, who spoke on Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation (SLAPPs), as a threat to media freedom and freedom of speech.

PAPUA New Guinea’s first ever PNG media-led Training of Trainers workshop on social media best practices has highlighted the need for more management and organisational support and investment into the digital divisions of mainstream media newsrooms.

ANYONE actively practicing in the business of collecting, packaging and presenting news and information for public consumption on a regular basis will need to become a member of the Media Council of Papua New Guinea (MCPNG) and be accredited.

A DELEGATION of Tongan Media Leaders is expected in Port Moresby from the 25^th to the 29^th of March.

The Delegation comprising prominent Tongan Media personalities includes Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) President Kalafi Moala, and PINA Board Representative for Radio, Katalina Tohi.

THE Media Council of Papua New Guinea’s first PNG National Press Club is set for Wednesday March 26^th and will feature as its first speaker for the year, Campaign Manager for ACT NOW PNG, Eddie Tanago.

A SERIES of ‘Boardroom Briefings’ held across the months January and February this year for Media Council of PNG Media Members is the start of closer and more frequent interaction between the MCPNG Executive and Media Members.

NOMINATIONS are now open for the 2025 PNG Media Awards. Only open for the month of March, Editors and News Managers have been encouraged to provide nominations for the 18 Categories covering Journalism, Print, Radio, Television, Online and a category of Special Awards.

THE Foundations of Journalism Training of Trainers workshop was held over three days at the Hilton Hotel in Port Moresby, and had as participants 14 journalists, editors and radio programme producers from various mainstream media houses in the country.
These 14 media personnel are now certified as facilitators for Foundations of Journalism in PNG.