UQ Journalism links with the Pacific
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uq.edu.au     Jul 31, 2008          

Opetaia Simati Anyone with internet access knows the website extensions .com, .org and .net. They may have even come across the increasingly popular .tv. But what many people don't know is .tv refers to the tiny, remote Pacific country of Tuvalu, which has an unexpected link to The University of Queensland's School of Journalism and Communication. Opetaia Simati, the man behind the world's only Tuvalu-based .tv site, recently visited UQ Journalism, as a guest of his friend and collaborator, lecturer Dr Mark Hayes. "Opet's no stranger to us at UQ Journalism," Dr Hayes said. "In early 2006, we did the world's first live web TV broadcast from Tuvalu into a first year journalism course lecture, and Opet was central to that being a spectacular success. “We did a live webcam cross to Tuvalu's capital atoll, Funafuti, in early... [read full story]                    


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