11/11/11 USP journalism awards night Watch story
06/10/11 Censorship vs. self-censorship Read paper
09/09/11 Marc interviewed on Fiji TV Watch video
03/09/11 Tailor-made for Fiji Read column
27/08/11 Professor warns media officers Read story
05/08/11 Going native for USP Open Day See pic
11/4/11 A message to Am-Can poolies Read it here
17/03/11 University of the South Pacific See pics
25/01/11 Asking the "why" question Read letter
070/1/11 A Fellow of the Reynolds Center See pics
16/09/10 Retirement dinner for Pat Ziegler See pics

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Marc Edge is an international journalism educator and media critic from Vancouver, Canada, who has taught at seven universities in four countries. He is currently a Senior Lecturer and Head of Journalism at the University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji. He is the author of three books, the most recent being Asper Nation: Canada's Most Dangerous Media Company, which was published in 2007 by New Star Books. From 1974 until 1993, Marc was a newspaper journalist for the Vancouver Province and the Calgary Herald. After taking early retirement at age 38, Marc fulfilled a long-time dream by sailing to the South Pacific aboard his 40-foot ketch, Markenurh. He then studied for his doctorate and taught at Ohio University, winning the 2002 Dissertation Award of the American Journalism Historians Association. His dissertation was published as his first book, Pacific Press: The Unauthorized Story of Vancouver's Newspaper Monopoly. From 2001-04, Marc was an Assistant Professor in the School of Communication and Information at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He has also taught at Simon Fraser University, the University of Texas at Arlington, Thompson Rivers University, and Sam Houston State University.