Experience

Current Designation

Senior Lecturer, Department of Communication Arts

Full time

• 1985 - Joined Word Publishing Company as a reporter with Wantok and The Times of PNG Newspapers then appointed chief sub-editor with the The Times of PNG.
• 1989 -  Joined Post-Courier as a sub-editor
• 1996 - 2000 Appointed Supplements Editor, then founded and edited PNG Magazine for Post-Courier
• Joined Communication Arts department at DWU as a teaching fellow and in 2004 – 2005, completed a Masters in Journalism Studies at Cardiff University in Wales. Has been teaching with the Communication Arts department since. 

Part Time

 

Affiliations

Awards

 EDUCATION

• Masters in Journalism Studies

AWARDS & HONORS

• Chairperson – DWU Website Management (2018)
• Chairperson – Innovative eLearning and eTeaching Committee (2015-17)
• Moodle Administrator (2008-17)
• Achieved full unconditional scholarship from University of Portsmouth for Systematic Review Program
• Education representative to strengthen rehabilitation in the Pacific – Pacific Disability Forum
• Advisor – PNG Physiotherapy Association
• Acquired € 330,000 from Cordaid for infrastructure development of the department
• Acquired PGK 500,000 from CBM for infrastructure development of the department

Presentations

• Matbob, P. (2018). Effects of Social Media. Powerpoint presentation at the Madang Archdiocese Catholic Youth Convention, Madang Archdiocese cathedral, June 27 – July 1.
• Matbob, P, & Gessler, S. (2017). National Elections 2017: Madang Provincial and Open Electorates. Powerpoint presentation at 2017 PNG National Elections Debriefing in Port Moresby, August 21-22.
• Matbob, P., & Gesch, P. (2015). The Pacific Marine Industrial Zone and the village: Strategies to convert resource boom into development. Paper presented at 2015 PNG Update, University of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, June 18-19.
• Matbob, P. (2015). China and the Pacific: The view from Oceania. Paper presented at conference organized by the National University of Samoa, Apia, Samoa, February 25-27.

Publications

• Sagrista, M., & Matbob, P. (2016). The digital divide in Papua New Guinea: Implications for journalism students. Pacific Journalism Review, 22(2), 20-34.

• Matbob, P., & Gesch, P. (2016). The Pacific Marine Industrial Zone and the village: Strategies to convert resource boom into development. Contemporary PNG Studies DWU Research Journal, 24, 71-85
• Matbob, P. (2016). Foreign Investments and Local Expectations: PNG’s Experience with China.  In M. Powles (Ed.), China and the Pacific: The view from Oceania (pp. 235-243). Wellington, New Zealand.
• Matbob, P. (2014). ‘We are not anti-Asians, just victims of poor governance': A media perspective. In P. D’Arcy, P. Matbob & L. Crowl (Eds.), Pacific Asia investment in resource development (pp. 51-79). Canberra: ANU.

• D’Arcy P., Matbob, P. & Crowl, L. (Eds). (2014). Pacific Asia partnerships in resource development. Canberra: ANU.

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• PhD and Masters

Collaboration

• Collaborating with other researchers under the leadership of Associate Professor Nicole Haley of Australia National University to monitor Parliamentary elections in PNG since 2007.
• Collaborating with other researchers in Australia and in the region on the study of China in the Oceania region.

Professional Associations

• Country Representative of Asia Media Information and Communication (AMIC) organization
• Vice President of Madang Lions Club