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Mediawatch for Sunday 1st December
1 Dec 2024The tale of two towns - Taupō and Westport - which face losing their only local newspaper.
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Paper closures spark 'news deserts' warning
24 Nov 2024A proposal to close 14 local North Island papers has prompted warnings of overseas-style 'news deserts' springing up here.
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'You don't know what you've lost until it's not there' - Proposal to close community papers will gut local news
17 Nov 2024Mediawatch - The closure of 14 local papers in the North Island could see the end of a century-long history.
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Journalist barred from accountability event for holding people accountable
17 Nov 2024Mediawatch - An award-winning journalist dedicated to reporting abuse in state care was briefly banned from the official apology. Why? And what did he make of it?
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Mediawatch for Sunday 17th November 2024
17 Nov 2024Why was an award-winning journalist dedicated to reporting abuse in state care briefly banned from the official apology for that this week? Also - NZME plans to close 14 local North Island papers…
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Australia and Malaysia step up social media accountability
10 Nov 2024Mediawatch - Scams, spam, and disinformation and defamation still circulate on social media platforms that make little effort to counteract them. Will new laws help?
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Media messages from Trump's triumph
10 Nov 2024Mediawatch - "It's their media world now. We just live in it." What can the news media take away from Donald Trump's election victory?
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NZ Geographic's bold survival strategy
3 Nov 2024Mediawatch - The award-winning magazine has adopted "radical transparency" in a bold bid to secure survival and turn readers into stakeholders.
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The Post's owner signs up to new Wellington pressure group
3 Nov 2024Two top US papers copped backlash when billionaire owners interfered in election coverage. Mediawatch asks if the boss of Stuff could compromise her own company's coverage in Wellington.
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Capital council clash claims run ahead of the facts
Mediawatch - Media joined the chorus claiming the government will intervene in the council crisis in Wellington. Then they started saying they'd be better off out of it.
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Scam Facebook ads targeting media trust
20 Oct 2024Mediawatch - What's behind a sudden surge of scandalous social media posts co-opting news media names to make them look less dodgy?
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Google flexes muscle on local news
13 Oct 2024Mediawatch - One media executive says it could be "the end-of-days for journalism" in NZ if Google cuts ties with news. But why?
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How did TVNZ end up shrinking?
7 Oct 2024Analysis - Mediawatch looks at the background to the state broadcaster reducing scope and scale and asks if the scrapped media merger was a missed opportunity.
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Media in the thick of hospital 'blowout' backlash
6 Oct 2024Mediawatch - Local media helped drive the backlash to the u-turn on rebuilding Dunedin Hospital. But can they campaign on issues while also reporting them fairly?
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Do people really want to hear good news?
6 Oct 2024Mediawatch - Humans have an inherent negativity bias. Do we really want feel-good news in not-so-good times?
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Mediawatch: Turning point for ABC
29 Sep 2024Mediawatch talks to the boss of Australia's public broadcaster about what it's up to - and up against - across the Tasman.
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Polkinghorne trial spotlights mental health in the media
29 Sep 2024Coverage of the trial blurred the lines on reporting suicide - and raised questions about how mental health can be aired in a healthy way.
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Midweek Mediawatch: Polkinghorne trial & problem podcasts
25 Sep 2024The media’s Polkinghorne preoccupation; problem podcasts offline - but for very different reasons; why is RNZ’s online traffic suddenly surging?
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Media getting the silent treatment from politicians
22 Sep 2024There are claims politicians are dodging media interviews - but the way the media handle them might be part of the problem. Video
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Bad city vibes make big news
15 Sep 2024Mediawatch looks at a string of bad news about bad vibes in our big cities - with one in particular being singled out.
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Mediawatch for SUNDAY 15 September 2024
15 Sep 2024Now it's Mediawatch This week Colin Peacock looks at new research which says the media may be driving away minority audiences. But first - he looks at a string of bad news about bad vibes in our big…
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Epic broadcast marks new epoch for te ao Māori
9 Sep 2024As one Māori monarch was farewelled and a new one appointed this week, it was aired in perhaps the longest multimedia coverage of any event in this country's history. Video
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Media focus on small stuff in big-budget transport plan
8 Sep 2024Some media queried how the $33b national transport plan will be funded. Others highlighted aspects that barely dent the budget.
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Midweek Mediawatch - Sport commentary, hot mics, Kiingi tangi
4 Sep 2024Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Nights. Colin Peacock talked to Emile Donovan about the art of live sports commentary. Also: coverage of Kiingi Tuheitia's tangi; hot mic makes headlines at the…
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