Gavin Ellis
Media accountability in an election year
Victoria University's annual survey on trust in New Zealand showed that only one in ten has complete or a lot of trust in our media while more than a third had little trust and 12 per cent had none at… Audio
Haere Ra 2019. A Decade in Review
Rod Oram, Siouxsie Wiles, Courtney Johnston and Gavin Ellis look back on the year in business, science, art and media. Audio
Haere Ra, 2019
Rod Oram, Siouxsie Wiles, Courtney Johnston and Gavin Ellis look back on the year in business, science, art and media Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Social media giants continue to siphon off a large portion of the traditional media's advertising dollar. Is it time they paid for content? Gavin joins Kathryn to talk about the NZME/Stuff 'Kiwishare'… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Gavin says to restore reader confidence, The Otago Daily Times must publish the results of its review of processes that led to Garrick Tremain's offensive measles cartoon being published. And the… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Gavin says Google's refusal to recognise specialist news service Businessdesk as a verified news source suggests the search engine's governance structure is, at best, arbitrary. Gavin Ellis is a media… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Stuff's political editor has called for changes to media regulation in NZ, and a look at the disparity between circulation and readership figures after new sets were released last week. Gavin Ellis is… Audio
Media Commentator Gavin Ellis
The launch of a pay walled website by Business Desk will spell competition for National Business Review, and how much have our attitudes to media changed over 30 years. NZ on Air commissioned research… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
A look at Jane Wrightson's move to Retirement Commissioner which Gavin says is a loss for the media industry. Also, a timely campaign by Stuff highlights the public benefits of journalism, and why he… Audio
Gun show can't get a plug in its local paper
Organisers of a gun show selling legal antique firearms can't get a plug in their local paper due to a ban on all firearms content.
The news website Stuff put a blanket-ban in place across all its… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Newshub's news director resigns, the The BSA's review of election programme standards focuses on the meaning of 'denigration', and moves in the magazine world with Healthy Food Guide's last print… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Gavin's views on the Media Council's right to censure the ODT over publishing a photograph of an obsessive-compulsive woman in court. Also an opinion on the Duke and Duchess of Sussex taking legal… Audio
Local body candidate recognition
Gavin Ellis talks to Kathryn about the effect of the PR wall between local body residents and elected representatives getting higher. An RNZ survey shows the number of local government communications… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis - climate change coverage
Gavin has a bouquet for the media's treatment of the climate change campaign. Also, he says it's time for NZME to call time on supporting the Chinese New Zealand Herald over its susceptibility to… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Gavin talks to Kathryn about "Paddy Gower on Weed", suggesting it was high on emotion and a compelling anecdote but light on science. Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
The sub judice rule may be a thing of the past. The Australian on Saturday has begun a three-part investigative series on the man accused of the Christchurch mosque shootings. Social media means it is… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Gavin talks to Lynn about whether advocacy groups have a right to use advertising to push their message but asks do they have a right to cause alarm? Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Gavin talks to Lynn Freeman about a Stuff Circuit investigation which reveals society's impotence in the battle against white supremacist use of social media. Also with NZME's half-year result out… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis - BSA on mosque attacks coverage
Gavin talks to Lynn about the just released Broadcasting Standards Authority decision on four complaints lodged over New Zealand broadcast coverage of the Christchurch mosque attacks. Also, Nine and… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Gavin casts an eye over the recent media summit and asks whether it achieved anything more than a plea for more money from NZ on air?. Gavin Ellis is a media commentator and former editor of the New… Audio
