Hayden Donnell
Mediawatch for Sunday 27th Oct 2024
How US media have coped with the controversial campaign for the upcoming election there - and how our media fared covering the election here one year ago. Audio
Midweek Mediawatch: Sweating the small stuff
Emile Donovan is joined in the Auckland studio by Mediawatch's Hayden Donnell to discuss the big media stories of the week, including the fallout from RNZ's decision to scrap an episode of Anika Moa's… Audio
Mediawatch for Sunday 20th October 2024
Coverage of capital's troubled Council - and claims the government could intervene. Also: news publishers respond to a survey showing more Kiwis dodging their news - and surge in social media scam… Audio
WCC frenzy, dodging the news, scam ads scandal
Coverage of capital's troubled Council - and claims the government could intervene. Also: news publishers respond to a survey showing more Kiwis dodging their news - and surge in social media scam… Audio
Midweek - Cuts, checks & a rude front page
Midweek Mediawatch - TVNZ's plans to axe its news website, ministerial fact-checking from Q+A - and a rude front page from The Press. Audio
Mediawatch for Sunday 6th October 2024
Mediawatch looks at coverage of the controversial call to cut back the rebuild of Dunedin Hospital - and how local media helped to drive the backlash. Also: Patrick Gower's kicked off a new… Audio
Hospital ‘blowout’ sparks backlash & feelgood news in bad times
Mediawatch looks at coverage of the controversial call to cut back the rebuild of Dunedin Hospital - and how local media helped to drive the backlash. Also: Patrick Gower's kicked off a new… Audio
Hospital blowout sparks backlash & feel-good news in bad times
Mediawatch looks at coverage of the controversial call to cut back the rebuild of Dunedin Hospital - and how local media helped to drive the backlash. Also: Patrick Gower's kicked off a new… Audio
Midweek- Polkinghorne trial & problem podcasts
The media's Polkinghorne trial preoccupation - and the audience's appetite; problem podcasts offline - but for very different reasons Audio
Midweek Mediawatch: Polkinghorne trial & problem podcasts
The media’s Polkinghorne preoccupation; problem podcasts offline - but for very different reasons; why is RNZ’s online traffic suddenly surging?
Mediawatch for 22 September 2024
Our media put politicians' feet to the fire in the name of accountability - but some won't front up in the first place. Is the way they're doing it part of the problem? Also: local iwi steps in to… Audio
Mediawatch for 22 September 2024
22 Sep 2024: Our media put politicians' feet to the fire in the name of accountability - but some won't front up in the first place. Is the way they're doing it part of the problem? Also: local iwi… Audio
Midweek Mediawatch - 'Sanewashing' the debate
Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Nights. Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about media 'sanewashing' Trump in the big TV election debate. Also: alarming reports of Elle… Audio
Epic show for new epoch in te ao Maori, road rage, toast-gate
Mediawatch for 8 September 2024: how the epic broadcast to mark a new epoch in te ao Maori was made, media focus on small stuff in big bucks plan for roads; toast-gate prompts u-turn for maternity… Audio
Mediawatch for Sunday 8th September 2024
Mediawatch for 8 September 2024: how the epic broadcast to mark a new epoch in te ao Maori was made, media focus on small stuff in big bucks plan for roads; toast-gate prompts u-turn for maternity… Audio
Midweek Mediawatch - show me the money
In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about some missing context in stories on local government spending and "nice to haves" - and he looks at some bad news for… Audio
Midweek Mediawatch - show me the money
In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about some missing context in stories on local government spending and "nice to haves" - and he looks at some bad news for…
AudioCutting through the spin - or not
The associate justice minister was put through through a tough examination on TVNZ's Q+A last weekend over past and present statements on guns laws. But not every minister's recent announcements on…
Cutting through the spin - or not
The associate justice minister was put through through a tough examination on TVNZ's Q+A last weekend over past and present statements on guns laws. But not every minister's recent announcements on…
AudioMidweek Mediawatch - Herald denies Hobson's Pledge
In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about the Herald backing away from running another ad from Hobson's Pledge, a question going begging in the coverage… Audio