Merja Myllylahti

Just a third of New Zealanders now say they trust the news. That's the major finding of AUT's research centre for Journalism, Media and Democracy's fifth annual Trust in News in Aotearoa New Zealand… Audio

Mediawatch looks at the results of the biggest annual survey of New Zealanders’ trust in news - which shows it’s on the slide for the fourth year in a row. For the first time it also shows many of us… Video, Audio

Facebook - freshly rebadged as ‘Meta’ - gives local news media content huge extra reach, but it covers none of the cost of creating it while snaring the bulk of the digital ad revenue it… Audio

Merja Myllylahti, co-director of AUT's Centre for Journalism, Media, and Democracy joins us to talk about her recent 5 month journey home to New Zealand as the Covid-19 pandemic took hold of the… Audio

A New Zealander stranded in Finland says the government's talks around possible co-payment for travellers have made her feel unwelcome and anxious.

.The Prime Minister said on Monday that the… Audio

The days when all your news was free on the internet are changing. The NZ Herald is now charging for premium content - and there are plenty of people willing to pay for good journalism. Audio

AUT's Merja Myllylahti explains the pros and cons of the rejected merger of NZME and Fairfax Media. Audio

Fairfax Media Limited and and APN News & Media Limited have told the New Zealand Stock exchange that they are in merger talks. If completed, the combined company would cover newspapers like the New… Audio