Mediawatch
Midweek Mediawatch with Colin Peacock
Big changes in the world of radio for Mediaworks and NZME; the noticeable absence of New Zealand media at COP26; and the good, the bad and the ugly of the past week's COVID-19 coverage. Colin Peacock… Audio
Mediawatch for 3 October 2021
Political Covid plans overpromise: huge journalist jobs boost from public purse; moving on from fast-food frenzy Audio
Mediawatch for Sunday 26 Sep 2021
Covid complications confuse the media; Collins' snubs startles media - but it cuts both ways; confused claims of Covid-compromised cancer care; Collins' snubs startles media - but it cuts both ways. Audio
Mediawatch for 12 September 2021
Mediawatch looks at how the media zeroed in on our social cohesion this week - as the current lockdown in Auckland became the longest we've had so far. Also: Mediawatch talks to the BBC's Peter… Audio
Mediawatch for 29 August 2021
Mediawatch looks at how our media covered the struggle to contain the Delta variant -- and how media reports of Covid clusters in Auckland this week sparked racist responses and claims that the… Audio
Mediawatch for 29 August 2021
Mediawatch looks at how our media covered the struggle to contain the Delta variant -- and how media reports of Covid clusters in Auckland this week sparked racist responses and claims that the…
AudioMidweek Mediawatch - game of life and death
Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Lately. Colin Peacock talked to Karyn Hay about the launch of the new news channel labelled ‘Fox News for the UK,’ the bike bridge beat-up that’s still creating… Video, Audio
Midweek Mediawatch - game of life and death
Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Lately. Colin Peacock talked to Karyn Hay about the launch of the new news channel labelled ‘Fox News for the UK,’ the bike bridge beat-up that’s still creating…
Video, AudioMediawatch for 23 May 2021
Sportscaster's conduct put spotlight back on media culture; poll piles pressure on party leader - but do we care?; media make and break leadership in volatile times. Audio
Midweek Mediawatch: mean streets, mean tunes
In Karyn's weekly catch up with the Mediawatch team, Colin Peacock talks about reports of increasing aggro and menace on the streets of the capital. Also, doubling down on political polls, and RNZ… Audio
Mediawatch for 3 May 2020
Media on Level 3 - burger frenzies and lockdown breaches; New Zealand on Air's new leader on adapting to Covid chaos and pressure to back journalism; Trump stumps satirists with bleach blurt. Audio
Midweek Mediawatch with Hayden Donnell
RNZ MEdiawatch's Hayden Donnell joins us once again with a look at the big media stories of the week so far. Audio
A model for RNZ's new youth service?
RNZ's planning a brand new music-based outlet to hook younger people not well served by public broadcasting right now. RNZ's bosses and experts alike point to Triple J as a possible model. Mediawatch… Audio
Mediawatch for 26 January 2020
Digging deep and scraping social media to fill the summer news void; royals' retreat sparks right royal media pile-on; pre-empting the Facebook trolls. Audio
Midweek Mediawatch 22 January 2020
Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately - back again for 2020. This week new guy Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about The Herald's hard line with Facebook followers, Stuff revealing a rogue in the… Audio
Midweek Mediawatch 22 January 2020
Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately - back again for 2020. This week new guy Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about The Herald's hard line with Facebook followers, Stuff revealing a rogue in the…
AudioMediawatch for 2 June 2019
Budget leak pulls media away from public interest; Budget 2019 not transformative for media; reporters om the ground in the regions; serious side-effects of media reporting medicines. Audio
Social media feels the heat on hate after crisis in Christchurch
The news media have made some mistakes - inevitably - covering the crisis on Christchurch since Friday, but applied essential standards and decency. It was a different story on social media platforms… Audio
Social media feels the heat on hate after crisis in Christchurch
The news media have made some mistakes - inevitably - covering the crisis on Christchurch since Friday, but applied essential standards and decency. It was a different story on social media platforms…
AudioMediawatch for 24 February 2019
Peterson's presence riles opponents and excites media; ‘ISIS bride' triggers talk radio; Huawei in the headlines; paywall plan details unveiled by the Herald. Audio
