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Putting victims at the centre of reporting
4 Jul 2021The media has sometimes been guilty of sidelining, shrugging off, or silencing sexual assault and harassment victims. Stuff's Kirsty Johnston talked to Mediawatch about how to centre those victims in…
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Media turn up heat on hate speech
4 Jul 2021A discussion document on proposed hate speech laws generated plenty of discussion in the media - and spurious claims that merely insulting people could be criminalised. Some senior journalists seized…
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Midweek Mediawatch - 30 June 2021
30 Jun 2021Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Lately. Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about new data on the media and misinformation in New Zealand - and a new podcast airing anxiety about China’s influence…
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Misinformation concern on the rise, says report
Most New Zealanders have been exposed to misinformation and are increasingly concerned about it, according to a survey by the Classification Office. The Chief Censor says it shows the need for urgent…
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New public media plan enters uncharted waters
The clock is ticking for the government’s proposed new public media entity. The next step is a business case and a new charter being drafted behind closed doors. But RNZ already has a charter that’s…
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Covid in the capital fires up media
How did our media react when a Covid case imported via the trans-Tasman travel bubble compromised this country’s long run without cases in the community?
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Small screen ‘sex scandal’ drama? Old news, actually
The shock - horror response sparked by news of a publicly-funded ‘sex scandal’ TV drama was almost as stale as the decade-old affair it was based on.
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More free-to-air sport around the corner
A new national radio network dedicated to sport will go live on air on Monday 19 July - just in time for the Tokyo Olympics. Australian-owned SENZ will fill a void left by the closure of NZME's Radio…
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Midweek Mediawatch: A silent night
23 Jun 2021On this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about media angst over the Ministry of Health's communications concerning the Covid case in the capital, sensitive and…
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Hui over Christchurch terror attacks puts media under the spotlight
20 Jun 2021A counter-terrorism hui intended to help heal the wounds inflicted in Christchurch two years ago sparked a walk-out which hit the headlines.
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Running the numbers on the PM's media schedule
When Jacinda Ardern changed her media schedule earlier this year, it raised heckles from commentators who felt she was ducking scrutiny. But what have the changes actually meant?
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Undeclared SponCon causing political and editorial headaches
The Herald's dedicated property section printed 64 articles under the banner 'Our New Auckland' without declaring they were sponsored by Kāinga Ora, prompting NZME to review its processes on sponsored…
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Midweek Mediawatch - game of life and death
15 Jun 2021Mediawatch’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…
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Climate message cutting through
13 Jun 2021When the Climate Change Commission released its first blueprint for cutting our carbon emissions earlier this year, there were plenty of spurious stories about the end of gas-fired barbies and private…
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Too much heat makes transport fraught
13 Jun 2021The big budget for a new non-car harbour bridge in Auckland sparked a big 'bike-lash' in the media last week - and how we build and use our roads has become a huge wedge issue all around the country. …
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Wrong numbers amplify anxiety over vaccine supplies
Against a backdrop of news reports about shortages and anger over delayed Covid-19 vaccinations, a Herald opinion piece this week claimed our supply would run dry within days. But swift fact-checking…
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Midweek Mediawatch 9 June 2021
9 Jun 2021Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Lately. Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about journalists hitting out at government spin and information control - and unhappiness over the release of a major…
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For whom the bell trolls - cyclists
6 Jun 2021While record-breaking floods threatened to sweep away bridges in Canterbury, the inundation of the Auckland Harbour Bridge by cyclists made headlines too - and sparked a big backlash on talk radio.…
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The Nimby photo formula
6 Jun 2021Stories about local issues, from housing developments to cycleway constructions, are nearly always illustrated the same way. Mediawatch asked a Voyager-winning photographer why angry people with their…
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Aussie China crisis report falls flat
Last week a comically overwrought ad for Australia’s 60 Minutes TV show hit headlines here, promoting an item suggesting ‘New Xi-land’ had gone soft in China. It aired across the ditch on TV this…
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Midweek Mediawatch - Eyes on the prizes
2 Jun 2021Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Lately. Colin Peacock talked to Susana Leiataua about who won what at journalism’s night-of-nights - and how it matters more to the companies than their journalists…
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The Australian outfit rebooting 24/7 sport on the radio
More than a year after Radio Sport shut down, an Australian outfit wants to set up a new national network here - and it's hired some big names to get it off the ground. But who is driving this across…
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A belated investigation into a skifield founder's Nazi past
30 May 2021Most of the media stories on Willi Huber focused on his work founding the Mt Hutt skifield. This month, North & South finally unravelled the other central event of Huber's life: his role in one of the…
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Bob's big birthday's goes round the clock
Did you know Bob Dylan turned 80 this week? You did if you were tuned in to RNZ National last Monday.
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