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Big broadcasters under pressure: tide turning for local media?
1 Sep 2024For years the most comprehensive annual survey of Kiwis' media habits has shown local media losing ground to offshore invaders like YouTube, Netflix and Spotify. But has the tide turned this year?
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Midweek Mediawatch - show me the money
28 Aug 2024In 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…
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Holding the line on media freedom
25 Aug 2024Mediawatch meets two editors honoured for 'journalism of courage and impact' in Asia - one in a place where democracy’s been restored after authoritarian suppression, another in a historic hub of…
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Cutting through the spin - or not
25 Aug 2024The 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…
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Mediawatch: Holding to account, holding the line on media freedom
25 Aug 2024Holding ministers to account and also amplifying their spending statements without scrutiny; two editors in Asia holding the line on media freedom; update on advocacy ad angst.
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Guns in the gun, Raygun & TV guys' new jobs
21 Aug 2024Midweek Mediawatch. Colin Peacock talks to Emile Donovan about a lid-lifting Sunday paper scoop about gun crime - and a minister in the spotlight over gun law reform. Also - Australian media go rogue…
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The good, bad and ugly of AI for news
18 Aug 2024The New Zealand Herald copped criticism for using AI to create editorials recently, while the chair of the ABC in Australia has urged it to use AI for news more.
Mediawatch hears how AI has been…
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Midweek Mediawatch - Herald denies Hobson's Pledge
14 Aug 2024In 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…
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Online misinformation, real world damage
11 Aug 2024A rancorous debate over an Olympic boxer and violent riots in the UK both trace back to rampant misinformation online - and one social media platform in particular.
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Media in the middle of angst over race
The week began with a former PM warning we need to take the heat out of race relations in politics - but it ended with a lot more of that. The media were right in the middle of it - and Māori…
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Midweek Mediawatch - AI, the IOC & an AGM
7 Aug 2024Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Nights. This week Colin Peacock talked to Todd Zaner about reactions to the revelation the Herald used artificial intelligence to write…
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AI editorial puts spotlight on disclosure
A New Zealand Herald editorial written with the help of artificial intelligence has raised questions about how our media should use the technology for journalism - and how much their consumers should…
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Midweek Mediawatch - punching below our weight
31 Jul 2024In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about the Herald using AI to write an editorial - and delves into the media's disappointment over our lacklustre Olympic medal…
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Herald deploys AI for editorial, admits lack of rigour
31 Jul 2024The New Zealand Herald’s publisher NZME says it should have employed more “journalistic rigour” when it used artificial intelligence tools to create an editorial that appeared in the Weekend Herald…
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Lifting the lid - or turning a blind eye?
Abuse and neglect that went on for decades under the radar was front-and-centre in the headlines this week after the royal commission's report on abuse in state care came out. Mediawatch asks one…
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A jarring return to media Earth for Air NZ
26 Jul 2024Air NZ has often had an easy ride from our media. But with domestic airfares spiking, that's starting to change.
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Mediawatch for 28 July 2024
28 Jul 2024Mediawatch looks at how the media reacted to the Abuse in State Care report - and the role the media played in bringing the issue to light.
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Midweek Mediawatch - Biden's bolt blindsides media
24 Jul 2024Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Nights. Colin Peacock talked to Emile Donovan about how the media handled the news that Joe Biden had thrown in the towel - and the final report…
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Mediawatch for 21 July 2024
21 Jul 2024Mediawatch looks at what our media made of the government's new emissions plan - and how best to cover global climate change without pumping up people's despair.
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Midweek Mediawatch - Breakfast gets cooked
17 Jul 2024Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Nights: Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about TVNZ Breakfast getting dragged into the Trump shooting debate, some NZME criticism from NZME…
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Mediawatch for 14 July 2024 - Trump shot shock
14 Jul 2024Mediawatch looks at how our media reacted to the shocking news of the attempt on Donald Trump's life in Pennsylvania. And shortly before that news broke, Colin Peacock a look at the week's news and…
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Mediawatch for 14 July -Trump shot shock & Mediawatch live
14 Jul 2024Mediawatch looks at how our media reacted to the shocking news of the attempt on Donald Trump's life in Pennsylvania. And shortly before that news broke, Colin Peacock a look at the week's news and…
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Midweek Mediawatch - false gods of sport
10 Jul 2024Midweek Mediawatch - Colin Peacock talked to Emile Donovan Stuff making a solid start with ThreeNews on TV; the British media making a meal of their landslide election and local democracy reporting's…
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Mediawatch - TV3's phoenix from the ashes
7 Jul 2024Last Friday the curtain came down on Newshub at 6 - and more than 30 years of nightly news made at the TV channel Three. But the next day the new 6pm bulletin by Stuff launched in its place…
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