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Midweek Mediawatch - ethical conundrums
9 Jul 2020Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about the ethical minefield facing reporters charged with telling the story of the Covid-19 patient data leak, and…
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MediaWorks boss stepping down
8 Jul 2020The chief executive of MediaWorks, Michael Anderson, has resigned and will leave the broadcasting company at the end of this year after four years at the helm.
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Stuff's fighting talk on Facebook
Stuff says Facebook is not compatible with its own “core public values” and it's "pausing its presence" on the social media giant. The move has raised eyebrows in the media - and New Zealand’s most…
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Forcing the issue of race at the Herald
5 Jul 2020The Herald published a column this week questioning its own record on race. Teuila Fuatai explains why she felt she had to call out the paper that commissioned her.
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Mediawatch for 5 July 2020
5 Jul 2020Breaking for the border; forcing the issue of race at the Herald; slippery slope of safety.
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Breaking for the borders
There are more than 10 million Covid cases around the world and climbing - and more than half a million dead so far. New South Wales won’t take flights from neighbouring Victoria right now. But there…
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Safety on a slippery slope
5 Jul 2020The capital's daily paper highlighted the tragic consequences of a dangerous job on Tuesday. On Wednesday, it minimised the risks of another one when highlighting motorists' frustration.
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Midweek Mediawatch 1 July 2020
1 Jul 2020Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Colin talks to Karyn about Newshub serving up a scoop with fish battering Winston Peters - and two politicians who sought out the media spotlight…
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Mediawatch for 28 June 2020
28 Jun 2020Quarantine coverage prompts 'calm down' call from critics; cut-through for the climate in the times of Covid-19; 'Influence'- the inside story of a global PR firm destroying its own reputation
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Cut-through for the climate in the times of Covid-19
Stuff published the first edition of its climate change initiative The Forever Project in late March - the very day we went into lockdown. Understandably, it didn't make much impact but this week it’s…
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Behind the scenes of an epic PR fail
28 Jun 2020The documentary film Influence lifts the lid on how one of the world’s biggest PR companies - Bell Pottinger - destroyed itself when its unethical conduct in South Africa was exposed. Mediawatch asks…
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Quarantine coverage prompts 'calm down' call from critics
Stuff published the first edition of its climate change initiative The Forever Project in late March - the very day we went into lockdown. Understandably, it didn't make much impact but this week it’s…
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Midweek Mediawatch: Reporters criticised for being too critical
25 Jun 2020Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about a new semi-secret start-up for journalism in Canada, more movement from former makers of Bauer magazines…
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Mediawatch for 21 June 2020
21 Jun 2020This week Mediawatch looks at how the media lifted the lid on startling failures in Covid-19 quarantine.Also: new developments in a major review of Maori media - and claims its critics have…
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The journalists who helped save New Zealand's health response
The government has taken urgent steps to overhaul the systems in place at the country's managed isolation facilities. Journalists' persistent, tough reporting on failures at those facilities helped…
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Lifting the lid on quarantine calamity
After so many covid-free days, reports of fresh cases were a nasty shock - and dogged reporting lifted the lid on potentially fatal flaws in our system of quarantine.
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Māori media rejig creates confusion, meets resistance
21 Jun 2020A 'one-stop-shop' for Māori news based at Māori Television is proposed in a controversial report on the future of Māori media.
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Midweek Mediawatch - Covid's compassionate comeback
17 Jun 2020Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Colin talks to Karyn Hay about a Fawlty woke joke that turned out not to be a Major, some deep and troubling stuff from Stuff - and how the comeback…
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'Arms Down' demands win the day
This week, the police canned its controversial Armed Response Teams after plenty of critical coverage in the media - much of it drawing parallels with George Floyd’s killing in the US and the conduct…
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Freedom or fear? Mixed messages on Level One
14 Jun 2020This week's move down to Level One was heralded by the media here and overseas as a major achievement - and the welcome return of more freedom in our daily lives, including sport with fans in the…
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Shit Towns vs Poo Towns in name change showdown
14 Jun 2020A dispute is brewing between the popular Facebook page 'Shit Towns of New Zealand' and The Rock over the station's weekly segment 'Poo Towns of NZ'.
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Proposed single Māori news service alarms journalists
A long-awaited and overdue official report on the future of Māori media has raised fears among journalists that a ‘one-stop-shop’ for Māori news may reduce the range of reporting in order to save…
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Midweek Mediawatch: A revolt at The New York Times
10 Jun 2020In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about a revolt inside the New York Times newsroom, and questions whether New Zealand media should be stricter about the…
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Reporters cop it in the land of the free-for-all
Journalists covering the US protests have been targeted by militarised police officers and actual military police alike - and in some places, the protesters themselves. Many blame Trump’s ‘enemy of…
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