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COVID-19 clampdown squeezes the media

media
15 Mar 2020

Tough new measures announced yesterday to counter COVID-19 pleased pundits who had pleaded for action in recent days. But the effects could also change the game for media in the long run. Meanwhile…
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Marking an awkward anniversary

media
15 Mar 2020

Major media organisations rolled out lots of commemorative coverage to mark one year since the atrocity in Christchurch. It honoured those who died - and those who survived but have suffered - and…
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In the spotlight on a dreadful day

media
15 Mar 2017

TV reporter Thomas Mead was confronted with the worst consequences of ethnic extremism in his home town on March 15 2019 - and his reporting was seen around the world. Mediawatch asks how it has…
Audio
Stress of the ‘big dry’ sparks claims of rural-urban antagonism

business media
15 Mar 2020

Farmers in drought-stricken regions are having a tough time right now, but do recent reports of environmentally-inspired hostility putting their mental health at risk really stack up?
Midweek Mediawatch: How not to cover Covid-19

Mediawatch
11 Mar 2020

In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about the perils of both-sides journalism during the Covid-19 crisis, a weird on-air monologue from Kerre McIvor, and some slightly…
Audio
Business plan predicted 'high chance of negative response' to RNZ Concert changes

Mediawatch
10 Mar 2020

Documents released under the Official Information Act by RNZ on Tuesday revealed more about its plans for controversial changes to its music services which prompted a big public and political…
Audio
Stuff's #MeToo campaign two years in

media life and society
8 Mar 2020

Stuff added momentum to the #MeToo movement in 2018 with a campaign urging people who’d suffered sexual harassment and abuse to come forward and tell their stories to journalists. Some critics…
Audio
Pillar of Australian journalism falls

business media
8 Mar 2020

Hundreds of media jobs will go across the Tasman when Australia’s national news agency AAP closes in June - and some working for its offshoots here will be affected too. Mediawatch asks its…
Audio
Midweek Mediawatch 4 March 2020

media
4 Mar 2020

Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Colin talks to Karyn Hay about a chilling picture of the White Island rescue risks, RNZ's ads riling the rest of the media, more on Critic's…
Audio
RNZ's ads anger other media

business media
4 Mar 2020

Other news media companies are angry about RNZ’s new ads and claims made in the slogans. It's prompted calls to pull the campaign but RNZ says the ads aimed at broadening the audience for the…
Audio
Panic-buying hits headlines after first coronavirus case

media health
1 Mar 2020

Authorities and the media alike knew it was just a matter of time before we had our first case of the new coronavirus here. But panic-buying sparked by the breaking news prompted more headlines this…
Audio
Mediawatch for 1 March 2020

media
1 Mar 2020

Panic-buying hits headlines after first coronavirus case; whistleblowing law keeps media out of the loop; BusinessDesk pledges to 'follow the money' - and wants some of yours.
Audio