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Farmers' tax targeted in run-up to belt-tightening budget; Samoa's government vs TV3; big changes in newspaper production; 15 years of fighting for the rights of advertisers; news media spoilers on… Audio

Fatty fast food fad sparks a media feeding frenzy; RNZ's cost-conscious Maori news overhaul; update on journalist Jon Stephenson; more mathematical media mess-ups. Audio

Over the top on Osama Bin Laden, more on Metro's Afghanistan article; a bold proposal fpr RNZ Concert; CTV returns and broadcasting students step up in post-quake Christchurch. Audio

Royal wedding fever strikes the media; Metro's editor on a newsmaking story about Afghanistan, not Auckland; a new group for former and current journalists. Audio

RNZ's new chair Richard Griffin on his vision for the broadcaster - and media claims his appointment is political; extraordinary efforts to restore the media in Christchurch; and unexpected reaction… Audio

Pushing the boundaries in the Scott Guy case; more media closures confirmed; Palmy-bashing fightback; cranky columns and junket journalism. Audio

The Mediawatch team runs through the best of listeners' queries and comments on stories and issues in Mediawatch recently. This month: The demise of our oldest national news organisation - the NZPA… Audio

The country's biggest publisher pulls the plug on NZ's oldest national news organisation; Lotto fever hits the media - same old story. Audio

Reporting the downfall of Darren Hughes - and the political fallout; school bullies hit the headlines; and the BBC's Stephen Sackur on coverage of ongoing upheavals in the Arab world. Audio

More responses to coverage of the catastrophe in Japan; how broadcasters got a break to pay a big bill; reporters' rugby suggestions which didn't deliver dividends; and how the 'Moon Man' maintained… Audio

The Mediawatch team looks at the media's coverage of the threefold disaster in Japan and examines the progress of al Jazeera into mainstream acceptance while questioning its effectiveness into… Audio

Grassroots efforts to get news-you-can-use to people in Christchurch's stricken suburbs; TVNZ 6 is gone, TVNZ 7's in doubt - but more channels for pay TV. Is the is the writing on the wall for public… Audio

Grassroots efforts to get news-you-can-use to people in Christchurch's stricken suburbs; TVNZ 6 is gone, TVNZ 7's in doubt - but more channels for pay TV. Is the writing on the wall for public service… Audio

The Mediawatch team discusses listeners' questions and comments on the media coverage of the quake: the overuse of images; the lack of news-you-can-use; the Ken Ring vs Campbell controversy; CTV's… Audio

The fierce reaction to a rebuttal of controversial quake claims, Australian coverage prompts a call for change, a rash rehashing of the scary news and how Lyttleton's local radio has coped. Audio

This weekend Mediawatch looks at how the media coped with the quake in Christchurch - and the extraordinary efforts many people made to get the news out this week. Hear from the reporters, writers and… Audio

A ministry embarrassed by a bad beneficiary - and a pumpkin; theology makes the news; what's the future of radio - and does it even exist any more? Audio

Koha controversy at Waitangi; alarming reports about our forests; radio's digital future; Audio

Bowled over by a monster cyclone; caught in Cairo's chaos; what's new on a new TV channel; can journalism survive the internet? Audio

Suspicion and speculation in a tragic tale in the news; the online revolution and its impact on journalists and; advertisers spoonfeeding the media. Audio

A look back at the media in 2010 and some of the dubious achievements; have the media lost interest in climate change? Audio

The current state of current affairs on TV, the future of investigative journalism, and why do some say it's no longer just a job for journalists. Audio

TV3 news boss Mark Jennings on the coverage of the Pike River coalmine disaster; how a troubled youth ended up in the TV spotlight; publishing under pressure in Nepal; the US response to the latest… Audio

TV3 news boss Mark Jennings on the coverage of the Pike River coalmine disaster; how a troubled youth ended up in the TV spotlight; publishing under pressure in Nepal and; the US response to the…

The efforts the media made during the Pike River coalmine crisis - and claims that some journalists in Greymouth gave their craft a bad name. Audio