Lately for Wednesday 21 August 2019
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The birth of PressPatron
10:40 PM.Midweek Mediawatch is on mid-term break tonight, soKaryn speaks with Alex Clark from PressPatron. Read more Audio
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Disgraced cardinal George Pell's appeal fails
10:20 PM.Investigative journalist Lucie Morris-Marr broke the story on the abuse allegations regarding Cardinal Pell in Australia, and she speaks with Karyn about the Victorian Appeals Court turning down his… Read more Audio
Photo: RNZ
10:20 Disgraced cardinal George Pell's appeal fails
National victims advocates in Australia are celebrating a court's decision to uphold the convictions of George Pell.
The Catholic cardinal was jailed in March for six years after being found guilty of sexually abusing two choirboys when he was archbishop of Melbourne in the 1990s.
Investigative journalist Lucie Morris-Marr broke the story on the abuse allegations regarding then Cardinal Pell in Australia, and she speaks with Karyn about today's decision from the Victorian Appeals Court.
Cardinal George Pell. Photo: AFP
10:40 The birth of PressPatron
Midweek Mediawatch is on mid-term break tonight, so sticking to the subject of the media -- but branching out a little, Karyn speaks with Alex Clark from PressPatron.
PressPatron is a platform that helps readers to support quality journalism in New Zealand and around the world, and Alex Clark is a former editor, journalist and media researcher who's Master's thesis lead to PressPatron.
Press Patron's Alex Clark speaking at the Journalism Still Matters Summit in Parliament. Photo: RNZ / Jeremy Rose
