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Media strive to adapt to ‘the new normal’
22 Mar 2020The media are playing an important role conveying essential information during the COVID -19 crisis, even as their people work at a distance from each other and the economic upheaval clouds their…
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Amateur epidemiologists crash Covid-19 coverage
22 Mar 2020Timely, accurate media reporting could be life-saving during the COVID-19 crisis. So why is so much coverage still being given to people with no scientific or medical expertise?
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Contradictory claims and armchair advice cause confusion
22 Mar 2019The media are playing a crucial role in the COVID-19 crisis - conveying quality information in context. But some are also amplifying opinions from pundits and presenters contradicting each other - and…
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Midweek Mediawatch: gearing up for the new normal
18 Mar 2020Mediawatch's weekly catch up With Karyn Hay on Lately. This week he talks to Karyn about the ethical dilemmas reporting the spread of COVID-19; coping with the sports void and Jurgen Klopp - the…
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COVID-19 clampdown squeezes the media
15 Mar 2020Tough 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
15 Mar 2020Major 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
15 Mar 2017TV 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…
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Stress of the ‘big dry’ sparks claims of rural-urban antagonism
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?
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Midweek Mediawatch: How not to cover Covid-19
11 Mar 2020In 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…
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Business plan predicted 'high chance of negative response' to RNZ Concert changes
10 Mar 2020Documents 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…
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Stuff's #MeToo campaign two years in
8 Mar 2020Stuff 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…
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Pillar of Australian journalism falls
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…
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