Colin Peacock
Is the writing on the wall for local community newspapers?
Plenty of people read local newspapers and they still make money, but New Zealand's biggest publisher of them is cutting jobs and pushing their news out onto an internet service instead. What's the…
Video, AudioMediawatch for 29 May 2016
The papers in your neighbourhood - local rags in line for a digital shakeup; two ex-editors form a new media business; a Chinese paper placed inside a local one. Audio
Never mind the media - we're spying on ourselves
The media used to fear a public backlash about privacy would curtail their "right to intrude". Now they reap the benefit of people revealing all on social media. Video, Audio
Never mind the media - we're spying on ourselves
The media used to fear a public backlash about privacy would curtail their "right to intrude". Now they reap the benefit of people revealing all on social media.
Video, AudioRegional TV rejigged
New Zealand's regional TV stations have struggled in recent years, and now backing from the public purse is switching to multimedia projects instead. Where's the money going and what's the plan? Audio
Regional TV rejigged
New Zealand's regional TV stations have struggled in recent years, and now backing from the public purse is switching to multimedia projects instead. Where's the money going and what's the plan?
AudioTragic journalism
Startling scenes captured on camera can make good clickbait - but bad journalism. Audio
Tragic journalism
Startling scenes captured on camera can make good clickbait - but bad journalism.
AudioMediawatch for 22 May 2016
The news media and privacy in the social media era; regional TV rejigged; tragic journalism. Audio
Media merger will change the news
If New Zealand's two big news publishers become one, it will inevitably have an impact on the news, and how it's delivered. Audio
Media merger will change the news
If New Zealand's two big news publishers become one, it will inevitably have an impact on the news, and how it's delivered.
AudioMediawatch for 15 May 2016
A media merger to change the landscape - driven from over the ditch; Panama Papers out in the open - and back in the news; controversial column overshadows confronting campaign. Audio
Panama Papers out in the open - and back in the news
The Panama Papers stormed back into the headlines this week after a team of New Zealand journalists scanned the raw data - and then a summary was published online for the world to see. Mediawatch … Video, Audio
Panama Papers out in the open - and back in the news
The Panama Papers stormed back into the headlines this week after a team of New Zealand journalists scanned the raw data - and then a summary was published online for the world to see. Mediawatch …
Video, AudioA controversial confessional column overshadows a confronting campaign
A New Zealand Herald campaign on family violence was overshadowed when its Sunday edition published a confessional piece by broadcaster Tony Veitch. Audio
A controversial confessional column overshadows a confronting campaign
A New Zealand Herald campaign on family violence was overshadowed when its Sunday edition published a confessional piece by broadcaster Tony Veitch.
AudioSpeculation mounts of another major media merger
Tomorrow morning the Australian company APN News and Media holds its annual general meeting in Sydney. Audio
Shakeup to newspaper industry could be imminent
A major shakeup of the country's newspaper industry could be imminent. Audio
Australian owners ponder future for NZ media
New moves in media boardrooms across the ditch make a merger of our two biggest news publishers far more likely, say analysts. How could that happen? And what would it mean for us?
The right to know - and to find out
World Press Freedom Day highlighted the plight of journalists who put life and liberty on the line. But while reporters in New Zealand don’t often face the threat of jail or death, that doesn’t mean… Audio
