Colin Peacock

An outsider's view of the media response to disaster and recovery in Canterbury and Pike River; one year on from the death of the UK's top-selling tabloid, is the world better off without The News of… Audio

A TV veteran tells Mediawatch about four decades in investigative journalism, and why he now fears for the future of it here. Mediawatch also looks at how a minister's move to bypass the media… Audio

The steroid scandal that turned silver into gold at the Olympics; a new proposal to persuade the public to pay for journalism - and the view of a veteran - and; the Aussie entrepreneur spending a… Audio

The media burst the bubble after Olympic setbacks; who is broadcasting what - and from where?; another ignored embargo; will the public pay for new journalism in New Zealand? Audio

The Mediawatch team runs through listeners' queries and comments, and updates recent stories from the programme. This month: the Scott Guy trial coverage and the 'court of public opinion'; the end of… Audio

Mediawatch looks at who was calling the shots in the coverage of the plan the remake the centre of Christchurch - and why one outlet's under fire for failing to play by the rules; what happened when… Audio

Mediawatch looks at new ways of paying for quality journalism overseas, and proposals to revamp a key tool for journalists here - the Official Informational Act. Also this week: why we'll be getting… Audio

The coverage of Owen Glenn's big-money plans to change New Zealand; the survival struggle of the US news media; why TV shows you paid for are nowhere to be found; cultural friction with the Germans… Audio

The focus on a leading lawyer in the Scott Guy trial - and could the coverage of it prompt a push-back against reporting from courts in the furture?; The ACC saga: a triumph for investigative… Audio

The media makes a drama of Scott Guy's murder; the Minister of Broadcasting on the government's policy and what we get for the millions spent on broadcasting; newspaper columnists caught out by the… Audio

The end of TVNZ7 and what's left for free-to-air viewers; a New Zealand newspaper editor heads for turbulence in Australia - as a former Kiwi colleague walks away from it and Kim Dotcom turns around… Audio

A big shake-up of the Australian company that owns many of our papers; a scary story that worried women sick; did taxpayers get their money's worth from controversial TV show The GC? and; yet another… Audio

Emotional coverage of a high-profile trial; Australian newspapers exporting journalists' jobs here; a redneck radio response to football failure; and confusing commentary from last weekend's test… Audio

The backlash after the coverage of the Queen's diamond jubilee; a journalist taking transparency to great lengths; how the bad boy of broadcasting is going down in Australia; a fast-food company… Audio

The Mediawatch team runs through listeners' queries and comments - and updates recent stories from Mediawatch. This month: geographical goofs; journalists' conflicts of interest; cash for tweets… Audio

Portraying parents' grief after tragedy in Doha; the Telecommunications Commissioner talks about key issues looming for the media-and his own job; the media's odd attitude to women and beer. Audio

The campaign for public television gets party political; anguish over racial comments by an unusual political donor; more revelations about the controversial taxpayer-funded TV show 'The GC'; how New… Audio

A media frenzy about a four year-old; the PM pans the press; The Herald’s editor on what will change as the paper prepares to go tabloid; is the ‘Save TVNZ7’ campaign flogging a dead horse? Audio

TV1+1 to replace TVNZ7; the burgeoning business of online endorsements; a bad geography apology; the push to make cyberspace more civil; a new university-sponsored news show - a model for more… Audio

Memorable media moments featuring John Banks; anger over more taxpayer-funded reality television; TV3's Duncan Garner on provocative political journalism; a bid by broadcasters to head off more state… Audio