Colin Peacock

The online-only edition of Mediawatch, which takes in queries and comment from the listeners. This month: the contentious and closely contested media coverage of Middle East conflict; more fallout… Audio

Mediawatch looks at how to preserve serious and significant journalism. The lifeblood of advertising is draining away and emerging generations are choosing news they don't have to pay for. But print… Audio

This week the Mediawatch team looks at: the fallout from a candid confession; number nonsense in the news and; comedians targeting TV news - just taking the mickey or giving us clues about what's… Audio

This week Mediawatch takes a look at: the historical roots of journalism - and what that might tell us about its future; Hone Harawira's comment on preferred partners for his kids and; a free service… Audio

Looking again at media coverage of conflict in the Middle East and why it is more closely contested than any other issue; how TV3 played fast and loose with people's privacy; and a programme which… Audio

Rugby writer's rant sparks debate on rip-off rates; an outsider's view of our papers; a TV veteran set to depart; who's creating political news? Audio

South Africa defies press pessimism; outrageous self-promotion in the news; apples for no apparent reason; the fear of creating copycats; a big paper now out of print. Audio

TVNZ's latest news shake-up; how the media handle suicide; the author who turned the drudgery of a newsroom into a best-seller; the price of sports punditry. Audio

The online-only edition of Mediawatch, which tackles queries and comments from listeners and updates stories from recent editions of the radio programme. This month - World Cup fever in the media; the… Audio

All Whites draw but PM wins; Greens' main man slammed for pro-Tibet stand; two more views on the future of television; claims a radio presenter's been silenced by politics. Audio

Hounding an under-fire MP; recruiting readers for newsgathering; Freeview and the digital switchover; the All Whites irritate cranky commentators. Audio

Media frenzy over ministers' spending; a TV show hoaxing the news media; more views on TV's 50th anniversary; the end of the Independent. Audio

TVNZ marks 50 years of television with a new channel of shows from the archives. But why is it only on pay TV? And will TVNZ be a public broadcaster in the future? Also: reporting from prison, and… Audio

The online-only edition of Mediawatch, which tackles queries and comments from listeners and updates stories from recent editions of the radio programme. This month - bad maths in the news; budget… Audio

The debate about prisons, and a rare glimpse of what life's like behind bars; Iceland's initiative for media freedom; how a tragedy in 1975 changed attitudes to journalists' safety. Audio

The battle for hearts and minds over smoking - and "crowdsourcing" vs "astroturfing"; politics trumps history in two land rights stories; Hanover's head honcho harshly harassed on holiday; GST… Audio

Left out of the loop for the PM's 'secret' trip to Afghanistan, a broken embargo offshore, the partisan British press pick winners prematurely, reporters testing service at service stations. Audio

The online-only companion to Mediawatch, taking in queries and comments from listeners and updating some of the recent stories on the programme. This month: more plugging of 'The Pacific'; verdicts on… Audio

How the media make use of social networking websites - and why you need to be careful; why political reporters try to pick winners; misunderstanding the nation's nuclear policy. Audio

Picking over failed finance companies; proposals to curb the media in Fiji; sympathy for the poster boy of dirty dairying; strange reporting from the US. Audio