Colin Peacock

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

The increasingly intense scrutiny of elected representatives, an MP interviews a politician for a change, the outcry over aviolent music video, and some seedy statistics. Audio

Investment from China brings forth fears on talkback radio; the media focus on young offenders; a classic hoax; spinning Australia's papers - and keeping British ones afloat. Audio

A widely condemned security scare scoop; Joanne Morris on six years in the chair at the outfit upholding broadcasting standards; and how TV channels use the news to plug their upcoming entertainment… Audio

A courageous Kiwi soldier in Afghanistan is hailed as a hero, but how did he end up in the headlines? An Australian initiative offers journalists here a platform to probe their own industry; more… Audio

The online-only companion to Mediawatch, taking in listeners' queries and comments and following up on recent stories in the programme. This month: the rights and wrongs of fatal footage in the news… Audio

Does Radio New Zealand need to be "saved" from the government as campaigners are claiming?; the challenge to a made-up climate change quote; journalists' gripes go global online. Audio