Jeremy Rose
Brett Phibbs: A life in pictures
After more than three decades as one of the country's leading photo -journalists the New Zealand Herald's chief photographer, Brett Phibbs, opted for voluntary redundancy. He talks to Mediawatch about… Audio, Gallery
Cancer and the unbearable asymmetry of BS
A major cancer conference in Wellington attracted experts from around the world but Mediawatch's Jeremy Rose argues some media coverage was anything but world class. Audio
Mediawatch Midweek 23 January 2019
Mediawatch's midweek catch-up with Lately. This week Jeremy Rose speaks to Bryan Crump about the 30th anniversary of Noam Chomsky and Edward Herman's Manufacturing Consent; John Pilger discussing… Audio
Midweek Mediawatch 12 December
Mediawatch Midweek is our weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Jeremy chats to Karyn about apologies, graphic journalism, and a new New Zealand website for public interest documentaries. Video, Audio
NZ vs 119 countries and 1 billion peasants
New Zealand was one of just seven countries to vote against a UN Resolution guaranteeing the world's one billion peasants and rural workers special rights. Why? And why wasn't it reported by the… Video, Audio
The decline and fall of local body reporting
What happens if a local council has a debate on democracy itself and nobody reports it? No, it's not a Philosophy 101 conundrum - it's what happened earlier this year when Hutt City Council reviewed… Audio
Reporting the rainbow while raining on its parade
Mediawatch takes a look at the pride and prejudice on display in some of the coverage of the LGBTQ community since the announcement that the police had been banned from wearing their uniforms in next… Audio
Mediawatch for 2 December 2018
The reporting - or lack of it - of democratic organisations from the Hutt Valley to the UN in New York, and pride and prejudice in the coverage of the LGBTQ community. Audio
Mediawatch Midweek 28 November
Mediawatch Midweek is our weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Jeremy chats to Karyn about Nine's plans to hock off STUFF; a major new journalistic investigation involving 250 journalists in 36… Video, Audio
Mediawatch Midweek 14 November
Mediawatch Midweek is our weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Jeremy chats to Karyn about five years of First World War commemoration coverage and asks why some critical stories barely rated a… Video, Audio
Possible push polling polarises Porirua
Last Wednesday the Dominion-Post splashed a story across its front page under the headline: "Mayor's family 432km away." Mediawatch suggests the real story was far closer to home: a poll asking… Audio
Mediawatch Midweek 31 October 2018
Mediawatch Midweek is our weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Jeremy chats to Karyn about his attempts to come to grips with the terrorist attack on the Synagogue in Pittsburgh that killed 11… Video, Audio
Politics, sex and the media
On last weekend's Q+A programme, political scientist Dr Bryce Edwards declared the media and politicians "sort of have to" start reporting "what's going on beneath the bed sheets" of politicians. Medi… Video, Audio
Mediawatch Midweek: 17 October 2018
Mediawatch Midweek is our weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Jeremy chats to Karyn about life across the ditch; Kiwis being unlucky in the Lucky Country; and Australia's loss of soft power. Audio
Confident about business confidence stories?
Stories about plunging confidence among business leaders just keep on coming - along with economic data that shows no need for panic. Other surveys of opinion about business and the economy tell a… Audio
Mediawatch Midweek: 19 Sept 2018
Mediawatch Midweek is a weekly catch-up between one of the Mediawatch team and Lately's Karen Hay. There are links to the stories mentioned in this week's episode below.
Not all leakers are Winners
Reality Winner - an NSA whistle-blower - was sentenced to five years in prison in the USA last week. Closer to home the hunt for the "Limogate" leaker remained in the headlines, and National Party… Audio
Hot air over Europe eclipses news from the South
It was widely reported that a heatwave in Europe was caused by a hot air plume from Africa. But the North African heatwave that preceded the European one barely rated a mention - despite resulting in… Audio
Court of Appeal creates new public interest defence
In a landmark decision this week The Court of Appeal created a new public interest defence in defamation cases. Mediawatch takes a look at what it means for the media. Audio
Insight: Money Laundering in NZ
New anti-money laundering regulations have come into effect. But some question if they will make any difference. Jeremy Rose investigates money laundering in New Zealand and the attempts to counter… Audio