Jeremy Rose

Like lambs or daffodils in spring Lotto jackpots are a media perennial. Is it time for the media to start treating Lotto as more than just an entertainment story? Audio

Are we in an era of 'post-truth' politics where the facts are out of fashion - and the news media don't matter much to people either? Also: how the partisan press backed a breaking up New Zealand 150… Audio

Are modern Mad Men getting too creative?; Pundits aplenty and overwrought opinions on Brexit - but too few facts, and; Scandinavian skewering of English football failure. Audio

A former owner of the New Zealand Herald recently made news after failing to place an ad in two of Australia's leading newspapers. A Wellington magazine attracted the wrath of readers after accepting… Audio

Backlash against a popular but polarising presenter; All Blacks and their endorsements in the news; freedom of speech = freedom to advertise? Produced and presented by Colin Peacock and Jeremy Rose. Audio

When John Key said there were lots of homes for sale in Auckland for less than half a million dollars, the media checked. But claims about new houses being built weren't scrutinised, even after… Audio

Checking crucial claims in the housing debate; companies make their case for major media merger; media deals to boost China's voice; TV presenters front and centre in the news. Audio

A state-run Chinese newspaper used a daily paper here to put forward its view of significant diplomatic dispute this week. Was it easy to get the other side of the story?   Audio

A turbulent week at troubled MediaWorks; companies keeping their enemies close, and; recycling newspaper stories. Audio

Our media don't usually get in behind a politician angling for a top job, but there's been plenty of cheerleading lately for Helen Clark's campaign to be the UN secretary general. Audio

Is The Herald eating TV's lunch?; natural history out of the vaults and onto the net; media punching below their weight on 'Helen4SG'  Audio

In and out of the loop on The Panama Papers; walking all over rugby; DJs dupe a sports star's mum on the radio; harvesting clicks from Paul Henry's peeking. Audio

Last weekend's Sunday Star Times had a front page headline to alarm parents of young children: "Don't feel guilty, but childcare endangers kids".  But those who paid to read all about it in the paper… Audio

Radio New Zealand has responded to criticism of the level of Maori content on RNZ National with a statement outlining the broadcaster’s Maori strategy. Mediawatch looks at the criticism and RNZ's… Video, Audio

An article about a local controversy in a local magazine puzzled readers in Nelson recently - until the local paper swiftly solved 'the mystery of the spy's byline'. 

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Mediawatch speaks to Mana Magazine editor Leonie Hayden and asks whether coverage of last week's Waitangi commemorations were all squeak and no Maori analysis?

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A Tinker, Tailor, Soldier… Journalist saga that has some Nelsonians questioning the ethics of pseudonyms. Kiwi photographer Amos Chapple on drone photography and landing a job at Radio Free Europe… Audio