Media
Amateur epidemiologists crash Covid-19 coverage
Timely, accurate media reporting could be life-saving during the COVID-19 crisis. So why is so much coverage still being given to people with no scientific or medical expertise?
AudioCheer: hit series shows the light and dark of cheerleading
It's proving to be an unlikely-sounding global hit. The six-part Netflix documentary series Cheer follows the US's best college cheer-leading squad, Navarro College from Texas, as they train for the… Video, Audio
Mark Jenkin: director of Bait
Dubbed a 'dreamlike masterpiece' and 'one of the defining British films of the decade' in a 5 star review by film critic Mark Kermode, you won't have seen many movies like Bait before. A story of… Audio
The impact of Covid19 on the NZ film industry
The film and TV production industry is facing major disruption in New Zealand at the moment with Covid-19 closing down or delaying shoots. Audio
Contagion, The Plot Against America, Love is Blind
Film and TV reviewer Tamar Munch looks at the 2011 film Contagion and how it's had a surge in popularity thanks to Covid-19. She'll also review the new series The Plot Against America, the drama that… Audio
Ellie Jay's podcast picks
Time to talk Podcasts - reviewer Ellie Jay joins the show to discuss the podcasts Dead Eyes, The Conversation and Call your girfriend. Audio
Midweek Mediawatch: gearing up for the new normal
Mediawatch's weekly catch up With Karyn Hay on Lately. This week he talks to Karyn about the ethical dilemmas reporting the spread of COVID-19; coping with the sports void and Jurgen Klopp - the… Audio
Midweek Mediawatch: gearing up for the new normal
Mediawatch's weekly catch up With Karyn Hay on Lately. This week he talks to Karyn about the ethical dilemmas reporting the spread of COVID-19; coping with the sports void and Jurgen Klopp - the…
AudioMedia commentator Andrew Holden
The implications of Covid-19 for the media industry, not least what are sports reporters going to do? And it's the third anniversary of Newsroom, established by news veterans Tim Murphy and Mark… Audio
Television Critic Linda Burgess
Linda talks about Unbelievable on Netflix, which is based on a true story. She has also been watching The Inbestigators with her grand-daughter. Audio
Marking an awkward anniversary
Major media organisations rolled out lots of commemorative coverage to mark one year since the atrocity in Christchurch. It honoured those who died - and those who survived but have suffered - and… Video, Audio
COVID-19 clampdown squeezes the media
Tough new measures announced yesterday to counter COVID-19 pleased pundits who had pleaded for action in recent days. But the effects could also change the game for media in the long run. Meanwhile… Audio
Marking an awkward anniversary
Major media organisations rolled out lots of commemorative coverage to mark one year since the atrocity in Christchurch. It honoured those who died - and those who survived but have suffered - and…
Video, AudioCOVID-19 clampdown squeezes the media
Tough new measures announced yesterday to counter COVID-19 pleased pundits who had pleaded for action in recent days. But the effects could also change the game for media in the long run. Meanwhile…
AudioStress of the ‘big dry’ sparks claims of rural-urban antagonism
Farmers in drought-stricken regions are having a tough time right now, but do recent reports of environmentally-inspired hostility putting their mental health at risk really stack up?
Ngā Taonga Sound Archives: Revisiting "A Strange Land"
In the early 1990s, RNZ produced a series of programmes called "A Strange Land" featuring half-hour interviews with migrants to New Zealand reflecting on their experiences as they made a new life in… Audio, Gallery
Details of RNZ youth radio station revealed
Fresh details have come to light of what RNZ's new multi media youth radio station would look like.
Last month, after public outrage and government opprobrium, RNZ shelved the plans to automate… Audio
Warnings over the circulation of political manipulated media
Twitter applies its new manipulated media label for the first time on a video deceptively edited of former vice president, Joe Biden, but that doesn't stop US President Donald Trump from retweeting it… Audio
RNZ ad spat, Gold Quill to famous photo and mosque attack
Media commentator Andrew Holden looks at how the coverage of women's sport has changed, as a famous photo becomes the first ever to win a Gold Quill at the Melbourne Press Club's annual awards. He'll… Audio
Caitlin Cherry's TV picks
Caitlin looks at some new supernatural thrillers on Netflix; Locke and Key and I am not Okay with this, and looks ahead to the return seasons of some popular shows this year. Audio