Media

Three times this week week the powers-that-be intruded on journalists in Australia to try and dig out sources of controversial stories of clear public interest. Media freedom advocates there say a new… Audio

Former Dominion Post reporter Talia Shadwell was one of the reporters in a British scheme that’s the model for a new one here designed to put reporters into the regions where there aren’t enough of… Audio

Fear of spreading Mycoplasma Bovis during the annual mass-movement of stock was headline news a year ago. Amid our biggest-ever biosecurity operation, thousands of farmers still hadn’t registered… Audio

Labour came to power promising big boosts to public broadcasting, but last week's Budget offered only stop-gap increases “pending major policy decisions” to come. Mediawatch asks the minister of… Audio

Listener Janet emailed pods@rnz.co.nz about Brexitcast, a show she's got addicted to that features some top BBC journalists explaining what's going on with Brexit. As Janet writes "... it's very… Audio

The reality TV show Love Island is getting a prime-time, 5pm spot on TV - but Family First says it's the latest case of the "pornification" of culture. Does he have a point? Audio

 Three part series Beneath New Zealand follows researchers as they look into what lies underneath, to see what we can learn from volcanoes, eruptions and and disasters.  Audio

Three police raids on journalists and newsrooms have called into question abuses of Australian law.  Audio

Film and TV reviewer Chris Schulz looks at the new season of Fleabag, the third season of the Handmaid's Tale and the popularity of 5-part series Chernobyl. Audio

Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about the Daily Mail's shameless rip-offs of other people's journalism - and why no-one can stop it. But first: a string of… Video, Audio

An experiment by Italian researchers suggests Twitter isn't the best place for academic discourse. Audio