Media
Richard Goldstein: Rock critic
Richard Goldstein went out on a limb when he gave the Beatles' Sgt Pepper a bad review in the New York Times in 1967 - but that review got his name in lights. And he's changed his view a bit since… Audio
Photojournalism in the smartphone age
Alison Stieven-Taylor - a journalist, critic and scholar specialising in photojournalism - and James Dooley - the executive of the New York-based Alexia Foundation - discuss photojournalism in the… Audio
Moving past "Afro-pessimism"
The world's media are slowly getting past the stereotypes of poverty, disease and corruption that have characterised coverage of Africa in the past but there's still a way to go, says a media scholar.
…Moving past "Afro-pessimism"
The world's media are slowly getting past the stereotypes of poverty, disease and corruption that have characterised coverage of Africa in the past but there's still a way to go, says a media scholar.
… Video, AudioMediawatch for 4 June 2017
A couple of cases of the facts getting in the way of good story; moving past 'Afro-pessimism'; a robotic reporting re-boot? Audio
Tech news: Google's tax bill & your next 'essential' phone
The founder of Android launches a smartphone; Google releases its NZ accounts (spoiler alert: it's not paying much tax here), and China introduces new laws for foreign tech companies. Audio
Pacific correspondent Mike Field
An invasive snake is destroying Guam's ecosystem but there is a fight back with bombing of forests with dead mice. Ramsi, the regional peacekeeping operation in the Solomon Islands, ends this month… Audio
Ad-free content for kids to go online
A publicly-funded online platform for commercial-free children’s programmes will launch in 2018. Mediawatch says it's a response to modern kids' new media habits and our TV broadcasters’ lack of…
Ad-free content for kids to go online
A publicly-funded online platform for commercial-free children’s programmes will launch in 2018. Mediawatch says it's a response to modern kids' new media habits and our TV broadcasters’ lack of…
AudioPodcasts with Katy Atkin
This week Katy reviews "Masters of Scale" by LinkedIn Co-Founder Reid Hoffman who tests theories on business with other famous company founders including Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Netflix's Reed… Audio
Viewing with Paul Casserley
TV and Film writer Paul Casserly discusses the return of Twin Peaks on Soho and Neon, and First Contact on Maori TV. Audio
'Covfefe' causes global social media storm
US President Donald Trump's new word - 'Covfefe' - it isn't in the dictionary - so don't look it up. With tongue firmly in her cheek, Allie Stuckey, who's a vlogger for the website Conservative… Audio
What is 'covfefe'?
Donald Trump's latest tweet contained a mysterious set of garbled letters, much to Twitter's delight. RNZ's Megan Whelan dived in.
Australia Correspondent Peter Munro
Peter reports in on the fallout from the coroner's report into the Lindt Cafe siege in Sydney, Indigenous group's calls for constitutional change and a treaty and the arrival home to Australia from… Audio
Junk food advertising code 'meaningless'
Efforts to reduce the amount of unhealthy food advertising targeting children are being panned before they have even been introduced. Audio
Fast food and sport a popular combo deal
Analysis - KFC's deal to sponsor the Rugby League World Cup caused a ruckus, but others have also taken money from businesses in health advocates' firing lines.
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Kathryn Ryan talks to Gavin Ellis about two privacy issues which illustrate the complexities facing news media decision-makers, and also the chequebook waving media frenzy surrounding Schapelle… Audio
Television Critic: Linda Burgess
Linda is a short story writer, novelist and former television writer. She takes a look at the phenomenon that is the UK reality show 'Goggle Box', and revisits the 'Anne of Green Gables' redo 'Anne… Audio
Mediawatch for 28 May 2017
Mixed messages and extreme responses to Manchester's atrocity; an award-winning editor on newspapers' prospects and fake news fears; Donald trumps trade issues for English abroad. Audio
Mixed messages after atrocity in Manchester
The media struggled with the contrasting moods of horror, anger and sorrow in the wake of this week's suicide attack in Manchester. Some commentators aired extreme views at a time when calm was being… Audio
