Media
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Farewell to RNZ's Spectrum's 44 year long run and a look at the role journalistic organisations still play in public discourse. Audio
Television Critic: Alex Casey
Alex Casey reviews Terry Teo, This is Piki, Mr Robot and Stranger Things. Audio
Big media names in play as news goes social
Three recent studies of media habits have sobering conclusions for big names in publishing and broadcasting - but also for newer digital-age outlets on the rise. Video, Audio
Big media names in play as news goes social
Three recent studies of media habits have sobering conclusions for big names in publishing and broadcasting - but also for newer digital-age outlets on the rise.
Video, AudioPredictable story sparks predictable media frenzy
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
Predictable story sparks predictable media frenzy
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?
AudioMediawatch for 17 July 2016
A huge international survey has confirmed most of us are now getting our news via Google and Facebook - despite neither company producing any news of their own. Journalism academics Nathan Schneider…
This Way Up for 16 July 2016 (Part 2)
The Hum is described as an 'an anomalous sound heard around the world', a low frequency noise documented by thousands of people since the 70's, including hundreds of reported cases here in NZ. Then… Audio
Obituaries: a dying art
Writing obituaries is a dying art. Memorialising the lives and the deaths of the rich and the famous tends to be done online, often in 140 characters or less. One place where the tradition and the art… Video, Audio, Gallery
Pokemon Go takes over the world
Simon Morton meets the many people stumbling about as they play Pokemon Go, and tries to find out why this blockbuster app might change gaming forever from New Yorker writer Om Malik. There's a visit… Audio, Gallery
This Way Up for 16 July 2016 (Part 1)
Simon Morton meets the many people stumbling about as they play Pokemon Go, and tries to find out why this blockbuster app could maybe change gaming forever from New Yorker writer Om Malik. There's a… Audio
Kiwis becoming less tolerant of racism and sexism
New research suggests New Zealanders are less tolerant than ever of racism, sexism, or material they perceive as denigrating towards others.
Kirsten Johnson: selecting images
Her work includes Citizenfour, Fahrenheit 9/11, The Oath, and The Invisible War. Johnson is the director of Cameraperson, which draws on the varied footage that she has shot, reframing it for a visual… Audio
Madeline Di Nonno: gender and entertainment
Kim Hill talks to Madeline Di Nonno, CEO of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, a non-profit organisation working to address gender imbalance in the media. She is visiting New Zealand for… Audio
Peter Bale: Panama Papers, and the state of the media
Kim Hill talks to Peter Bale, CEO of The Center for Public Integrity. He has a long career in journalism that includes 15 years as a correspondent and editor for Reuters, then positions as online… Audio
Robert Macfarlane: nature, landscape and language
Kim Hill talks to Dr Robert Macfarlane, a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and Director of Studies in English. His first book, Mountains of the Mind (2003), and his second, The Wild Places… Audio
More trained journalists and educators needed in Pacific
Media Educators and Trainers have come together to form a new regional body to address the decreasing number of journalists and educators in the Pacific. Audio
Full Disclosure
Have you ever wondered whether a celebrity has been paid to promote a product on their blog or social media network? Do we have a right to know? Last week the International Consumer Protection and… Audio
Big bill for council's legal fight with RNZ
Taranaki Regional Council spent $85,000 unsuccessfully contesting RNZ's coverage of its oil industry waste farms - known as landfarms.
