Media

Gavin Ellis is a media commentator and former editor of the New Zealand Herald. He can be contacted on gavin.ellis@xtra.co.nz Audio

Frank Torley who fronted New Zealand's longest running programme, Country Calendar, has died after a short battle with cancer. Audio

Figures from the agriculture and farming industry are remembering veteran broadcaster Frank Torley as a man who bridged the gap between the rural and the urban. Audio

Voters may tend to trust journalists about politics and politicians more than expensive ad campaigns that run in the lead up to elections. But are we well served by our media these days, or are they… Audio

Is it possible to report shocking attacks like those in Brussels properly without feeding the publicity needs of those who carry them out? How should media handle the output of propaganda from ISIS… Audio

The online news media regulator has ruled RNZ didn’t act quickly enough when unpleasant and extreme comments appeared on Facebook recently. When are the media responsible for bad things other people… Video, 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

"Follow the money" is a cliche in journalism, but the principle was at the heart of some recent news investigations having an impact beyond the headlines. Audio

Critics and commentators condemned TVNZ’s new “male-skewed” channel Duke long before it started screening this week, even though it most of its content was already on the screen. Mediawatch looks at… Video, Audio

Hutt Valley school student Julian Dennison stars alongside Sam Neill in the new Taika Waititi film, Hunt for the Wilderpeople. He is joined in the studio by his mother, Mabelle, and his twin brother… Video, Audio

NZME's integrated newsroom is showing its muscle with the announcement of a new daily online video news programme starting in mid-April. Like Radio NZ, the company is demonstrating how media companies… Audio

Country Calendar, The Night Manager, and The Americans. Audio

Twitter turns ten today, and with more than 300-million users worldwide, it seems to be doing pretty well. Audio