Stuff
Bringing the chilling ‘teen terrorist’ tale to light
Last weekend the same startling scoop appeared in the papers of both major publishers: a teenager arrested for plotting a school massacre which was completely suppressed for nearly two years. Both… Audio
Case #009 - Kirsty Bentley
15-year-old Canterbury teenager, Kirsty Bentley from Ashburton went missing after taking her dog for a walk on New Year's Eve in 1998 - her body was found just over two weeks later. Stuff journalists… Audio
Case #012 - Heavy Metal
On a Sunday afternoon in Christchurch in 1996, scrap metal dealer John Reynolds failed to return home for lunch. Later that evening, his brother found the 55-year-old lying in a pool of blood at the… Audio
Anna Fifield: Leading the DomPost
Anna Fifield, the new editor of the Dominion Post, says readers can expect to see a lot of emphasis on transparency telling them why the publication has chosen to write stories. After three periods of… Audio
Mediawatch for 4 October 2020
Stuff adopts new code of ethics and practice; Anna Fifield swaps Washington Post for Dominion Post; the BBC’s Nick Bryant on lessons learned reporting Trump Audio
Media commentator Andrew Holden
A tale of two editors of the Sunday Times in the UK. The first is the death of Harold Evans last week, and his influence on modern journalism. And in same week Andrew Neil, who did manage to work for… Audio
The dark news poetry of Stuff's push notifications
An anonymous artist is hiding somewhere in Stuff's social media team. Their works are usually no more than 50 words long. Their medium is the push notification. Audio
Media commentator Andrew Holden
Media commentator Andrew Holden joins Kathryn to talk about the Herald's good readership results, the small private equity fund that's bought into NZME, Sky's slight drop in profit and the financial… Audio
More cyber attacks - this time on NZ media websites
RNZ and Stuff are the most recent target of more than one cyber attack in the last 24 hours. Audio
Kea Kids News: 'kidsplaining' current affairs
Kids are almost absent in our news and current affairs. This week a service that breaks the mould is back - offering news on topics chosen by local kids and - crucially - reported and produced by… Video, Audio
Buying a media business for $1: Stuff's Sinead Boucher
In a surprise management buyout, Stuff chief executive Sinead Boucher bought the media business from its Australian owners in May, for $1. There's a tough road ahead navigating a turbulent media… Audio
Where has all the clickbait gone?
Under new ownership, Stuff has stopped farming its stuff out on Facebook and it's hiring several senior journalists. Another part of the mission to win the trust and respect of readers is a rejigged… Audio
Opinion: Stuff is good, actually
Stuff is under new management and says public trust will be a "core value" in its new era. "Social media is not news media" is one of its new slogans. For years it's been criticised for clickbait or…
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Stuff's fighting talk on Facebook
Stuff says Facebook is not compatible with its own “core public values” and it's "pausing its presence" on the social media giant. The move has raised eyebrows in the media - and New Zealand’s most…
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Why Stuff is stopping its activity on Facebook and Instagram
The news website Stuff is suspending all of its activity on Facebook and Instagram. Audio
Case #003 - The Disappearance of Deane Fuller-Sandys
Deane Fuller-Sandys went missing on 21 August,1989 after setting off to go fishing at the rough West Auckland beach Whatipu and for nearly a decade he was presumed drowned. Audio
Media commentator Andrew Holden
NZME's annual meeting is on Thursday, with pressure from shareholders following an announcement last week that no dividends will be paid before July 2021. Audio
$1 deal paves the way for staff stake in Stuff
This week the CEO of this country’s biggest news producer - Stuff - pulled off a $1 deal to take the company off the hands of Aussie owners who didn’t want it. She says she wants Stuff's staff to take… Audio
Mediawatch for 31 May 2020
This week Mediawatch looks at how the boss of our biggest national news company is about to become its owner - and she wants staff to take a stake in it too. Also: how efforts to eradicate a major… Audio
NZ's media industry facing uncertain future
New Zealand's media industry is reeling after two major announcements today. Bill Ralston joins the Panel to discuss the changing media landscape. Audio