Dec 4, 2023 | Featured, Politics & Society
Merja Myllylahti, Auckland University of Technology Photo by Austin Distel on Unsplash According to a recent survey by the News Media Association, 90% of editors in the United Kingdom “believe that Google and Meta pose an existential threat to journalism”. Why...
Dec 16, 2021 | Arts & Culture, Politics & Society
By Mary Fitzgerald Journalists’ Nobel Peace Prize casts a shadow on failures of our democracy. It has been 75 years since a journalist last won the Nobel Peace Prize. Back in 1936, Carl von Ossietzky couldn’t accept the honour in person because he was imprisoned in a...
Dec 15, 2021 | Politics & Society
By Aine Kelly-Costello Off the back of the momentum generated by COP26, it’s incumbent on all of Aotearoa’s newsrooms to ensure climate remains on the news agenda. During last month’s COP26 summit, climate change was a ubiquitous story. News hooks abounded, from...
Dec 10, 2020 | Arts & Culture, Business & Economics
By Merja Myllylahti Closures, cuts, revival and rebirth: how COVID-19 reshaped the NZ media landscape in 2020. When Bauer Media announced the closure of its New Zealand magazine operation just a week into level 4 lockdown in early April, things looked ominous for...
Dec 2, 2020 | Arts & Culture, Politics & Society
Quality journalism has long sat at the heart of the democratic process – with a commitment to uncover the facts, and hold the powerful to account. Yet in a society increasingly plagued by misinformation and conspiracy theories, public trust in news organisations is...
May 27, 2020 | Business & Economics, Politics & Society
Change is happening quickly in the New Zealand media sphere as companies try to adapt to a new world post-COVID. Already Bauer Media has closed its operations in New Zealand, while Stuff’s CEO bought the company off Australia’s Nine Network for just one...
May 11, 2020 | Arts & Culture, Politics & Society
By Gavin Ellis A survey released last week tells us 53 percent of New Zealanders trust overall news sources most of the time. Public trust is a percentages game. A survey released last week tells us 53 percent of New Zealanders trust overall news sources most of the...
Nov 14, 2019 | Arts & Culture, Business & Economics, Politics & Society
The New Zealand Government is considering significant changes to the configuration of public service media in New Zealand. Although there have been no announcements as to what these changes might be, one option is that TVNZ and RNZ might be disestablished in favour of...
Nov 5, 2019 | Arts & Culture, Business & Economics, Politics & Society
By Peter A. Thompson Is the government to blame if Mediaworks’ TV3 shuts down? Peter Thompson looks into the crisis at the struggling network. MediaWorks’ television business has been attracting a great deal of attention recently, but unfortunately not entirely...
Oct 9, 2019 | Arts & Culture, Politics & Society
By Mel Bunce Journalism is facing a profound financial crisis. Around the world, news outlets are closing, and journalists are losing their jobs. Should we be worried? Journalism is often referred to as the ‘fourth estate’ – an institution that is necessary for...