Are tobacco companies’ warnings about a black market misleading?
Photo by Andres Siimon on Unsplash Janet Hoek, University of Otago and Anna DeMello, University of Otago Tobacco companies claim to be transforming their business by “reducing the health impact” of their products. Yet they often oppose the very policies that could...
Why did a record number of journalists get jailed in 2021?
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...
How should media continue to report on climate change?
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...
News ban: Can we regard Facebook as a public utility?
By Gavin Ellis We have been shocked by Facebook’s Australian news ban because we have been labouring under a misapprehension: We thought it was a public utility. It was conceived as a utility (for Harvard University students) and founder Mark Zuckerberg has been...
How has COVID reshaped the New Zealand media landscape?
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...
What can news organisations do to rebuild public trust? 🔊
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...
How does social media influence political campaigning and communication? 🔊
Social media has become a key feature in politics and communication and will likely play a significant role in the 2020 US election. The Trump administration has threatened sanctions against social media sites TikTok and WeChat, a move which...
Can effective framing encourage people to take better care of our oceans?
By Komathi Kolandai-Matchett Effective communication, capable of garnering public support for marine conservation, appears more urgent now than ever before. Marine ecosystems are besieged by multiple human-caused threats – temperature and acidity increases, toxins,...
What does the future hold for the New Zealand media landscape in a post-COVID world?
By Julianne Evans New Zealand media faces a conundrum as it tries to create a trustworthy, innovative and sustainable model in the Covid-19 world, while absorbing thousands of job losses. As Covid-19 spread around the world, so did 24-hour media coverage of the story....Subscribe by Email
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