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Mediawatch for 28 November 2021
9:08 AM.Bridges burned, Collins crushed, Reti takes the reins; Just fed-up farmers - or 'the radical right in gumboots'? ; New bid to get tech titans pay for NZ news. Audio
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Worlds of Journalism Study
11:16 AM.The world's most comprehensive survey of journalism needs new Zealand journalists to take part to better understand the changes that are taking place in the media - and the role of journalism in a… Read more
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Midweek Mediawatch: Soper's simmering stand-off
2:32 PM.In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about a Cold War brewing between Newstalk ZB's political editor and the PM, misinformation in local papers - and the need for… Read more Audio
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MediaWorks reveals plan to ditch Magic Talk, launch new talk brand
2:08 PM.MediaWorks has revealed a lineup of familiar names for its new talk radio station, which is set to take over from Magic Talk early next year. Read more
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Radio in NZ 100 not out. But what next?
9:12 AM.Radio in New Zealand marked its centenary this week with tributes to its staying power in the past - and confident claims it’s here to stay for the future. Several stations now have bigger audiences… Read more Audio
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Looking back on tech titans' takeover of media
Facebook’s all-powerful founder has rebooted his trillion-dollar company as ‘Meta’ and he’s planning for a new virtual ‘metaverse’ for us in five years. But the real world mess Facebook’s made in… Read more Audio
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Mediawatch for 21 November 2021
9:08 AM.Radio in NZ is 100 not out: RNZ's Paul Thompson on what comes next; looking back on tech titans' takeover of media with Rory Cellan-Jones. Audio
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The missing context in vaccine mandate coverage
2:13 PM.Analysis: News organisations have devoted plenty of space to the unvaccinated healthcare and education workers being stood down this week. But many of those stories are missing vital context. Read more Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch: Mandate reporting missing context
11:00 PM.In this week's episode of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about a glaring lack of context in vaccine mandate coverage, a doco looking into our toxic alcohol culture, and a social… Read more Audio
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The risks of reporting displays of discontent - and amplifying aggro
4:10 PM.Tuesday’s Covid protest at Parliament was a spectacle that had to be covered, but reporters who did so were targeted by protesters - and not for the first time. Does coverage risk ramping up the… Read more Audio
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Experts denigrated by conspiricists - and radio hosts
9:09 AM.A fresh analysis of Covid misinformation says it intensified after Delta arrived - and leading public figures and officials have “received specific targeting and abuse” online. But you don't have go… Read more Audio
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All journalists are climate reporters now
9:09 AM.The climate talks in Glasgow are the big global story right now - but it doesn't always feel like it in our news. A climate change reporter tells Mediawatch every journalist should now be one too -… Read more Audio
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Mediawatch for 14 November 2021
9:08 AM.The risks of reporting displays of discontent - and amplifying aggro; experts denigrated by conspiracists - and radio hosts; all journalists are climate reporters now. Read more Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch: An anti-vax coverage conundrum
10:51 PM.In this week's episode of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about Discovery announcing a pair of new TV channels, media coverage of an anti-vax march on parliament, and a valuable… Read more Audio
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Discovery NZ makes big play for TV viewers
6:39 PM.Broadcaster Discovery NZ is creating new TV channels, new local programmes and expanding its news output in 2022. It’s a big bid to snare more of the local TV market currently dominated by TVNZ and… Read more
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Meta’s moves to boost our media underwhelms observers
9:10 AM.Facebook - freshly rebadged as ‘Meta’ - gives local news media content huge extra reach, but it covers none of the cost of creating it while snaring the bulk of the digital ad revenue it… Read more Audio
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Avoiding the mistakes of the past in trans rights coverage
9:10 AM.During the homosexual law reform campaign 35 years ago plenty of inflammatory, derogatory and sometimes downright bigoted portrayals of gay people were published and aired in our media. Some have… Read more Audio
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Alert level angst not leveling off on radio
9:07 AM.Another Monday, another review of alert level condition for Auckland and other areas this week - along with ample evidence in the media that the change can’t come soon enough for Aucklanders who are… Read more Audio
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Mediawatch for 7 November 2021
9:06 AM.The owners of Facebook - now known as 'Meta' - announced a plan to boost news publishers here this week. Mediawatch looks at the media's response to that. Also: how media angst about upcoming alert… Read more Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch: COP-26, Covid-19, radio re-jigs and grandstanders
11:12 AM.Midweek Mediawatch - our weekly catch-up with Karyn Hay on Lately. This week Colin Peacock talks to Karyn about a shake-up in news radio that made headlines - while another went under the radar… Read more Audio
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MediaWorks signals radio news shake-up
11:23 AM.Radio broadcaster MediaWorks will launch a new talk radio network in early 2022 and has hired Newshub political editor Tova O’Brien for a new show which will shake up the morning news scene. Read more
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Mental health becomes a pandemic political football
3:34 PM.There's been plenty of media coverage on the mental health effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. Mental Health Foundation Shaun Robinson says a lot of it has been too simplistic, or just plain wrong. Read more
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Keeping calm (or not) as Covid comes to Christchurch
9:12 AM.Did our media keep calm and carry on when Covid came to Christchurch this week? Or amplify anger and confusion about loose borders and unvaccinated travellers? Bit of both . . . Read more Audio
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Te Rito - a new bid to boost diversity in our newsrooms
9:10 AM.We’ve had too few journalists of Māori, Pasifika and Asian origin in our newsrooms for decades - and now there’s a new publicly-funded push to turn that round. Four established outlets are backing the… Read more Video, Audio
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Mediawatch for 31 October 2021
9:08 AM.Keeping calm as Covid comes to Christchurch - and not; a new bid to boost diversity in our news; Australian media straying into fake news about NZ. Audio