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Midweek Mediawatch - Gaza, a gaffe and a brutal review
10:00 PM.Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about the media targeted in Gaza live on TV - and the Gaza crisis spilling over into sport on screen. Also - an… Read more Video, Audio
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Shocking news reveals southern reporting cutbacks
9:13 AM.That shocking knife attack in Dunedin’s central city this week came out of the blue - but the coverage also revealed the ranks of reporters there are thinning out. One major TV broadcaster had to… Read more Audio
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Crown Law takes aim at Newsroom
9:10 AM.An online investigation that exposed Oranga Tamariki tactics - and prompted five inquiries and significant changes in policy and practice at the agency - is now being investigated by the Police. The… Read more Audio
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Access all areas? The past and future of community broadcasting
9:09 AM.The Access Radio movement is 40 years old and today 12 stations broadcast locally and online. Some fill local gaps left by stations hooked into national networks - and some produce programmes up for… Read more Audio
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Host takes a swing at slack media - but misses
9:09 AM.Top-rating talk host Mike Hosking apologised recently after he slammed political reporters for missing a big story - and a colleague publicly pointed out he was wrong. It didn’t stop Mike Hosking… Read more Audio
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Mediawatch for 16 May 2021
9:06 AM.Shocking news reveals southern reporting cutbacks; Crown Law takes aim at Newsroom; Access all areas? Community broadcasting turns 40; host takes swing at slack media - but misses. Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch - 12 May 2021
7:32 AM.Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about a magazine telling the full story of an SS soldier who became a "hometown hero" and a tourism pioneer here -… Read more Audio
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China’s PR intensifies as media focus falls on Uyghurs
5:12 PM.China used to deny or ignore media queries about the human rights of the ethnic Uighur minority. But before our government debated its response in Parliament this week, China’s embassy held an… Read more Video, Audio
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Upping the game in women’s sport coverage
9:10 AM.“Not good enough” was the verdict of Sport NZ boss Raelene Castle after a fresh analysis of thousands of sports reports across our media found women feature in only about one in seven. But offshore… Read more Audio
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Mediawatch for 9 May 2021
9:06 AM.China's PR intensifies as media focus falls on Xinjang; the state of play in coverage of women's sport; more clarity on online polls. Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch: return of Orewa, rabbits and The Apprentice
8:26 PM.Mediawatch’s weekly catchup with Lately. This week Colin talks to Karyn Hay about the media unpicking the political strategy behind warnings of “separatism.” Also: ‘Bunny-pocalypse Now’ in the South… Read more Audio
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Silver Lake buy-in to Silver Fern no silver bullet for media
9:13 AM.To sell or not to sell a slice of the commercial rights to New Zealand rugby was the squabble that pre-occupied the sports media this week. But the media couldn’t agree on who has the power over the… Read more Audio
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The news stories making readers dumber
9:10 AM.News organisations often report the results of informal polls they carry out by embedding surveys in stories or on social media. Mathematically minded people argue that in doing so… Read more Audio
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Mediawatch for 2 May 2021
9:06 AM.Silverlake buy-in to silver fern triggers sports media; trust on media on the slide; online polls misrepresent public opinion. Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch 28 April 2021
9:02 AM.Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Hayden Donnell talks to Susana Leiataua about change at the top in the Herald's political coverage - sparked by a change for veteran political… Read more Audio
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New research shows Kiwis trust in news is slipping
9:03 PM.New research shows New Zealanders' trust in the news media slipping, even when it comes to the news they choose themselves. That's obviously a bad news story for our media - but what can they really… Read more Video, Audio
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Reporters finally have a nice day
9:11 AM.On Monday, New Zealanders tuning into the news witnessed something rare: bulletins filled almost entirely with joy, relief, and even a bit of singing. Read more Audio
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Coping with Covid chaos disrupting sport on screen
9:10 AM.A core part of your business is screening the world’s sport to customers keen enough to pay for it. Then Covid stops almost all of it stone dead. What do you do? Mediawatch asks a Sky exec how they… Read more Video, Audio
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Mediawatch for 25 April 2021
9:06 AM.Coping with Covid chaos disrupting sport on screen; reporters finally have one nice day; following the flow of public money to the media and screen industry. Audio
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Following the money flowing to the media
9:12 AM.Huge sums in subsidies will go to Amazon when a Lord of the Rings series is made here in the years to come. In the year just gone, a much more modest amount of public money was spent helping local… Read more Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch - Football fans v billionnaires, Popstars v Fair Go
9:00 PM.Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Colin talks to Karyn Hay about Prince Philip's funeral pulling in viewers, the emergency housing crisis coming into focus; football fans vs… Read more Audio
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Directory inquiries: Does the Yellow Pages have a future?
4:09 PM.Once a billion-dollar business, its critics claim the country’s most widely circulated publication is a redundant and wasteful throwback to pre-digital times. But now under new management, the Yellow… Read more Video, Audio
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‘Dead leader walking’ a familiar line from media
9:12 AM.Last weekend political pundits and presenters reckoned the leader of the opposition was ripe for rolling and her days in the job were numbered. But - as in the past - it was all based on rumours… Read more Audio
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Samoa election cliffhanger overlooked locally
9:10 AM.After 23 years with one political party and one prime minister in charge, Samoa’s general election last weekend delivered a surprise neck-and-neck result. But it was barely reported in most national… Read more Audio
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Mediawatch for 18 April 2021
9:00 AM.'Dead leader walking' a familiar line from media; Samoa's election cliff-hanger overlooked locally; Directory inquiries: Yellow Pages under pressure Audio