Mediawatch

Mediawatch looks back at the media in the middle of political rows about race relations - and why Maori journalists want an apology over a controversial advocacy ad in the Herald. Also: how social media amplified anger over the riots in the UK - and boxing at the Olympics. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Colin Peacock talks to Todd Zaner about reactions to the revelation the Herald used AI to write editorials - and what was revealed by coverage of the National Party's AGM last weekend. Also: some standout Olympic media moments and unexpected acapella jingles. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Mediawatch looks at a controversy over the use of AI artificial intellgince the New Zealand Herald - and asks if readers should be told when AI technology creates news content. Also: how the media jumped the gun over our lack of medals at the Olympics - and an unconvincing complaint about the All Blacks spurning our media. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about the Herald using AI for an editorial - and he delves into the disappointment over our lacklustre Olympic medal count so far. Also - peeling back layers of health bureaucracy and a very personal challenge to a reality TV show. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Mediawatch looks at how the media reacted to the Abuse in State Care report - and the role the media played in bringing the issue to light. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Colin Peacock talked to Emile Donovan about how the media handled the news that Joe Biden had thrown in the towel - and the final report from the Inquiry into Abuse in State Care. Also Colin also looked at a revealing local report about a local high school - and something he got wrong about his own primary school days. (Sorry Mr Patchett . . . ) Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Mediawatch looks at what our media made of the government's new emissions plan - and how best to cover global climate change without pumping up people's despair. Mediawatch also talks to an RNZ reporter who got a rare opportunity to find out what's going on Nauru, where journalists have been kept at arm's length for years. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about TVNZ Breakfast getting dragged into the Trump shooting debate, some NZME criticism from NZME, TVNZ's exclusive interview with isolated Green MP Darleen Tana - and Hayden apologises for mixing up his memes. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Mediawatch looks at how our media reacted to the shocking news of the attempt on Donald Trump's life in Pennsylvania. And shortly before that news broke, Colin Peacock a look at the week's news and media live on Sunday Morning with Hayden Donnell - including how it panned out in the first week of Stuff's ThreeNews, a change for TVNZ's Re:News, a significant change in the government's stance on aff...

Colin Peacock talked to Emile Donovan Stuff making a solid start with ThreeNews on TV; the British media making a meal of their landslide election and local democracy reporting's financial reprieve. Also: the unhealthy obsession with the world's most famous footballer - and Emile gives Mediawatch the (remixed) gift of music. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Last Friday the curtain came down on Newshub at 6 - and more than 30 years of nightly news made at the TV channel Three. But the next day the new 6pm bulletin by Stuff launched in its place. Mediawatch takes a look at its debut - and asks the question: what do people want from the 6pm TV news these days anyway? Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Colin Peacock talked to Emile Donovan about the government backing a law change - which they once slated in opposition - to help the media get more money from Big Tech. Also - the end of Newshub coming closer - and another round of concerning closures in the media in local newspapers, the once-mighty Sunday News and at Newstalk ZB. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

While our government ponders policy to help news media companies cope with their crumbling business models, millions of us get our news first from Facebook, Google and even TikTok. It's the same in Australia - and this week our friends at the ABC ask if public interest journalism can survive on these online networks - or without them. And if serious news outlets slip into obscurity, what would tha...

Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about the prime minister becoming his own hype man, a strange malfunction in RNZ's push notifications, and a grab bag of media business news. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Pundits have predicted the death of old-fashioned newspapers for years - but they're still here. This week Mediawatch looks at a new history of New Zealand newspapers' golden years, from one hundred years ago until the new millennium when digital technology and devices turned the news business upside down. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about an emerging media consensus over our malfunctioning Defence Force aircraft, how rude words slipped though in music on RNZ - and a huge few months at Stuff. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

How the media copped criticism for reporting allegations of personal data misused for political purposes - and the struggle to get meaningful responses from official sources. Also: the popularity of an ultra-long local podcast contradicts assumptions about short attention spans - and how one journalist's trip to his local cafe ended up as national news. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more det...

Colin Peacock talks to Emile Donovan about more moves between broadcasters, more new podcasts - but fewer Prime Ministerial press conferences. Also: TVNZ makes football fans happy. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Regional reporting cut back for NZME's new national focus; sports news that was too late - and too early; the controversy over cancer treatment funding missing from the Budget,can we trust surveys of our media which say we don't trust them? Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about the government's latest reason for not funding 13 cancer drugs, a mammoth loss expected at TVNZ, AI faking the news and even our contemporary history -and a slight directed at the Ōtaki Today. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Long-running bid to make big tech pay for news hits a snag - so what happens next?; stories based on stats sliced from surveys; shock horror over incomplete houses. Mediawatch looks at how an effort to help the media make much-needed money hit a snag this week. Also - stories based on surveys which didn't tell the full story. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Colin Peacock talks to Emile Donovan about Duncan Garner's new live morning show - and an old name for a new 6pm TV news show. Also - a couple of awkward moments at this year's national journalism awards and an awkward confrontation between a rugby coach and a reporter; an outlet devoted to the music of the dead - and who gets struck by lightning? Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

New Zealand's big awards for journalists were given out this week at a time when many are losing their jobs. Also - Mediawatch talks to an editor who has secured the future of two important medical magazines in tight times - and looks at coverage of the A-League scandal that's posed some awkward questions with reputations at stake. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Hayden Donnell and Emile Donovan apologise poetically to a small Tararua seaside settlement inadvertently insulted by RNZ online. Also: Stuff launches crime podcasts you pay for - while another new podcast hit a hitch this week; ScarJo's lawyers 1, Chat GPT nil. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

A long-running plan to reform the oversight of our media has come to a sudden halt; how public toilets suddenly became political this week. Mediawatch this week looks at how a long-running plan to reform the oversight of our media has come to a sudden stop - and what the consequences might be. Also: why public toilets suddenly became political this week. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more de...