Mediawatch
RNZ New Zealand
There's never a shortage of opinions on the media but Mediawatch looks at it all in detail for those keen to know more about the news - as well as those who work in media.
Location:
Wellington, New Zealand
Networks:
RNZ New Zealand
Description:
There's never a shortage of opinions on the media but Mediawatch looks at it all in detail for those keen to know more about the news - as well as those who work in media.
Twitter:
@MediawatchNZ
Language:
English
Website:
http://www.radionz.co.nz/
Email:
mediawatch@radionz.co.nz
Episodes
Midweek - Hīkoi bias claims, Herald v Bain privacy, mag strife
11/20/2024
Midweek - Accusations of bias and a lack of impartiatality in coverage of Hīkoi mō Te Tiriti. Also the Herald v David Bain, Facebook scam surge and problems for local magazines.
Duration:00:25:20
Reporter's ban from Crown apology; local papers on the block
11/16/2024
Why was an award-winning journalist dedicated to reporting abuse in state care briefly banned from the official apology for that this week? Also - NZME plans to close 14 local North Island papers, possibly leaving some towns without coverage.
Duration:00:31:08
Hikoi hits the road, news cuts, foreign football flashpoint
11/13/2024
Midweek - Hikoi hits the road; Seymour vs TVNZ; TV news cuts latest and how sketchy reports of a foreign football flashpoint sparked a diplomatic incident.
Duration:00:23:58
Trump triumph and the media message, Australia & Malaysia rein in social media
11/9/2024
“It’s their media world now. We just live in it” - what news media are taking away from the Trump triumph; Media message from Trump’s triumph, how Australia and Malaysia are making social media accountable for the content they carry
Duration:00:34:15
Midweek: He's back
11/6/2024
Midweek: the epic media coverage of an epic US election that's put Trump back in charge. Also - more grim news from TVNZ; and warnings from Crux and NZ Geographic
Duration:00:30:28
Stuff boss joins ginger group, NZ Geographic’s bold survival strategy
11/2/2024
Could the boss of the country’s biggest news publisher joining a local ginger group alongside political figures compromise her own company's coverage in the capital? Also: award-winning NZ Geographic adopts maximum transparency to secure its survival
Duration:00:43:02
Hitting the ground reckoning in the US, a backtrack and some u-turns
10/30/2024
Midweek: Kiwi journalists in the US ramp up election reflections - and some politicians here too. US papers cop it for u-turns on backing Harris; TVNZ backtracks on its 1 News website - and Colin meets football elite (sort of . . . )
Duration:00:24:36
A look ahead to the US election & a look back at ours
10/26/2024
A look at how US media have coped with the controversial campaign for the upcoming election there - and we look back at how our media fared covering the election here one year ago.
Duration:00:34:49
Midweek: Sweating the small stuff
10/22/2024
Midweek - fallout from RNZ's scrapped Anika Moa podcast featuring former Labour MP Kiri Allan, intervention in the WCC, the lack of excitement about the America's Cup win, and Health NZ’s $9200 on canapés
Duration:00:26:41
WCC frenzy, dodging the news, scam ads scandal
10/19/2024
Coverage of capital’s troubled city council - and claims the government could intervene. Also: news publishers respond to a survey showing more Kiwis dodging their news - and a surge in social media scam posts co-opting big names in news media.
Duration:00:42:42
The govt turns 1, RNZ's web surge, RIP BBC Hardtalk
10/16/2024
Midweek - The government turns 1 (or does it?), a 'Chris-tastrophic' political poll (or was it), TVNZ news not on TV, RIP BBC Hardtalk.
Duration:00:24:06
Online NZ news on the outer at TVNZ and Google
10/12/2024
TVNZ’s signaled more cost-saving cuts and started by scrapping its online news site next year. Meanwhile Google’s threatening to cut ties with local news altogther. What’s going on?
Duration:00:32:21
Midweek - Cuts, checks & a rude front page
10/9/2024
Midweek Mediawatch - TVNZ's plans to axe its news website, ministerial fact-checking from Q+A - and a rude front page from The Press.
Duration:00:25:24
Hospital ‘blowout’ sparks big backlash; feel-good news for bad times
10/5/2024
The controversial call to cut back the rebuild of Dunedin Hospital - and how local media helped drive a big backlash. Also: Patrick Gower’s got a new ‘feel-good’ weekly show. But do we really want feelgood news in not-so-good-times?
Duration:00:36:11
Midweek - More TV cuts & a crime against broadcasting
10/2/2024
Midweek: What Colin learned watching TV the old-fashioned way, and news of more cuts to come at two TV broadcasters. Also: online changes at Stuff - and a ‘crime against broadcasting’ on RNZ National.
Duration:00:23:52
Trial trauma & mental health on-air, ABC boss on public media pressures
9/28/2024
Mediawatch talks to the boss of Australia’s public broadcaster the ABC - and the producer of a show putting mental health in the frame for the past 15 years. Also: fallout from the murder trial that preoccupied the media for the past two months. * this programme discusses the issue of suicide and how it is covered by the media *
Duration:00:44:03
Bonus episode - Turning point for Australia’s ABC
9/28/2024
A year ago our former government torched its plan for a joined-up public broadcaster more like Australia’s one. But the ABC is a billion-dollar beast that’s also been a political football. Mediawatch asks its outgoing boss where it - and David Anderson himself - is heading.
Duration:00:34:18
Midweek: Polkinghorne preoccupation & problem podcasts
9/25/2024
The media’s Polkinghorne trial preoccupation - and the audience’s appetite; two problematic podcasts go offline - but for very different reasons
Duration:00:24:40
Politicians dodge interviews, local iwi revives local paper
9/21/2024
22 Sep 2024: Our media put politicians’ feet to the fire in the name of accountability - but some won't front up in the first place. Is the way they’re doing it part of the problem? Also: the local iwi steps in to save the local paper in Wairoa.
Duration:00:32:07
Trump targeted as Springfield suffers, pushbike pushback, sculpture snafu
9/18/2024
Midweek Mediawatch: Another threat to Trump's life as sad Springfield squirms under unwanted media spotlight. Also: pushbike pushback; big-money mistake on a new artwork; a fond farewell for pioneer of political broadcasting - and an MMA quiz fail.
Duration:00:23:33