Nz Herald
Affection for elephants obscures important issues
Anjalee the elephant has been a huge hit since arriving at Auckland Zoo recently. A celebration of her birthday was widely covered this past week in the media, but the same can't be said of… Audio
Using news to help hype radio shows
Wondering why stories about radio stars splitting up, staying up all night or handing out money are suddenly all over your news? It's "survey time" again. Radio stations are desperate to boost their… Audio
Helping hands skew the news overseas?
No New Zealand reporters went to Hawaii where the TPP negotiations came to nothing, even though that ended up leading the news last weekend. But three political reporters were in New York to see our… Audio
Picking the programmes to back with public cash
Obesity and Outrageous Fortune spinoffs? Hard facts or soft soap? Mastermind or Masterchef? Not everyone will agree on taxpayers' money to be spent on new programmes. Mediawatch looks at some of the… Audio
Lashing out on camera - ending up on the news
"If it bleeds, it leads" - so goes the old saying about the media headlining stuff that's truly shocking. But someone simply losing their rag in front of the cameras also excites the editors… Audio
Crucial facts frozen out of an alarming story
How did scary stories of an ice age just 15 years from now spread throughout the news media last week? Mediawatch looks at the role of a couple of stray quotation marks, some dismal churnalism - and… Audio
Reporting race-based house sales stats sparks outrage
"Who's really buying our houses?" the Herald headline asked, but reports about Labour's leaked data - which singled out only Chinese-named buyers - triggered rows about racism rather than a reasoned… Audio
Mining for meaning in the age of digitised data
Writing code, understanding algorithms and dealing with dumps of digital data: computer science and applied maths methods are becoming key skills in the world's newsrooms. Specialist data journalists… Audio
Confronting ethical lapses in reporting
One reporter's deception sparked an outcry in the industry ten years ago - and a rapid retraction and apology. Top level inquiries were ordered into what went wrong to reassure readers and restore… Audio