Mediawatch
with Colin Peacock & Jeremy Rose
Sundays at 9am and 10pm.
You can now listen or download programmes back to January 2007 in the programme archive.
Transcripts of past programmes are available for 2001 through to 2004.
Most Recent Programmes
- Mediawatch Extra for September 2010
- The online-only edition of Mediawatch, which takes in queries and comment from the listeners. This month: the contentious and closely contested media coverage of Middle East conflict; more fallout from 'The Unfortunate Experiment'; reaction to one rugby writer's rant about 'Rip-Off NZ'; slack selection of stock pics in papers; revealing tweets from professional journalists - and trivial ones. (duration: 35′33″)
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- Mediawatch for 29 August 2010
- Mediawatch looks at how to preserve serious and significant journalism. The lifeblood of advertising is draining away and emerging generations are choosing news they don't have to pay for. But print media veteran Gavin Ellis says it's not time to write the obituary yet. Mediawatch also looks at a lack of joined up thinking on TV news shows - and the push to open up a previously taboo topic of suicide. (duration: 35′29″)
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- Mediawatch for 22 August 2010
- This week the Mediawatch team looks at: the fallout from a candid confession; number nonsense in the news and; comedians targeting TV news - just taking the mickey or giving us clues about what's wrong with modern media? (duration: 35′28″)
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- Mediawatch for 15 August 2010
- This week Mediawatch takes a look at: the historical roots of journalism - and what that might tell us about its future; Hone Harawira's comment on preferred partners for his kids and; a free service offering journalists new sources - what's the catch? (duration: 35′29″)
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- Mediawatch for 8 August 2010
- Looking again at media coverage of conflict in the Middle East and why it is more closely contested than any other issue; how TV3 played fast and loose with people's privacy; and a programme which breached broadcasting standards three years ago is back on screen again on two different channels. (duration: 35′00″)
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- Media Watch for 1 August 2010
- The fallout from calling a singing star 'retarded' and the international issue under greater scrutiny than any other - conflict in the Middle East. (duration: 35′32″)
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- Mediawatch for 25 July 2010
- Rugby writer's rant sparks debate on rip-off rates; an outsider's view of our papers; a TV veteran set to depart; who's creating political news? (duration: 34′59″)
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- Mediawatch for 18 July 2010
- South Africa defies press pessimism; outrageous self-promotion in the news; apples for no apparent reason; the fear of creating copycats; a big paper now out of print. (duration: 37′00″)
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The Team
Produced and Presented by Colin Peacock
and Jeremy Rose
email: mediawatch@radionz.co.nz
About Mediawatch
Mediawatch looks critically at the New Zealand media - television, radio, newspapers and magazines as well as the 'new' electronic media.
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