Media commentator Gavin Ellis

Kathryn Ryan talks to Gavin Ellis about whether the news should be screened later in the evening, this follows some Broadcasting Standards Authority decisions. Also, a week-long New Zealand Herald series on crime shows how data analyses can bring crime statistics down to street level - your street, and next month the Nelson Mail follows the Marlborough Express to reduced publication schedules. Gavin Ellis is a media commentator and former editor of the New Zealand Herald. He can be contacted on gavin.ellis@xtra.co.nz