Back to the future to train the next generation of journalists

There was a back-to-the-future aura around a full page advertisement in the Otago Daily Times last week. “Want to be a journalist?” it asked. “We’ll help you get there!”

The advertisement stated the ODT’s owner, Allied Press, was looking for five cadets “who have what it takes to be journalists in their South Island home town in 2023”.

It signalled its return to the sort of in-house cadet scheme that was standard practice in New Zealand when I started my career in journalism in 1965. Continue reading “Back to the future to train the next generation of journalists” →

MediaWorks cuts the last tie to the past

MediaWorks’ decision to cut its ties with Newshub and establish its own news service was inevitable.

The news bulletin service it took from Newshub after the news service’s sale to Discovery as part of the Three deal was a compromise that could not stand the test of time. Continue reading “MediaWorks cuts the last tie to the past” →

Election 2020: Video killed the radio star

If RNZ wants to play with the multimedia professionals, it needs to up its game. Its televised coverage of election night was radio with fuzzy pictures and stuttering video production.

The state broadcaster’s coverage was carried on Freeview via Face TV, but it should have stuck to its knitting.

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