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I had misgivings about writing on the arrival of New Zealand’s latest magazine, Woman. Should a male pass judgement on a publication clearly designed to serve the interests of the nation’s females?
By the time I got to page 80, I was thinking to myself: “I’ve got it wrong. Woman is about women, but it is not only for women.”
Continue reading “This is no celeb-soaked skim read”
I recently completed a review for NZ on Air of the Local Democracy Reporting scheme operating in eight regional newsrooms. The review recommended continuation of the scheme and made 19 sets of findings in relation to its operation. The report is available here: https://www.nzonair.govt.nz/research/review-local-democracy-reporting-2020/
New Zealanders with experience on a world stage are a formidable force.
It’s good news that two of them are filling key vacancies in our news media organisations.
Washington Post correspondent Anna Fifield took up her role as editor of the Dominion Post yesterday. By the end of the year Al Jazeera and Bloomberg news executive Paul Yurisich will be in place as TVNZ’s head of news and current affairs.
Both bring to their respective roles the knowledge and experience garnered from years working in the most challenging news environments. Crucially, it is married with their innate understanding of what makes their fellow New Zealanders tick – the social, cultural and historical contexts that colour our view of the world and of ourselves.
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It is only natural, when you see old friends after a disturbing absence, that you give them a quick once-over to satisfy yourself they are okay.
Last week I cast a concerned eye over the New Zealand Listener and the New Zealand Woman’s Weekly – having seen neither since April – and was mightily relieved to find that they are, indeed, okay.
The new owner, Mercury Capital [which this week renamed Bauer Media Australasia as Are Media], had announced they would appear again in September but, as the month slid by, I was beginning to wonder not only when but whether they would re-publish.
Continue reading “Welcome return of old friends”
