There something unsavoury about self-congratulation and New Zealand media organisations are particularly prone to it.
Last week there were two significant award ceremonies, one in New York and the other in Auckland, that should have been celebrations of this country’s prowess in journalism and other media crafts.
Instead, media outlets largely celebrated their own achievements and ignored the noteworthy endeavours of others. There were exceptions and we’ll come back to those. Continue reading “Awards bring out the pettiness in NZ media”