Media must safety-train journalists, says embassy hostage

Media organisations should not be cutting costs when it comes to the safety of the journalist, says world-renowned reporter Chris Cramer.

Cramer, a journalist for four decades and now the global editor for multimedia at Reuters, says journalism has become more dangerous.

More reporters are being targeted in conflict zones and more are dying in [...]

Embracing Twitter in the Kiwi newsroom

New Zealand’s two main news television stations are further embracing the digital revolution by adopting the latest online social craze, Twitter.
Online editors and newsroom staff are both employing the microblogging service to reach out to both a wider audience and potential sources.
TVNZ online editor for news and sport Sarah Pritchett says television is no longer [...]

More Pacific Island reporters in mainstream media

Barriers against Pacific Islanders entering the mainstream media are just a perception, according to a panel of prominent New Zealand journalists.
Pippa Wetzell, Barbara Dreaver, Tati Urale, Daniel Faitaua, Kris Fa’afo’i, Susana Talagi and Vaimoana Tapaleao shared their views last Friday at the PIMA conference at AUT.
One of the major themes to emerge was that these [...]

Jonathan Coleman adjusts to life in the limelight

Politics can be ruthless and first-term MPs must learn quickly how to keep out of trouble.
Dr Jonathan Coleman discovered the hard way that politicians are scrutinised by the public for their every action.
In 2006, the National MP for Northcote accepted an invitation to watch U2 from British American Tobacco’s corporate box at Auckland’s Mt Smart [...]

‘More pacific voices on air than ever before’

New Zealand media must move with the times and “have a conversation” with the Pacific Islands, according to Taualeo’o Stephen Stehlin, executive producer of Tagata Pasifika.
TVNZ shows such as Tagata Pasifika had been broadcast to the Pacific Islands for a considerable time but there was a general lack of reporting on stories from the area [...]

Ethnic voices striking mainstream chord

A senior journalist at Asia Downunder has called on mainstream broadcasters to give ethnic minorities more control over their own programmes.
“There is no shortage of stories to tell,” said Bharat Jamnadas, describing the satisfactions and frustration of working for Asia Downunder, a half-hour programme which screens on Sunday mornings on TVOne.�
The show was developed 14 years [...]

Summer Heights worth the wait

Staying home on a Saturday night is looking a lot more inviting with Australian series Summer Heights High now showing on TVOne at 9.35.
The hilarious mockumentary is the creation of comedian Chris Lilley, who played five candidates for Australian of the Year in his last series, We Can Be Heroes. �
This time Lilley is playing [...]