Canon Media Awards – the most innovative players
It is the night when the print media forgets the budget cuts and consolidation, the uncertainty that dogs the industry. This is the night the newspaper…
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The moral and legal dilemmas of using leaked data
If you want a good example of the media’s use of big data to undertake public interest journalism, have a listen to today’s Mediawatch programme where investigative…
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Scoop Foundation – how it could work
New media entrepreneur Alastair Thompson and journalist Alison McCulloch were on Media3 last night outlining their plans for a public interest journalism venture – the…
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Massive investigative journalism project probes offshore companies
When I visited Gerard Ryle in Washington D.C. in January, he was lying on his office couch sick with a cold and tired from months of intensive work on a major project. The…
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From investigations to science coverage – the rise of online public interest journalism
My recent Fulbright Fellowship visit to the US took me to numerous not for profit news start-ups and online-only operations that are focussed on public interest journalism. I…
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A paywall is not enough —Fairfax must become bespoke or fail
By Stephen King, Monash University Fairfax Media is introducing a “soft” paywall for The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH). Initially, the paywall will only affect…
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Talking public interest journalism on Radio New Zealand
My Fulbright Harkness Fellowship travels to the US were the subject of two interviews on Radio New Zealand’s Mediawatch programme where reporter Adelia Hallett quizzed me on…
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The end of an era for Fairfax: but does size matter?
By Andrea Carson, University of Melbourne After 159 and 172 years respectively, the broadsheet tradition has ended for the weekday editions of The Age and Sydney Morning Herald…
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News video is where the online media’s growth is
Erik Olsen has what some would consider the dream job – and is working in an area considered to be one of the few growth sectors of the struggling mainstream media –…
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The NPR model and what may be in store for Radio NZ
Public radio is thriving in the US. Each week, over 20 million people listen to NPR, which produces iconic shows like All Things Considered and Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me as…
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Facebook co-founder’s attempt to reinvent The New Republic
Mark Zuckerberg is the face of Facebook, but his co-founders made out like bandits when the social network site listed on the stock exchange last year, becoming among the youngest…
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Time to foster a new generation of news entrepreneurs
In the US I’ve met two academics who are pioneering a new form of journalism training that will likely become increasingly important to aspiring journalists all over the…
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Days may be numbered for 7pm news magazine shows
Judging by the early reviews and lacklustre ratings, TVNZ’s new 7pm news show, Seven Sharp, is proving critics right with its jarring mix of light entertainment, social…
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Star power boosts “transparency journalism” funding push
A fundraising drive aimed at supporting “transparency journalism” projects ranging from keeping tabs on Pentagon spending to investigating US drone strikes, has raised…
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The fact checker – quantifying truth in the US media
Sitting in on the daily editorial meetings at the Washington D.C. based Center for Public Integrity has given me a fascinating insight into how long-running investigative…
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Propping up old media – foundation pays journos’ salaries
On the Kickstarter website dozens of prospective start-ups are relying on the generosity of the crowd to help them launch new media ventures. And, as I’ll outline in an…
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Can hyperlocal news increase civic engagement?
A short drive on the San Bernadino Freeway east from downtown LA brings you to Alhambra, a working class city that is also a test bed for an experiment in using journalism to…
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Following the political money trail – the role of not-for-profits
As the marquees and parade decorations are cleared from Washington’s streets following Obama’s inauguration on Monday, scrutiny of the lobbyists attempting to…
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Blogger rakes in hundreds of thousands with subs push
A surge of optimism has spread through the US online media with the success of political blogger Andrew Sullivan’s move to take his popular blog independent and charge…
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Who needs an environment desk?
Journalists here in the US and no doubt abroad have been lamenting the New York Times’ decision to do away with its dedicated environment reporting team, in favour of…
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Is Teletext’s demise a media business opportunity?
Everyone I talk to here in the US media industry says the future of media is serving up content to highly engaged “niche” audiences. So is the looming switch off of…
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How to make a TWIT of yourself and build a media empire
Leo Laporte is an unusual poster boy for the current wave of sustainable, revenue-generating new media start-ups. The middle-aged, slightly tubby broadcaster and self-styled…
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Where the best in the business are taking news
I’m bound for the US where I’ll be embarking on a road trip visiting some of the leaders pioneering new ways of generating and delivering quality journalism. This is a…
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CES: The technology that will drive the media in 2013
On Monday I fly out to the US to begin what will be a 2 month road trip around the US as part of my Fulbright-Harkness Fellowship – more on that here. First stop, after a…
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When the powerful buy into the media, can the media still scrutinise the powerful?
This piece originally ran on Australian website The Conversation in mid 2012, but is worthy of a new airing as we head into 2013 and a year in which media ownership will be a…
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The TPP – the secrect trade deal and what it may mean for science
Right now, hundreds of diplomats and trade experts from around the Asia Pacific region are ensconced at Sky City convention centre in Auckland for top-secret negotations as part…
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Doomsday and flaky science
Have you seen that show on National Geographic channel? The one where people devote vast amounts of time, energy and money to preparing for the end of the world? Some of them…
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Big scientific discoveries of 2012
As we close out a year of scientific discoveries, many of which attracted discussion here on Sciblogs, its worth looking at some of the big science-related stories that captured…
Open data and the potential for journalism
The National Library and the Royal Society of New Zealand recently wrapped up a five-part panel discussion series on Big Data, which was broadcast on Radio New Zealand…
The moral and legal dilemmas of using leaked data
Scoop Foundation – how it could work
Massive investigative journalism project probes offshore companies
From investigations to science coverage – the rise of online public interest journalism
Stuff gets serious about data journalism
I had the pleasure recently of having an after work beer with Harkanwal “Kamal” Singh, who has been appointed as a data journalist at Stuff.co.nz. As…
Ask Me Anything: Live chat with NBR readers
From 1pm, I’ll be on the NBR website answering questions from readers about my experience in the US looking at the media landscape and what innovative…
The fragility of media credibility: Jonah-gate and the Tesla stoush
US media commentators, bloggers and tweeters have fuelled intense interest in two media-related stories this week that illustrate how quickly credibility can evaporate in the age…
NY Times continues digital push as it sheds more jobs
Amidst the Japanese TV makers and mobile phone vendors peddling their wares at the Consumer Electronics Show last week, I was surprised to come across a…
