Melanie Reid’s investigative podcast has taken two gongs at the 2023 NZ Podcast Awards for her series on one of the country’s most controversial cases.
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Posted inInvestigations
Boy in the Water only NZ podcast picked for Apple collection
Newsroom podcasts, including the successful first season of The Boy in the Water, take out multiple top spots in the Apple Podcasts charts for 2023
Posted inBusiness
Stuff short circuits
MediaRoom: A decorated current affairs programme is a notable omission from the latest round of public funding amid questions over Stuff’s commitment to its journalism.
Posted inPodcast: The Detail
Radio's 'media cockroach' needs rescuing
Once the juggernaut of student radio, Auckland's 95bFM is resorting to fundraising to try to clear debt.
Posted inElection 2023
Leaders' debate one last scrappy, indecisive contest – leaving the decision to voters
Latest opinion polls show the number of undecided voters remains significant so there was plenty still on the line in last night’s final TV debate. But the different approaches of the two rivals made for a strange contest.
Posted inComment
One vote for the media
MediaRoom column: Despite the sometimes lazy, partisan and malign criticism of our political news coverage, journalists served the public well this campaign
Posted inMedia
'It’s the media’s fault'
The severity of the problem of a commercially viable local media is obvious, but the discussion on what to do is lacking
Posted inElection 2023
Winston Peters lashes out after being rattled by TV interviewers
Two interviews in two days have seen the NZ First leader make personal attacks on journalists after struggling badly to answer questions about his policies and costings
Posted inElection 2023
More gameshow than gamechanger
Does this style of leaders' debate really helps the undecided voter make up their mind?
Posted inElection 2023
Minor parties get fired up over crime and punishment
Crime proved to be the hot button in the second televised debate this week. The minor parties' leaders took no prisoners.
Posted inElection 2023
No blunders, but no blows either
The first leader’s debate didn’t reach any great heights but those directly involved won't be unhappy
