Colin Peacock

As Facebook faces legal pushback in the US for exploiting users’ data, three reporters here produced eye-opening cautionary tales of online intrusion into people’s most private stuff for commercial…

A fawning portrait of our PM has been condemned as creepy and sexist hours after it aired in Australia. But while that made headlines here, her part in a recent overseas broadcast marking a political…

Toni Street and Mike Hosking are quitting TVNZ’s Seven Sharp to spend more time with their families - and their respective radio networks. What next for a show that's often in the news because of its…

Virtual reality and 360 video are already part of the mix for big names in online news overseas. Now two new projects here have had a crack at it with funding from the public purse. Is “immersive…

TV reporter Thomas Mead was confronted with the worst consequences of ethnic extremism in his home town on March 15 2019 - and his reporting was seen around the world. Mediawatch asks how it has…

Analysis - Simon Tong's future as managing director of Fairfax Media was as uncertain as the future of the media company he led, writes Colin Peacock

The Fijian Prime Minister was "making up facts for a speech" when he criticised NZ media yesterday, says a journalist he has blacklisted.

ANALYSIS - As rumours fly that NZME and Fairfax New Zealand could merge, Colin Peacock looks at how likely it is, and what it might mean. Audio

ANALYSIS - Radio Hauraki DJs Matt Heath and Jeremy Wells are in hot water after an on-air prank at the expense of cricketer Ben Stokes' mother.

Fairfax Media today told 70 of its editorial team their jobs will go as part of a proposal the company says will save it money.

There were no gimmicks and visuals didn't call the shots on RNZ's first-ever live multimedia news show, writes Mediawatch's Colin Peacock. Audio

ANALYSIS: When Winston Peters called Mike Hosking a 'National Party stooge', he was following a long tradition of accusing media of bias, says Mediawatch.

Sky TV has been copping flak recently for failing to screen the much-hyped last-ever Daily Show with Jon Stewart as advertised. Audio

The uncertain future of TV3s Campbell Live has provoked much media hand-wringing. Mediawatch looks at what might lie in store for TV current affairs.

Paul Henry's multi-platform breakfast show debuted this morning. Mediawatch's Colin Peacock tuned in.

People in the west think North Koreans believe everything their dictator says, but as Mediawatch reports, westerners also tend to believe whatever the media tell them. Audio

The subtitle of Nicky Hager's book Dirty Politics is 'How attack politics is poisoning New Zealand's political environment'. Mediawatch asks if it has also poisoned the media.

Pen, notebook - and encryption key. It's time to add digital security to the reporter's toolkit, experts say. Mediawatch looks at journalism in the digital age. Audio