Veteran newsman Gordon 'Flash' McBride has died after a battle with cancer.

We, a group of more than 30 editors, are writing to say, with respect, you are wrong. We believe that you have misinterpreted the state of NZ journalism.

COMMENT: We urgently need to educate our society about media literacy and critical thinking.

There are people who truly believe journalism is a dark art practised by latter-day witches who seek only to deceive readers by telling

COMMENT: Every reader and viewer saw headlines like 'mathematical impossibility' that Trump could win enough electoral votes.

Cartoonists have reacted to Donald Trump's surprise victory over Hillary Clinton with their own unique takes on the US election result.

After endorsing Donald Trump in the Republican primary, the New York Post withheld its backing in the general election.

The extent of the collusion between the BBC and the police to arrange for a raid on Sir Cliff Richard's home to be shown live on television has been revealed.

Go ahead and sue: New York Times responds to Trump threats over "inappropriate touching" reports from women.

COMMENT: I hope everyone in the media space follows NPR's lead as it would help make online conversation great again.

The French town of Bayeux is better known for its tapestry, but Paul Mulrooney finds another reason to visit.

COMMENT: The media, which did such a good job in bringing an important story to public attention, cannot duck out now.

Reporter Rebecca Wright has revealed her most embarrassing moment, saying she froze during a live Anzac Day cross and didn't want to go back to work.

A Kiwi living in Istanbul says despite the roar of military jets, she is not afraid of the attempted coup in Turkey.

Many on social media today ignored requests by French authorities to not spread rumours and stick to official accounts for their news on the Nice attack.

COMMENT: According to the show business adage, you should always leave them wanting more. Today I bow out after 12 years as a Herald columnist.

COMMENT: It takes courage to stand up and defend something in the face of criticism. But without courage we are on a slippery slope to a media blackout.

COMMENT: When the all-but-inevitable merger of media companies NZME and Fairfax was announced, journalistic reaction fell into two camps.

COMMENT: It's hard to have faith in your audience when it shows an increasing appetite to be entertained to the point of brain death.

Former head of TVNZ's Maori and Pacific programming, Whai Ngata, has died.

A digital newspaper that is connected to Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has published an article detailing the US presidential election.

Paris, like any big city, really only gets meaning when you have French friends to explain the experience, writes Alan Duff.

As far as scoops go, Sean Penn's interview with the fugitive Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was sensational.

For over two hundred years in the West, it has often been journalists who have the front line on these issues, digging where others are either ignorant or afraid, writes Alexander Gillespie.

The self-plagiarist tries to take undeserved credit for the work as new and original when they know the material was derived from a previous source, writes Deborah Hill Cone.

As observers of the human condition, cartoonists are duty-bound to create and stimulate debate, while underlining the follies of our leaders, writes Rod Emerson. The risk it carries is worth the effort.

The law is clear. When it comes to search warrants, there is a line which protects all in society, and in some cases particularly the press.

After 152 years, the Herald is moving out of the Queen St valley where it and Auckland began.

The Herald's 152 years in one Auckland CBD block may have set a record in a city where businesses rise and fall and shift premises relentlessly.