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: Facebook's decision to block a Norwegian user's post containing the Pulitzer Prize-winning photo of children was met by a cry of outrage.

DJ Cameron was rarely rattled by anyone. Not a riled-up cricket hero fuming over a story the candid Herald sportswriter had written, nor a thirsty, world-conquering mountaineer.

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.

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: Too many experts aren't confident talking to the media and feel that stepping into the public arena on controversial issues is a losing game, writes Peter Griffin.

Former Herald writer John Armstrong yesterday received the insignia of an officer of the NZ Order of Merit for his services to journalism.

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.

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.

In the past, a politician saying something factually inaccurate was cause for humiliation. Now there appears to be few consequences, if any, writes Stephen Harrington.

Something happened this week that gave me a lot to ponder. I've been ruminating on it for days.

Friends and colleagues of long-time Herald political journalist John Armstrong gathered to celebrate his career yesterday as he bowed out of journalism.

Mediaworks staff are being asked to boycott their chief executive's wine business because Mark Weldon "doesn't support journalism", a leaked email says.