In the weeks and months before he was brutally murdered on camera by militants from Isis, James Foley was beaten, starved, subjected to mock executions and even waterboarded by his captors.

A friend rang me recently and laughingly told me I had been pilloried by a blogger over articles I had written.

It's an outrage! A shocking abuse of police power! Oh my goodness. The police have raided Nicky Hager's house.

Nicky Hager has claimed the rights of a journalist in response to the police search of his home, and I suppose he is one.

In the wake of Nicky Hager's home being raided to ferret out Rawshark it's become clear that journalists are seen as a source of information by authorities in more ways than

The 10-hour raid on Nicky Hager's house this week gives us a tasty preview of how police could be roped into doing the bidding for higher powers, says Dita de Boni.

When journalists use the Official Information Act as an investigative tool they are accepting rules made by Parliament for the public good.

Groggy and confused, Patrick Gower peered up at his audience of two and launched into analysis of the election hopes of Internet-Mana.

Greg Ansley, the Herald's man in Australia for more than 20 years, passed away this month.

The video showing the killing of Steven Sotloff is a mirror image of that two weeks ago carrying the last words of his colleague James Foley.

Sounds of old typewriters are being pumped into The Times newsroom to increase energy levels and help reporters hit deadlines.

'I thought you might have been more friendly. I really did, said Paddy Gower, TV3's 3 News political editor and fearless attack dog journalist.

For anyone keen to immerse themselves in the history of New Zealand sport since 1950, written by a primary observer, this is your tome.

New Zealand Herald business editor Liam Dann has been named winner of the inaugural New Zealand China Media Awards.

AP announced that it is now publishing stories on corporate earnings based on an algorithm that aggregates data - machines rather than humans will be writing more of these stories.

I would as soon run naked through the New World pet food section than turn up at anyone's door to ask them about their alleged affair with the pool boy, writes Polly Gillespie.

Editorial: Tortuous legal proceedings arising from the 2012 police raid on the Dotcom mansion have taken a disturbing turn for the authors of books.

An international campaign ranging from diplomacy to petitions has started against Egypt after the jailing of Australian journalist Peter Greste and two Egyptian colleagues.

As if the risk of being killed is not enough. Must journalists endure the threat of imprisonment as well as the threat of death or serious injury?

Amnesty International has launched a new 'Panic Button' app designed to give "human rights defenders urgent help […] when facing attacking, kidnapping or torture."

Australian journalist Peter Greste and his Al Jazeera English colleagues accused of aiding the blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood jailed for seven years in Egypt.

Blogger Cameron Slater should be able to claim the mantle "journalist" to protect his sources in a defamation case, the High Court at Auckland has heard.

It’s almost a decade since TV3 decided to take on TV One at 7pm with a daily current affairs show. To celebrate Campbell Live’s 10th year, Greg Dixon talks to John Campbell.

Readership of the Herald is soaring - in print and across all of our digital platforms. The number of people reading the newspaper, website and mobile apps is now at 1.349 million each week, up 10,000 on the previous quarter.

The Government is "extremely aware'' of the full extent of drone attacks by the United States, it has been claimed.

British politicians have breathed a collective sigh of relief after Jeremy Paxman, one of the best-known figures on British television and famous for his forensic interviewing of MPs, announced he was leaving BBC2's flagship Newsnight current affairs show

The sniper is on a roof-top opposite a playground. He has a child in his cross-hairs.

Why would anyone believe Seymour Hersh?