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.

John Roughan has been forced to release recordings of his conversations with PM John Key as part of a court case relating to the "teapot tapes".

For a year now I have been fending off lawyers who want notes, recordings or transcripts of interviews I did with John Key for my book on him.

This will likely be the article no one will want to read, writes Johann Go. It is going to be the viewpoint that challenges the media and public orthodoxy surrounding the Paris attacks. This article challenges the current state of our world.

Rachel Smalley, recovering in Beirut from her first marathon, hot-footed it to a bomb site where at least 43 people were killed in a shopping street.

Cause or coincidence? TV3's story barely establishes coincidence. It certainly doesn't show correlation. The idea of cause is laughable, writes Adam Smith.

Broadcast journalist Paul Hobbs hasn't let his Type 1 Diabetes stop him covering stories around the world, including in war zones and at the Olympics.

Detectives sought the banking, telephone and travel records of author and journalist Nicky Hager without any search order or other legal power.

BBC journalist Sarah Teale was filming a report in the street about the harassment of women - then she became a victim herself.

"John became so busy that I found it hard to get hold of him in the end. I hope I am able to return phone calls better than John did."

They flee because they fear, indeed they know, that they will not survive in the environment they are in, writes Maria Hayward. They just want to be able to be safe.

Cameron Slater has been found in contempt of court in seven instances and reminded there are responsibilities which come with being a journalist.

The Herald's investigative editor, Jared Savage, won the prestigious Hegarty Scholarship at the Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers' Association (Panpa) awards in Sydney last night.

The layoffs come after Michael Bloomberg's return about a year ago following three terms as New York mayor.

A new teaser trailer has been released for The Daily Show With Trevor Noah, showing the new host settling in on set.

Weaker circulation sales reflected stable subscription revenue offset by "continued pressure on retail sales".

Newstalk ZB host Rachel Smalley criticism of a "near-monopoly of white male broadcasters " has kicked off a vigorous debate online.

Bianca Zander is a lecturer in creative writing at AUT and recently published her second novel, The Predictions. She talks about leaving her journalism career to write fiction.

Te Karere presenter Anzac Pikia has died, aged 35.

Last week I got a knock on the door. It was a 74-year-old retired truck driver who was checking that I was all right as my column hadn't appeared for two week, writes Deborah Hill Cone.

At an awards event, hosted by accounting firm EY, two of the Herald's reporters have been honored with top awards.

Respected producer Annabelle Lee has resigned from Maori Television's Native Affairs programme, according to former colleague Mihingarangi Forbes.

The future of TV3 news and current affairs rests on the success of the new current affairs show called Story, writes John Drinnan.

Spark was this week given a lesson - if one were needed - that it is dangerous to mix with a toxic brand like the Whale Oil website, writes John Drinnan.

Labour Party folk were stunned when journalist Paddy Gower embarked on a radio tirade, saying the party was "rotten to the core", writes John Drinnan.

Convicted double murderer Scott Watson has won a court battle which could allow him to meet a journalist behind bars and break his 17-year silence.

They're about to start hosting a new late night news show together - but David Farrier and Samantha Hayes will also be heading home together after each episode.