On trial are seven people associated with the now defunct News of the World newspaper. Here is a summary of the defendants, the charges they face and the main evidence so far.

Phone hacking was an "open secret" on the editorial floor of the News of the World and former editor Andy Coulson knew "exactly what went on on his watch", a jury at the Old Bailey heard.

Herald journalist David Fisher has refused to release documents related to Kim Dotcom after a request by Crown Law, which is defending police and the Government's spy agency against a $6 million compensation claim by the internet entrepreneur.

Journalist Patrick Gower's on-air "live stream" will only "add to the legend", says the man who brought him from print to broadcasting.

Kim Dotcom's new political party has had a bumpy start after a potential strategy document was leaked - leading to the rushed resignation of a journalist.

Journalist Peter Robert Douglas, 35, was wheelchair-bound all his life, but managed to achieve an awful lot in his tiny frame.

In 2013 five issues of public interest dominated the news and featured repeatedly in the New Zealand Herald's editorials.

Herald on Sunday sportswriters featured large in the Sir Terry McLean national sports journalism awards last week.

Not all journalism is meant to last forever. Some of it is about as memorable as my kids' diary entries, writes Deborah Hill Cone.

Hello and welcome to this, my 50th column for the Herald. Wow ... listen to those trumpets sounding.

The Herald on Sunday's new editor will be leading Auckland journalist Miriyana Alexander.

Great newspapers are all about their readers, not their journalists.

The TVNZ America's Cup coverage - which has been described as 'choppy' - needs to get some wind in its sails to ensure this is a huge event, writes John Drinnan.

The ordeal of David Miranda at Heathrow Airport is a critical moment in the conflict between press freedom and national security.

One of the top journalists working in global hotspots says she faces a constant battle to avoid surveillance in war zones.

I am struggling, despite my best efforts, to work myself up into much of a lather over a journalist's phone log and emails being handed across by mistake to a Prime Ministerial inquiry.

When the Washington Post's entire staff was summoned by chief executive Donald Graham to a meeting at 4.30pm on Monday, many assumed he was announcing the sale of the newspaper's downtown office, its prize asset.

The Herald is reaching 1.3 million people in print and digitally across the week, latest figures released by Nielsen show today.

It's ironic that just as Western societies, including our own, are becoming agitated over perceived threats to the freedom of the press and freedom of communication, the Washington Post newspaper has been acquired by Amazon.com billionaire Jeff Bez

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says he has evidence that the police wanted to access his phone records during the teapot tape investigation.

Police have seized the text messages of a photo-journalist involved in the "teapot tape" saga, including exchanges with his family, his lawyer and journalists.

The Defence Force may have a legitimate role in maintaining the military strength of the nation but since when was its job to suppress information?