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.

Why would anyone believe Seymour Hersh?

The Independent's Ian Burrell gets the low down on how phenomenally successful site Buzzfeed is seeking to refresh itself.

The new voice of Radio NZ on Sunday mornings is a devoted people-watcher and big fan of Noam Chomsky

Our vacuum cleaner is clogged with long orange hair. When you clean it, you get a little orange mat. This is life living with Samantha Hayes, my colleague and friend of almost a decade.

State Services Commission Iain Rennie says it would inappropriate under the rules for the state sector if TVNZ required its staff to disclose their political affiliations.

TVNZ's chief says employees may have to declare any links with a political party as a result of Labour hopeful Shane Taurima's actions while heading its Maori and Pacific unit.

Rebekah Brooks described her personal life as a "car crash" as she told the phone hacking trial of her failed marriage to Ross Kemp, the actor, and her "dysfunctional affair" with Andy Coulson, her co-accused.

The prosecution in the phone-hacking trial has entered the final stages of its case against Rebekah Brooks and six co-defendants, who deny all the charges against them.

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.

To mark 150 years, we're giving you a glimpse into our newsroom, with a live blog documenting a day at the Herald.