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Peter Griffin: Science community needs to engage with media

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.

John Armstrong - 'it was fantastic'

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

Paul Little: I read the news today, oh boy

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.

Maori journalist Whai Ngata dies

Former head of TVNZ's Maori and Pacific programming, Whai Ngata, has died.

Al-Qaeda offers its analysis

A digital newspaper that is connected to Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has published an article detailing the US presidential election.

Alan Duff: The rules of Paris

Paris, like any big city, really only gets meaning when you have French friends to explain the experience, writes Alan Duff.

Actor scoops pros but it's a poor script

As far as scoops go, Sean Penn's interview with the fugitive Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was sensational.

Alexander Gillespie: Public interest journalism under threat

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.

Deborah Hill Cone: Self-plagiarism hides poverty of ideas

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.

Boycott of TV boss' wine urged

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

No protection for journalism in books

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.

Key biographer forced to release tapes

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".

Johann Go: Why do some attacks get more coverage than others?

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's dash to site of tragedy

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.

Adam Smith: Cause or coincidence? TV3's mistreatment of a serious issue

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

Twelve Questions: Paul Hobbs

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.

Editorial: Dirty Politics passes public interest test

Both claim to be journalists, Cameron Slater and Nicky Hage have found their work subject to the scrutiny of the High Court.

Heather du Plessis-Allan: In the gun with mum after rifle stunt

"We didn't order a firearm for a bit of a laugh...We had to investigate it, and if it was as bad as we'd heard it was, make sure the flaw was shut down."