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PACIFIC MEDIA CENTRE
Special Reports
Journalism Matters Conference
Wellington, 11/12 August
12-point plan for a better media, The Press, 17 August 2007
Judy McGregor: When Truth was sold recently, the old master of tabloid journalism, Alan Hitchens, looked at the first edition under new ownership. He was asked if Truth would survive. He said it would if it was what the punters wanted. Read more
Politics threaten media progress, The Press, 17 August 2007
Karl du Fresne: A union-backed prescription for bolstering the news media against significant shifts in the industry revives some old chestnuts. Read more
Not enough for new journos, say students, PMC, 14 August 2007
Jessica Wauchop: Student journalists from two j-schools were at the weekend Journalism Matters summit at Parliament - to take part and report - but they had mixed responses. Many thought there wasn't enough focus on young people entering the media industry. Read more
NZ: Making public journalism matter, PMC, 12 August 2007
David Robie: Thank you Chris Warren! ... His global perspective was crisp, no nonsense and refreshing – as you would expect from the immediate past president of the International Federation of Journalists. Read more
NZ: EPMU to review state of NZ media, PMC, 12 August 2007
About 115 people attended the Journalism Matters media summit organised by the journalists' section of the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union (EPMU) at Parliament over the weekend. Summary of resolutions. Read more
NZ: Notes on media ownership, Jeremy Rose, 12 August 2007
"The challenge is to come up with new and creative ways to ensure a larger pool of journalists are able to dedicate themselves to investigating and writing stories that really matter." Read more
NZ: The threats to independent journalism, Chris Warren, 11 August 2007
"It has been fascinating, and to a degree alarming, to hear of your concerns at the direction journalism is taking here in New Zealand: fascinating because similar things are happening in the media in Australia and alarming because similar things are happening in the media in Australia!" Read more
NZ: Commercial pressure on journalism, Simon Collins, 11 August 2007
"What we are gradually losing is public issue journalism by journalists who are paid to go out beyond their living rooms to gather new facts and present them in a coherent form to a general audience." Read more
NZ: News media in NZ, Judy McGregor, 11 August 2007
"Journalism will only matter if those that do it and love it protect its integrity. With apologies to Amnesty, I urge you to Make Some Noise." Read more
NZ: Preaching to the converted, The Dominion Post, 10 August 2007
Chris Trotter: “Journalism Matters” – that’s the name of the “media summit” being held in the Grand Hall of Parliament this weekend. Read more
NZ: "Save our subs" speech at Qantas Media Awards, EPMU, 10 August 2007 (flashback to May 18)
"We can't in all conscience celebrate excellence in journalism while our employers are undermining excellence in future by editorial cuts and contracting out." - May 18 speech. Read more
