Tagged: journalism

Cults, leaky houses and a belated obituary – great journalism from July and August - Lately, In Science

Sarah-Jane O'Connor • Aug 31, 2018 •

• Beatrice Tinsley,
• journalism,
• leaky houses,
• medicinal cannabis,
• Science journalism

Spring is just around the corner which means the Science Media Centre team have been enjoying late winter vacations. Here’s a double-issue instalment of the great science journalism we’ve enjoyed during July and August. Seen, read or listened to anything you think we’ve missed? Let us know in the comments below. High Hopes: Who Will Benefit From NZ’s Legal … Read More

Flat Earthers, data breaches and the human cost of meth testing – June journalism - Lately, In Science

Sarah-Jane O'Connor • Jun 29, 2018 •

• data security,
• Grenfell Tower,
• journalism,
• meth testing,
• parental leave,
• Science journalism

From human stories about the impacts of meth testing, to whether or not to debate scientific facts, here are some of the stories that caught our eye at the Science Media Centre this month. Seen, read, listened to anything great? Let us know in the comments. NZ’s natural born killer: Inside our war on stoats Jamie Morton, NZ Herald … Read More

Kea catching, moose hunting and Juuling – some of May’s great stories - Lately, In Science

Sarah-Jane O'Connor • May 31, 2018 •

• journalism,
• juul,
• kea,
• moose,
• Science journalism,
• spider,
• vaping

It may come as no surprise that at the Science Media Centre we consume a lot of media; it’s very much our job to keep abreast of what’s happening in New Zealand particularly in the science scene. But we also know that for those of you who aren’t eyes-deep in media on a daily basis, it can be hard to … Read More

#MeToo must also tackle online abuse - Guest Work

Guest Author • Mar 23, 2018 •

• #metoo,
• abuse,
• academia,
• Amnesty International,
• assault,
• cyberbullying,
• Economic,
• Facebook,
• harassment,
• instagram,
• journalism,
• online abuse,
• politics,
• Psychology,
• Snapchat,
• Social,
• Social media,
• Twitter,
• victim blaming,
• workplaces

Jennifer Beckett, University of Melbourne and Monica Whitty, University of Melbourne This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Six months after the explosive allegations of sexual harassment against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein came to light, giving impetus to the #MeToo movement, this series looks at the aftermath of … Read More

Why Wikipedia often overlooks stories of women in history - Guest Work

Guest Author • Mar 20, 2018 •

• biography,
• editing,
• education,
• gender,
• gender bias,
• gender representation,
• google translate,
• journalism,
• libraries,
• LinkedIn,
• media,
• online,
• students,
• technology,
• undergraduate,
• username,
• Wikipedia,
• women,
• women in red,
• writing

Tamar Carroll, Rochester Institute of Technology and Lara Nicosia, Rochester Institute of Technology This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Movements like #MeToo are drawing increased attention to the systemic discrimination facing women in a range of professional fields, from Hollywood and journalism to banking and government. Discrimination is … Read More

Why social media are more like chocolate than cigarettes - Guest Work

Guest Author • Mar 09, 2018 •

• Addiction,
• algorithm,
• bullying,
• child psychology,
• computer,
• disease,
• Facebook,
• fake news,
• Health,
• instagram,
• journalism,
• LinkedIn,
• media,
• Psychology,
• Snapchat,
• Social media,
• technology,
• Twitter

Babak Abedin, University of Technology Sydney This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey took to the social platform last week to announce a call-out for ideas about how to measure the health of online conversations. The initiative follows recent demands for government to regulate the … Read More

The Journalist and the Murderer - Guest Work

Jean Balchin • Jan 17, 2018 •

• criminology,
• ethics,
• integrity,
• journalism,
• law,
• Murder,
• pathological narcissist,
• Psychology

‘Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible.’ This is the opening line of Janet Malcolm’s sharp, analytical book The Journalist and the Murderer. Published in 1983, the book still challenges journalists these days. Malcolm is a cunning, insightful journalist. Read More

The importance of accurate science reporting - Guest Work

Jean Balchin • May 14, 2017 •

• fake news,
• journalism,
• Science

“Science values detail, precision, the impersonal, the technical, the lasting, facts, numbers and being right. Journalism values brevity, approximation, the personal, the colloquial, the immediate, stories, words and being right now. There are going to be tensions.” – Quentin Cooper, of BBC Radio 4’s Material World. Open up Facebook or scroll through Twitter … Read More

Media merger: Common sense – at last - The Dismal Science

Donal Curtin • May 05, 2017 •

• commerce commision,
• competition,
• Fairfax,
• journalism,
• markets,
• media,
• news,
• NZME

Yesterday I warned you that I was writing a piece for competition policy tragics, and this is it. In the event it’s not terribly technical, so give it a go even if you’re not a tragic – especially as it shows how we’ve got, finally, to a better place when it comes to assessing things like the NZME/Fairfax … Read More

Media mega-merger was never a sustainable option anyway - Griffin's Gadgets

Peter Griffin • May 03, 2017 •

• Fairfax,
• journalism,
• media,
• merger,
• news,
• NZME,
• Science

The Commerce Commission’s rejection of a plan for our two biggest media companies to merge is one of the most significant determinations from the regulator in years. Many journalists in NZME and Fairfax New Zealand newsrooms around the country will be disappointed. The merger was pitched to them as the last hope for sustainability in a cash-strapped industry struggling … Read More