When journalists use the Official Information Act as an investigative tool they are accepting rules made by Parliament for the public good.

Groggy and confused, Patrick Gower peered up at his audience of two and launched into analysis of the election hopes of Internet-Mana.

Have we ever seen a more stunning election result? Watching the campaign it was hard to believe the attack on the character of John Key would have no effect.

TV and some radio reporters increasingly imagine themselves as celebrities, writes Pam Corkery. "The words 'big fish' and 'small pond' shout out."

Greg Ansley, the Herald's man in Australia for more than 20 years, passed away this month.

The video showing the killing of Steven Sotloff is a mirror image of that two weeks ago carrying the last words of his colleague James Foley.

Sounds of old typewriters are being pumped into The Times newsroom to increase energy levels and help reporters hit deadlines.

'I thought you might have been more friendly. I really did, said Paddy Gower, TV3's 3 News political editor and fearless attack dog journalist.

For anyone keen to immerse themselves in the history of New Zealand sport since 1950, written by a primary observer, this is your tome.

I would as soon run naked through the New World pet food section than turn up at anyone's door to ask them about their alleged affair with the pool boy, writes Polly Gillespie.

Editorial: Tortuous legal proceedings arising from the 2012 police raid on the Dotcom mansion have taken a disturbing turn for the authors of books.

Authors and media leaders are calling for a change in privacy laws after a High Court ruling that writing a book - even about a topical issue - is not a "news activity".

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.

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.

British politicians have breathed a collective sigh of relief after Jeremy Paxman, one of the best-known figures on British television and famous for his forensic interviewing of MPs, announced he was leaving BBC2's flagship Newsnight current affairs show

The sniper is on a roof-top opposite a playground. He has a child in his cross-hairs.

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.