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War-zone journos watched

One of the top journalists working in global hotspots says she faces a constant battle to avoid surveillance in war zones.

Rodney Hide: Bags writing the movie script...

I am struggling, despite my best efforts, to work myself up into much of a lather over a journalist's phone log and emails being handed across by mistake to a Prime Ministerial inquiry.

Print legend's glow lures digital ace

When the Washington Post's entire staff was summoned by chief executive Donald Graham to a meeting at 4.30pm on Monday, many assumed he was announcing the sale of the newspaper's downtown office, its prize asset.

Total Herald readership 1.3m

The <i>Herald</i> is reaching 1.3 million people in print and digitally across the week, latest figures released by Nielsen show today.

Paul Thomas: Our Kiwi bumblers rate low on threat list

It's ironic that just as Western societies, including our own, are becoming agitated over perceived threats to the freedom of the press and freedom of communication, the <i>Washington Post</i> newspaper has been acquired by Amazon.com billionaire Jeff Bez

Peters: Police wanted my phone records

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says he has evidence that the police wanted to access his phone records during the teapot tape investigation.

Police seize Cuppagate texts

Police have seized the text messages of a photo-journalist involved in the "teapot tape" saga, including exchanges with his family, his lawyer and journalists.

Freedom of information serves us best

The Defence Force may have a legitimate role in maintaining the military strength of the nation but since when was its job to suppress information?

Newsrooms score own goal in race for scoop

Print journalism - game set and match?

Whither print journalism? It's a question that's been asked ever since the mid 90s.

Michelle Grattan: Media assault sees Canberra crumple

After an immensely long labour, Australian Communication Minister Stephen Conroy has produced a media policy mouse with a modest roar.

John Roughan: Serious TV should make us sit and think

Guyon Espiner and Duncan Garner have done some intelligent television in their different ways. When they teamed up on TV3 for a programme billed "a new kind of current affairs", I looked forward to it.

Read all about it

For the past two years, former editor David Hastings has been poring over original pages of Auckland's first newspapers at the Auckland Museum as part of research for his new book.

Michele Hewitson Interview: Ian Wishart

Michele Hewitson interviews Ian Wishart, controversial editor of <i>Investigate<i> magazine.

Herald on Sunday relaunch: 'Making lives better'

"Everything that we do is about making the lives of people better through the information we're able to give them," says Herald on Sunday editor Bryce Johns ahead of the paper's relaunch this weekend.

Herald readership on the rise again

The combined readership of the <i>Herald</i> in print and online has risen again.