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9 March 2010
Required reading

Digital advertising spend conquers print, and iPhoned journos love the Police Scanner app. Today's...

4 March 2010
Journo meets Jedi

The Men Who Stare at Goats, a rollicking film based on Jon Ronson’s book, is out now.

4 March 2010
Required reading

Cheap drinks? There's an app for that. Plus photographers suffer under new UK bill, and more in today's...

3 March 2010
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Facebook makes a billion, Penguin books with more Colin Firth, and Arianna Huffington says "I...

2 March 2010
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Free labour from students, data visualisation and is the party over for social columnists? Today's...

1 March 2010
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Blogging ethics, Louis Vuitton to publish a mag, and what we can learn from the Grateful Dead - all...

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Illustration by Rocco Fazzari

Who grew my dinner?

By Jane Milburn

Celebrity chefs may be hot in the media, but who produces the ingredients in those glamorous dishes? Jane Milburn sets out to reconnect foodies with the land.

What's eating you?

By Stephanie Wood

An impulse to blog has given foodie Stephanie Wood a whole menu of career options. Artwork by Robin

Postcards from Australia's heartland

By Alan Attwood

A photographer's vision and a novelist's musings give an insight into an Australia far from the tour

Blogging with contempt

By Gael Woods

Can one internet blogger jeopardise the process of a fair trial? The New Zealand courts are set to t

  • Taking control of news

    22 February 2010

    By Brent Edwards

    New Zealand journalists can create an optimistic future if they step up and commit to quality, public-service journalism

  • My science experiment

    19 February 2010

    By Wilson da Silva

    Taking on the science beat after a career in political reporting, Wilson da Silva found the field fraught with its own politics

  • Facing extinction

    19 February 2010

    By Robyn Williams

    When vital science stories are consigned to the tail-end of news bulletins, what future is there for specialist reporters in the field?

  • Future tense

    18 February 2010

    By Walkleys

    It's a new decade, so we've asked a panel of experts to identify some significant trends which will affect the way we work and do business. Jonathan Este sets the scene:

  • Take a tablet...

    17 February 2010

    By Kristofor Lawson

    Tablet technology has the power to put quality content in the hands of a paying public, and give journalists a brighter future, writes Kristofor Lawson

  • Blogging in Toto

    1 January 2010

    By Stilgherrian

    Working on Project TOTO in Tanzania, this blogger found out that what works in the West might not be quite right for everyone.

What’s New?

  1. The LA Times cover featuring an Alice In Wonderland ad
    9 March 2010
    Required reading

    Digital advertising spend conquers print, and iPhoned journos love the...

  2. Clooney and MacGregor in The Men Who Stare At Goats
    4 March 2010
    Journo meets Jedi

    The Men Who Stare at Goats, a rollicking film based on Jon Ronson’s...

  3. 4 March 2010
    Required reading

    Cheap drinks? There's an app for that. Plus photographers suffer under...

In the Magazine

  1. Illustration by Rocco Fazzari
    4 March 2010
    Who grew my dinner?

    By Jane Milburn

    Celebrity chefs may be hot in the media, but who produces the ingredients in those glamorous dishes?...

  2. Illustration by Robin Cowcher
    4 March 2010
    What's eating you?

    By Stephanie Wood

    An impulse to blog has given foodie Stephanie Wood a whole menu of career options. Artwork by Robin...

  3. Click on images to enlarge
    24 February 2010
    Postcards from Australia's heartland

    By Alan Attwood

    A photographer's vision and a novelist's musings give an insight into an Australia far from the tourist...

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    Sometimes journos should be left to do what they do best...

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    The Media Alliance continues the debate on the future of journalism