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Challenges covering climate emergency
Communication studies
30 Apr, 2025
The challenges faced by journalists covering the climate emergency will be at the heart of a public symposium at AUT next month.
Communication studies
14 Apr, 2025
The latest JMAD Trust in News in Aotearoa New Zealand report is out, showing approximately 60% of Kiwis uncomfortable with news produced by AI.
More areas of NZ becoming news deserts
Communication studies
20 Nov, 2024
With 14 community newspapers set to close, research suggests this could leave citizens struggling for community information and feeling more isolated.
Communication studies
09 Oct, 2024
New research shows that public funding for news media during Covid didn’t prevent long term layoffs and has led to unintended negative consequences. 
Could AI create less trustworthy news?
Communication studies
09 Jul, 2024
A new study suggests that generative AI could return false or misleading information, causing significant implications for the news industry.
Trust in news declines rapidly in 2024
Communication studies
08 Apr, 2024
The latest Trust in News report shows a rapid decline in trust in 2024, despite high interest in news.
RNZ Asia Scholarship: AUT recipients
Communication studies
05 Apr, 2024
A new RNZ scholarship programme has its first recipients, AUT’s Nabeelah Khan and Chengqi (Mavis) Ye, who are set to receive up to $8000.
What’s next for broadcast news?
Communication studies
25 Mar, 2024
With the imminent end of TVNZ’s Sunday program, and Warner Bros. Discovery shutting its Newshub operation, what’s next for New Zealand’s broadcast media?
Newshub's end worsens NZ journalism
Communication studies
01 Mar, 2024
With the end of Newshub, the impact on the country’s fragile public sphere will be considerable, as more New Zealand journalists go looking for work.
The ‘bible’ of Māori journalism
05 Feb, 2024
How is Māori-language journalism different and what is the experience of the journalists who practice it?