I am now in NZ been here for a few days now, good to see different media. New mastheads, different dickheads on tv, different crap on the radio, overall whole new experience. I must admit I am a bit biased, I have a general preference for NZ media, somehow they do acknowledge that indeed their are people in the vast Pacific ocean, on the islands i mean :)Todays NZ Herald frontpage was about the Kyoto Protocol and NZ commitment to ratification by 2012 instead of 2020, an awesome frontpager... quite considerate.. i dont think any aussie paper wouldve put the same story on the front page, but then again the priorities differ greatly between the two countries. I have to issue a lil' disclaimer here, obviously i would praise NZherald cause i do work for them :) but cumon man i have to pay a complement where its due.. chooo hoooo.
What i was impressed with however was NZ Heralds tight and controlled web presence, you cannot copy the NZH masthead from anywhere on the web... amazing stuff!
I must admit though that despite NZ media being a pretty solid pack it does play victim to the occassional sensational headliner and story angle... ah but what is mainstream without superficial prostitution of ideas.
The 'I' in journalism however is not so apparant here as in aussie, where every story is about the freaking writer and not the story itself.. i appreciate that!
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