With the end of Newshub, the slippery slope just got steeper for NZ journalism and democracy
- Written by Greg Treadwell, Senior Lecturer in Journalism, Auckland University of Technology
If journalism in Western democracies has been on a roller coaster in recent decades, in Aotearoa New Zealand this week it threatened to come right off the rails.
Today’s shocking announcement by owners Warner Bros Discovery of the closure of Newshub by the end of June will leave only state-funded TVNZ and Whakaata Māori providing...
