Predicting the future is a risky business for programme-makers. They can easily end up on the wrong side of history, looking stupid. Dan Salmon bit the bullet 14 years ago with a series imagining New Zealand life in 2050.

Thousands of people took part in TVNZ's recent interactive project What Next? but critics complained the questions and answers didn't reveal very much. Mediawatch talks to two experts about a new method offering deeper online engagement on specific issues.

Start-up scores a scoop and a scalp; joining 'The Conversation'; the pitfalls of portraying the future on TV; getting engaged with the audience.

Screening the cup not plain sailing; TVNZ's future-facing multimedia extravaganza; Al Jazeera caught in crossfire.

Success on the water from Bermuda stirred a little bad blood between broadcasters at home.

TVNZ's multimedia extravaganza What Next pondered New Zealand in 20 years' time. Over five consecutive nights, it aimed to spark debate about the big issues facing us all and prompt politicians locked into short-term thinking.

Lately we’ve heard a lot about so-called 'fake news' and the damage it can do. Mediawatch looks at how one false story sparked a row between Qatar and its neighbours which has now cast a shadow over the future of the pioneering international TV news channel Al Jazeera.

Two terrorist attacks claimed by IS this past week got very different coverage in the media. One faded fast from the headlines, while the other prompted both extreme responses and the “keep calm and carry on” cliche.

Can media coverage of suicide attacks increase the chance of more attacks occurring? An economist who’s analysed US reporting tells Mediawatch empirical evidence shows it does.

When terrorism struck London last weekend, hundreds of journalists were in a forest an hour away at an open-air festival dubbed 'a riot of free speech'.'  Emily Menkes tells Mediawatch it was an inspiring place to be at a time of bad news.