A quarter of Denmark's population regularly watch Danish TV dramas, while the highest-rating Kiwi drama attracted an audience of just over 250,000 last year. Mediawatch asks a Danish expert what their secret is.

Historic pay equity claim coverage; TV drama - lessons for NZ in how it's done in Denmark.

An historic $2 billion pay equity deal dominated the headlines this week but did the media's focus on the part played by one feisty individual obscure the collective efforts of unions and their members?

The business of publishing papers has never been tougher, but dozens of independently-owned ones still doggedly cover local news all over the country. Now their stories can be found on a new website which promises no clickbait and no Kardashians.

The Sonny Bill Williams ‘collar-gate’ controversy had all the ingredients for the media: rugby, a celebrity, big brands and big money - all overlaid with a religious culture clash. But was really a story?

SBW's conscientious objection riles critics; a new one-stop-shop for local news online; how John Clarke took the mickey out of the media.

John Clarke lampooned politicians and the powerful in New Zealand and Australia, but he also skewered the media from time to time too with his subtle style of satire. Mediawatch looks at that - and how the media here marked his death.

The PM says there is no basis for an inquiry into the deaths of civilians in Afghanistan, yet editorial opinion in the media overwhelmingly backs one. Has the meaning of book Hit & Run been obscured by all the claims and counter-claims in the media?

The advertising that has covered the cost of journalism in the past is drifting away from the news media. Readers who value it are being asked to pay more to secure its future. Mediawatch asks two local online entrepreneurs if crowdfunding is the answer.

'Hit and Run' claims and counterclaims; new moves to crowdfund New Zealand journalism; Tame Iti calls out the media - again.