How the media covered the country into lockdown; delivery ban piles pressure on publishers; sports news in a sport-free world.

While Covid-19 has created vast volumes of politics, business and health news in recent days, the sports news has been all about the absence of sports events - and filling the bulletins and channels has been a desperate struggle.

How the media covered the country into lockdown; delivery ban piles pressure on publishers; sports news in a sport-free world.

Community newspaper and magazine publishers say a sudden move to stop them delivering print editions during the Covid-19 lockdown will leave many of New Zealand’s poorer and more vulnerable people without local news at a time when it's badly needed.

Community newspaper and magazine publishers say a sudden move to stop them delivering print editions during the Covid-19 lockdown will leave many of New Zealand’s poorer and more vulnerable people without local news at a time when it's badly needed.

Stuff and NZME making cost-cutting moves as Covid-19 crisis bites.

Stuff and NZME making cost-cutting moves as Covid-19 crisis bites.

The media are playing an important role conveying essential information during the COVID -19 crisis, even as their people work at a distance from each other and the economic upheaval clouds their future. But a surge of contradictory comment risks confusing people at a critical time

The media are playing an important role conveying essential information during the COVID -19 crisis, even as their people work at a distance from each other and the economic upheaval clouds their future. But a surge of contradictory comment risks confusing people at a critical time

Timely, accurate media reporting could be life-saving during the COVID-19 crisis. So why is so much coverage still being given to people with no scientific or medical expertise?