Audience matters: A Christian in the media talks 2015. Grant Dixon, a documentary producer and Baptist church member, sees the coming decade of broadcasting on internet as similar to the first few years of New Zealand on Air. Then, when broadcasting was all new, there was an opportunity for newbies to get in on the… Read More Budding media producers need to know their audience to stand apart
‘The medium and me’: Remembering a Christian in the newspaper industry Former New Zealand Herald journalist Garth George was a ‘Christian in the media’. When he officially retired from full time secular journalism, he edited non-denominational newspaper Challenge Weekly for two years and continued writing his weekly column for the New Zealand Herald. He was… Read More “The media are becoming more secular, more worldly, more sensational, more down market, and, therefore, more unchristian then ever”
Rings – Potter 13 – 3 2002. The Academy award nominations were announced on February 12 with The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring grabbing thirteen nominations. The Lord of the Rings, based on Catholic author J.R Tolkien’s trilogy of novels about good versus evil, was filmed in New Zealand during the… Read More Gandalf beats Potter in 2002
A good chance for “spiritual” broadcasting 2002. The Television New Zealand public broadcasting charter will gradually come into effect but TVNZ will not have an obligation to reflect programmes with a direct spiritual flavour as this will not be part of their objectives, unless there is a change to the charter before it becomes law.
Christians in secular radio and television Law change in religious broadcasting gets apprehensive response 2000. The law change in religious and spiritual broadcasting in New Zealand means that church groups as well as minority groups should, by legislation, expect their fair share of radio and television programming, but has been responded tentatively to by some… Read More Legal ground to apply pressure to NZ on Air and Parliament
The media recently seems pretty up beat about the future with Joe Biden, the G 7, and overcoming Covid. That’s the inspiration for this poem.
Storyteller's Eclectic Flying Machine 