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Call for expanded Local Democracy Reporting scheme as NZME plans to shut community papers

November 15, 2024

RNZ News A group representing local councils in Aotearoa New Zealand is calling for the Local Democracy Reporting programme to be expanded after the media company NZME announced a proposal to close 14 community newspapers. The LDR programme funds local authority coverage at various publications and is managed and funded by RNZ with support from ... <a title="Call for expanded Local Democracy Reporting scheme as NZME plans to shut community papers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/15/call-for-expanded-local-democracy-reporting-scheme-as-nzme-plans-to-shut-community-papers/" aria-label="Read more about Call for expanded Local Democracy Reporting scheme as NZME plans to shut community papers">Read more</a>

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No money, little experience, but Marshall Islands media icon leaves lasting legacy

March 7, 2022

SPECIAL REPORT: By Giff Johnson, editor of the Marshall Islands Journal and RNZ Pacific correspondent Micronitor News and Printing Company founder Joe Murphy moved the goal posts of freedom of press and freedom of expression in the Marshall Islands, a country that had virtually no tradition of either, by establishing an independent newspaper that today ... <a title="No money, little experience, but Marshall Islands media icon leaves lasting legacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/07/no-money-little-experience-but-marshall-islands-media-icon-leaves-lasting-legacy/" aria-label="Read more about No money, little experience, but Marshall Islands media icon leaves lasting legacy">Read more</a>