Donna Elise Chisholm (born 9 June 1957) is a New Zealand investigative journalist and author. [1]
Donna Elise Chisholm (born 9 June 1957) is a New Zealand investigative journalist and author. [1]
Chisholm was the first female chief reporter at the Auckland Star newspaper. [2] Former New Zealand Listener editor Jenny Wheeler has called her the most "outstanding health reporter New Zealand's ever seen." [3] She is best known for her campaign in the Sunday Star-Times to free David Dougherty from prison for a rape he did not commit. [3] [4] [5] Dougherty was subsequently exonerated and awarded $868,728 in compensation. [4] [6] [7] Chisholm's six-year investigation was dramatised in the 2009 Television New Zealand film Until Proven Innocent, [8] and recounted in the 2017 book A Moral Truth: 150 years of investigative journalism in New Zealand by James Hollings. [9]
Chisholm is the author of the book From the Heart, a biography of the heart surgeon Brian Barratt-Boyes. [10]
She lives in Auckland, and was formerly the editor-at-large for monthly current affairs magazine North & South , and senior writer for the weekly New Zealand Listener. [1]
The Waikato Times is a daily newspaper published in Hamilton, New Zealand and owned by media business Stuff Ltd. It has a circulation to the greater Waikato region and became a tabloid paper in 2018.
Deborah Coddington is a New Zealand journalist and former ACT New Zealand politician.
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Stuff is a New Zealand news media website owned by newspaper conglomerate Stuff Ltd. It is the most popular news website in New Zealand, with a monthly unique audience of more than 2 million.
The Manawatū Standard is the daily paper for the Manawatū region based in Palmerston North. The Manawatū Standard has been recognised as one of the best in New Zealand being a finalist in the 2008 Qantas Media Award for best regional daily newspaper; it won the same category in 2007. It also won Best Headline and Student Journalist of the Year at the Qantas Media Awards 2017.
Mark Crysell is a New Zealand television presenter and journalist. He has worked on different shows with Television New Zealand.
Newsroom is a New Zealand–based online news publication. It focuses on New Zealand politics, current affairs and social issues. The site is currently co-edited by Tim Murphy and Mark Jennings.
Lisa-Jane Taouma is a Samoan New Zealand writer, film and television director, and producer.
Goretti Chadwick is a Samoan-New Zealand stage and television actress, writer, director and tutor.
Elizabeth Palmer Caffin is a writer, editor and publisher from New Zealand.
The 2018 Voyager Media Awards were presented on 11 May 2018 at Cordis, Auckland, New Zealand. Awards were made in the categories of digital, feature writing, general, magazines, newspapers, opinion writing, photography, reporting and videography.
The 2017 Canon Media Awards were presented on 19 May 2017 at The Langham, Auckland, New Zealand. Awards were made in the categories of digital, feature writing, general, magazines, newspapers, opinion writing, photography, reporting and videography. The Wolfson scholarship, health journalism scholarships, and awards for editorial executive and outstanding achievements, were also presented.
Toby Morris is a New Zealand cartoonist, comics artist, illustrator and writer, best known for non-fiction online comics that often highlight social issues.
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Diana Wichtel is a New Zealand writer and critic. Her mother, Patricia, was a New Zealander; her father, Benjamin Wichtel, a Polish Jew who escaped from the Nazi train taking his family to the Treblinka extermination camp in World War II. When she was 13 her mother brought her to New Zealand to live, along with her two siblings. Although he was expected to follow, she never saw her father again. The mystery of her father's life took years to unravel, and is recounted in Wichtel's award-winning book Driving toTreblinka. The book has been called "a masterpiece" by New Zealand writer Steve Braunias. New Zealand columnist Margo White wrote: "This is a story that reminds readers of the atrocities that ordinary people did to each other, the effect on those who survived, and the reverberations felt through following generations."
Mike White is a New Zealand investigative journalist, photographer and author, and former foreign correspondent. He has written two books and has won many awards for his magazine articles on themes of justice within New Zealand. He is also an awarded travel writer. White has won New Zealand Feature Writer of the Year three times, and a Wolfson Fellowship to the University of Cambridge. He has also won the Cathay Pacific New Zealand Travel Writer of the Year title three times.
Finlay Macdonald is a New Zealand journalist, editor, publisher and broadcaster. He is best known for editing the New Zealand Listener (1998–2003). Macdonald was appointed New Zealand Editor: Politics, Business & Arts of the online media site The Conversation in April 2020. He lives in Auckland with his partner, media executive Carol Hirschfeld. They have two children, Will and Rosa. His father was the late journalist Iain Macdonald.
Melanie Rita Bracewell is a New Zealand comedian, actress and scriptwriter. In 2018, Bracewell won New Zealand's Billy T Award. She currently co-hosts The Cheap Seats and was a contestant on the fourth series of Taskmaster NZ.
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