AUCKLAND (AUT University / Pacific Media Centre / Pacific Media Watch): At the heart of a global crisis over news media credibility and trust has been Britain's so-called Hackgate scandal involving allegations of phone-hacking and corruption against the now defunct Rupert Murdoch tabloid newspaper News of the World.
Major inquiries on media ethics, professionalism and accountability have been examining the press in Australia, Britain and NZ over the past two years.
The role of news media in global South nations and the declining credibility of some sectors of the developed world's Fourth Estate also pose challenges for the future of democracy in the Pacific.
New Zealand author, journalist and media academic Dr David Robie, director of the Pacific Media Centre, explores wide-ranging media issues during his inaugural professorial at AUT University.
The speech was given on 16 October 2012 and this is a new video of the event.
Professor warns about media 'blindspots'
Alex Perrottet talks about World Press Freedom Day in the Pacific on Radio 95bfm
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David Robie
