Media Savvy
We take an inside look at the media and how organisations working within mental health can better tell their stories. We interview experienced journalists, media practitioners and producers about what makes a good story for various media outlets, and about about how newsrooms work.
“We have worked closely with the media over a number of years to increase understanding around mental health and wellbeing,” Judi Clements, our chief executive says. “The series looks at the other side of the coin, speaking to real journalists about the realities of the media environment and how people in the mental health sector and consumers themselves can tell their stories with confidence.”
Print - Keri Welham - Dominion Post
Acclaimed Wellington journalist Keri Welham shares her tips on how to work best with print media to get your story heard. Keri has won numerous national journalism awards to date, including New Zealand Feature Writer of the Year and the 2009 Qantas media award for human relations feature in newspapers.
Radio - Jenny Woods - Newstalk ZB breakfast
Veteran broadcaster Jenny Woods shares her tips on how to get your voice heard on radio, and provides us with an inside look at how a newsroom works. Jenny is a senior journalist at one of the country's busiest newsrooms, gathering stories for a network of stations listened to by hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders every morning.
Internet - Selwyn Manning - Scoop.co.nz
Selwyn Manning has been a journalist for over 13 years mainly in the field of investigative reporting. He has worked in traditional print media, from The Listener and Metro and the suburban newspaper Manukau Courier. He co-founded Scoop in 1999 with the global reach of the internet a major draw card for him. Scoop bypasses the traditional media filter, allowing you to publish your press releases unedited to an audience of between one and two million page views per month.
Maori media - Makere Edwards - Native Affairs/Te Kaea
Kia ora. My name’s Makere Edwards and I report for Native Affairs, a Maori television current affairs programme.It's stories are mainly in English but we also do stories in Maori. A good story for Native Affairs has got to be compelling. People will want to watch it if they can relate to something that’s being said in the story, or relate to a person, or relate to an event that’s happening.
Pacific media - Stephen Stehlin - Tagata Pasifika
My name is Stephen Stehlin, I’m the producer of Tagata Pasifika. The show’s 23 years old, it’s been on air, constantly, 52 weeks of the year since 1998. I have been producer since the early ‘90s. Tagata Pasifika is a news and current affairs-driven programme of cultural identity. We try to reflect what’s going on in the community, and the community is very complex.
Handling the media - Steve Attwood - Families Commission
My name’s Steve Attwood and I’m the Group Manager of Communications and Public Awareness for the Families Commission. My first 20 or so years in this game has been on the “light side” as a real journalist working in print, and a little bit of radio.
Television - Rob Harley - Melting Pot TV
My name’s Rob Harley, I’ve for a number of years worked as TVNZ’s medical reporter based out of Auckland during a time when there was quite rapid change and a certain amount of turmoil within the health system in New Zealand, particularly in the area of mental health. Television’s accessible, and television is where most people get their daily fix of information from. Television has a way to bring it to life; you get to look into the eyes of another moving, breathing human being, and hear their pain and hear their story.
