Category: Public relations
Being investigative journalists in times of trouble
Hit and Run, The New Zealand SAS in Afghanistan and the meaning of honour
Sunlight did what sunlight does: Nicky Hager on Dirty Politics, three years on
Dirty Politics landed like a bombshell in the NZ election campaign of 2014. It may not have affected that outcome, but that was never the ambition. It has, however, made a big impact on our politics, argues Nicky Hager
Digging up dirty deeds, Nicky Hager writing in Walkley Magazine
Political journalists had long suspected
links between the prime minister’s office and these
bloggers, but the activities were well hidden and
denied. The book shows a series of attacks and
manufactured scandals: researched and coordinated
by government staff and then fed to journalists via
the attack bloggers. It is a classic example of where
a leak was crucial for the story getting out
New Zealand elections: dirty tricks helped John Key win another term
An orchestrated attack has painted Key’s political opponents as dodgy, untrustworthy or incompetent. This is not how democracy should work
New Zealand elections: dirty tricks helped John Key win another term
An orchestrated attack has painted Key’s political opponents as dodgy, untrustworthy or incompetent. This is not how democracy should work: Nicky Hager writes in The Guardian
Dirty Politics
Early in 2014 Nicky Hager was leaked a large number of email and online conversations from Cameron Slater’s Whale Oil blog.
Many of these were between Slater and his personal allies on the hard right, revealing an ugly and destructive style of politics. But there were also many communications with the prime minister’s office and other Cabinet ministers in the National Govt.
The Manipulators, chapter 10 of The Hollow Men
The Australian strategists Crosby/Textor have returned to the news working for the British Conservative Party. We are reproducing a chapter about their operations in a New Zealand campaign, including leaked reports that show clearly how they think and operate…
(See also http://www.nickyhager.info/crosby-v-hager-defamation-proceedings-as-political-weapon)
Bruce Jesson Lecture, Maidment Theatre, Auckland
The second part of the lecture will be about investigative journalism. But before that, I want to use the opportunity of this lecture to talk much more widely, sharing some thoughts about the state of politics in New Zealand today.