A reflective commentary comparing the press gallery experience in the 1980s with the present day, highlighting shifts in technology, media access, political personalities, and media-politician relationships, with particular attention to the treatment of Jacinda Ardern.
Up to 12 framings across outlets and orientations — each a short phrase the extractor generated to characterise the piece's editorial angle (not a quote). Filter by lean to see how each bloc is spinning the story; click through to read the original.
perceived exclusion from political access
Review: Barry Soper’s press gallery was a lot different from mineconcern about unprepared leadership and media exclusion
Book Review – One Last Question, Prime MinisterLobby groups, unions, think tanks and industry bodies whose own releases or whose people’s media appearances touched this topic over the last 12 months. Owned = their own press releases; earned = their people quoted across radio, press & commentary. A card carried in both — with the release coming first — is the agenda-setting signal. Co-occurrence isn’t proof a group drove the coverage.
concern about unprepared leadership and media exclusion
Stacked weekly counts; colour by lean. “n/a” covers government and iwi-Māori sources where lean isn't applicable.
How this topic has been named, week by week. A new alias winning out is usually a framing shift.
How the news corpus has covered this same topic over the last 12 weeks. 1 article from RNZ, Stuff, NZ Herald, ODT, 1News, Newsroom and The Spinoff. Click through to the press view for the full panel.
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