Gavin Ellis

Guest writer

Dr Gavin Ellis is honorary research fellow at Koi Tū: The Centre for Informed Futures. A former editor-in-chief of the New Zealand Herald, his career in journalism spanned more than 40 years and included periods as a political journalist and defence correspondent. He has written two books on the state of journalism: Trust Ownership and the Future of News, and Complacent Nation.

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If the industry is to survive, journalists need to convince the public of their worth

News media are good at telling us about other people but not so good at explaining the importance of their own existence. That has to change.

By Gavin Ellis | 1st May, 2024

Gavin Ellis on the slow deterioration of New Zealand’s freedom of speech

Gavin Ellis on the slow deterioration of New Zealand’s freedom of speech

This excerpt from former editor-in-chief of New Zealand Herald Gavin Ellis’s new BWB Text, Complacent Nation, has been modified for exclusive republication with The Spinoff.

By Gavin Ellis | 19th August, 2016