Alistar Kata talks diversity in the media (PMC)

AUCKLAND (Pacific Media Centre): Alistar Kata is uniquely placed to talk about diversity in New Zealand media newsrooms.
And not just because she was recipient of double awards at the 2015 Auckland University of Technology (AUT) School of Communication Studies annual awards ceremony - the Spasifik Magazine Prize and Storyboard Award for Diversity Reporting, as well as the Radio New Zealand International Award for Asia-Pacific Journalism.
But because this Māori (Ngapuhi)-Cook Islander has been up close and personal with the subject.
The Tagata Pasifika journalist was recently back at AUT as master of ceremonies at the annual AUT communication awards where - in the wake of the Christchurch massacre on 15 March 2019 - she was asked about diversity in New Zealand’s newsrooms.
It is World Press Freedom Day on May 3.
Video and editing: Sri Krishnamurthi (PMC) 17 April 2019
Talent: Alistar Kata (Tagata Pasifika)
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