About this podcast
Media chaplain and broadcaster Frank Ritchie sits down with top New Zealand journalists to unpack that one story that most impacted them, personally and professionally.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 47 episodes
- Rob Harley | The weight of empathy · 1 h 5 min · Episode 5As a TV reporter, Rob Harley was preparing a very sensitive health story, when it was taken out of his hands. Watching as it was reduced to a headline, Harley made the choice to…
- Frances Cook | Carterton balloon tragedy · 59 min · Episode 4Early into life as a reporter, Frances Cook was sent to cover a hot air balloon crash that killed 11 people. She relives the weight of being there for grieving families, and the…
- Vaimoana Mase | The 2009 Samoa tsunami · 59 min · Episode 3At just 23 years old, Vaimoana Mase was sent to cover the 2009 Samoa tsunami, where the widespread suffering also touched her own family. In those times, she both questioned and…
- Chris Lynch | Failures in the health system · 43 min · Episode 2After a friend contacted him, Chris Lynch took on a story where a woman's bowel cancer treatment had seen several delays. Health NZ apologised, but the woman had already passed…
- Mei Heron | The 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquake · 56 min · Episode 1When Mei Heron touched down in Turkey as the 1News Europe Correspondent, nothing could have prepared her for the devastation she would encounter. After finishing, she felt…
- re_covering Season 6 | Trailer · 1 minMedia chaplain and broadcaster Frank Ritchie sits down with top New Zealand journalists to unpack that one story that most impacted them, personally and professionally. This…
- Melissa Chan-Green | Til Death · 57 min · Episode 8After his bride’s death just hours after their wedding, a devastated groom struggles to process his grief. Five years later, he turns to Melissa Chan-Green to tell his…
- Jack Tame | Trump's Rise to Power · 56 min · Episode 7Standing at Hillary Clinton’s election night ‘victory’ party in 2016, Jack Tame realised the real winner was elsewhere. Donald Trump’s rise to power exposed his blind spots as a…
- Amanda Gillies | An Angel in Te Kuiti · 49 min · Episode 6Amanda Gillies was on the way to an interview when she got a call confirming Newshub’s closure. Despite the shock, she continued on – and in the telling of a brave Te Kūiti…
- Tommy Livingston | Trials and Tribulations · 47 min · Episode 5A late-night dispute ended in tragedy when a young man killed his abusive father. Tommy Livingston’s sensitive reporting of the ensuing murder trial captured its emotion and…
- Lloyd Burr | The Pike River Report · 51 min · Episode 4As politicians lost interest in seeking a resolution for the Pike River families, Lloyd Burr took up their cause. His tireless reporting exposed injustice and turned a waning…
- Dana Johannsen | The System that Broke Olivia Podmore · 54 min · Episode 3The death of Olympic cyclist Olivia Podmore confirmed warnings journalist Dana Johannsen had long been hearing about the mental health risks for elite athletes. Her reporting…
- Jonathan Milne | Hiding from Nazis · 51 min · Episode 2Sixty years after the Battle of Crete, a Kiwi WWII veteran travelled back to Greece to find the family of the men who sheltered him from Nazi soldiers. Journalist Jonathan Milne…
- Te Aniwa Hurihanganui | Treaty Principles Bill · 45 min · Episode 1When Te Aniwa Hurihanganui received a leaked document revealing details about the Government’s ill-fated Treaty Principles Bill, it sparked a political firestorm that would…
- Elesha Gordon | How Are You, Really? · 41 min · Episode 8When Elesha Gordon opened up publicly about her workplace anxiety, she discovered many other journalists in the same boat. Now she’s leading Media Chaplaincy, tackling burnout…
- Heather du Plessis-Allan | Locked Down, Left Behind · 42 min · Episode 7Struck by the disconnect between Wellington bureaucrats and frustrated Aucklanders stuck in Covid lockdown, Heather du-Plessis Allan held the country’s leaders to account in…
- Abigail Dougherty | Terror in the Garden City · 51 min · Episode 6When the call came in about a mass shooting, visual journalist Abigail Dougherty jumped on the first plane to Christchurch. The images she captured powerfully communicated the…
- Shayne Currie | A Tribute to Jodi · 43 min · Episode 5As broadcaster Simon Barnett came to terms with his wife Jodi’s fatal illness, Shayne Currie came alongside the family to tell their story. His tender piece allowed the family to…
- Indira Stewart | The Hidden Cost of Poverty · 46 min · Episode 4As politicians argued about solutions to poverty during the election cycle, Indira Stewart took the discourse to street level, giving a voice to teens working full-time on top of…
- Lisette Reymer | The Human Face of War · 54 min · Episode 3When Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, Lisette Reymer risked her own safety to report from the frontline. Her empathetic, award-winning coverage expertly captured the…
