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Alastair Thompson
Scoop Publisher
Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.
Alastair Thompson - Latest News [Page 2]
Man in custody following serious incidents
Saturday, 21 September 2019, 5:44 pm | Alastair Thompson
A man is in Police custody after a series of serious incidents in central Auckland today. More >>
Update – serious crash, Mackenzie District
Saturday, 21 September 2019, 5:43 pm | Alastair Thompson
Police can confirm one person has died following the serious crash near the intersection by Pukaki Canal and Glen Lyon Road earlier today. More >>
Scoop's PledgeMe Campaign Finishes Today - With $1644 Needed
Sunday, 2 December 2018, 7:51 am | Alastair Thompson
As I write we have not quite reached our target, but we are close enough to think we have a good chance of making it. As of 6.30am this morning we had $1644 remaining to be pledged to reach our $35,000 target. More >>
Open Letter Part 2: Who Are Scoop's Biggest Freeriders?
Tuesday, 27 November 2018, 7:53 pm | Alastair Thompson
An Open Letter From Scoop Publisher Alastair Thompson - Part Two: This time addressing NZ's professional communicators, specifically the news media, and PR professionals, in large organisations, in consultancies and in the Government. Dear Colleagues... More >>
It's Crunch Time For Scoop.co.nz - An Open Letter To Readers
Wednesday, 21 November 2018, 10:05 pm | Alastair Thompson
Laying It All Out There Part 1: An Open Letter To Scoop Supporters And Readers - And To NZ's Professional Communications Community More >>
Saving The News
Wednesday, 10 October 2018, 10:51 am | Alastair Thompson
Scoop co-founder and former editor Alastair Thompson backgrounds the recently launched Scoop 3.0 project & crowd-funding/crowd-selling campaign – and invites consideration of the question – what if there were no news? More >>
1 in 5 Kiwis will order in takeaways for the big game
Friday, 17 August 2018, 4:27 pm | Alastair Thompson
17 August 2018 - Watching a big game - like this weekend’s Trans-Tasman clash - is all the excuse Kiwis need to order in takeaways, according to new findings. More >>
The News Crisis & Scoop - Once More Unto The Breach
Wednesday, 13 June 2018, 8:00 am | Alastair Thompson
Today as our 19th year of publishing begins, the simple truth is that the global News Media is fighting at present for its survival with only bows and arrows, against an enemy armed with cannons. More >>
"Systematic Murder" Complaint Filed To ICC Over Gaza Killings
Tuesday, 22 May 2018, 4:30 am | Alastair Thompson
As diplomatic condemnations of the Gaza Massacre death toll from last Monday continue to echo around the world, an International Criminal Court investigation into war crimes committed by Israeli Defence Force snipers against Palestinian prostesters ... More >>
Why I am supporting the PressCoin ICO - Alastair Thompson
Monday, 11 December 2017, 5:07 pm | Alastair Thompson
For the past couple of weeks I’ve been working behind the scenes getting to know the team behind Presscoin.com , the latest participant in the remarkable Initial Coin Offering (ICO) boom which is rocking financial markets around the world, and ... More >>
An Important Message To Professional Users Of Scoop
Tuesday, 11 April 2017, 9:20 am | Alastair Thompson
First, thank you to all our newsagent subscribers and accredited professional organisations. This message is not addressed to you. More >>
An Appeal To All Friends Of Scoop - This Is Not A Drill
Sunday, 2 April 2017, 12:14 pm | Alastair Thompson
An Appeal To All Friends Of Scoop.co.nz - This Is Not A Drill - Please Pledge Today ....including, a Scoop finances FAQ + a brief history of Scoop's crowd-funding efforts to date... A Special Message From Scoop Co-Founder Alastair Thompson More >>
The Role Of A Free Press In Defending & Fostering Democracy
Sunday, 12 March 2017, 6:06 pm | Alastair Thompson
The arrival of Trump is a wake-up call, not just to the Anglosphere and the developed world, but to our entire planet. Democracy it turns out is much more fragile than we thought. More >>
Inauguration Day – Nothing Will Ever Be The Same Again
Saturday, 21 January 2017, 11:08 am | Alastair Thompson
Over the past two months since his election the expanding clouds of chaos and uncertainty generated by the approaching Trump presidency have transfixed the world. More >>
Healing the fracture in Hope Fault | Alastair Thompson - 500 Words
Tuesday, 15 November 2016, 9:55 am | Alastair Thompson
Healing the fracture in Hope Fault ...or... Why we all need a crash course in understanding aftershocks. More >>
Helen Kelly And The Compassionless People
Tuesday, 8 November 2016, 5:38 am | Alastair Thompson
I wasn't a close friend of Helen Kelly's. But her passing has moved me to tears more than once in the past two weeks. I feel honoured to be one of the many who worked with her and was helped by her. More >>
NZ Farewells Trade Union Hero Helen Kelly – Video & Tweetstory
Saturday, 29 October 2016, 4:57 am | Alastair Thompson
Trade unionist Helen Kelly died on October 14th aged 52. Yesterday - Friday 28th October - she was bid farewell at a public memorial meeting at Wellington's Michael Fowler Center in speech and songs. She will be missed. More >>
How Sunday's Rebel Victory In Aleppo Has Reshaped The Entire War In Syria
Thursday, 11 August 2016, 12:43 pm | Alastair Thompson
Over the past five days, the already hellish situation in Aleppo has taken a dramatic turn for the worse. Caught unawares by the developments the global superpowers appear to have few ideas of how to respond. Writing from France Scoop's Alastair Thompson ... More >>
A democratic path forward to mandate a plan for #Brexit
Sunday, 26 June 2016, 12:03 am | Alastair Thompson
The UK's decision to vote for #Brexit has left the world stunned. Strikingly in its aftermath there is now no plan. 17 million Britons voted to jump into the unknown. So what should be done now? Must the UK march blindly forward? Surely we remain masters ... More >>
The Brexit Vote Is No Triumph For Democracy & Here Is Why
Friday, 24 June 2016, 12:12 pm | Alastair Thompson
What ever happens this morning it is clear that something went horribly wrong with the United Kingdom's Brexit referendum. This is not how democracy is supposed to work. More >>
