Scoop has an Ethical Paywall
Joseph Cederwall
Freelance Writer
Joseph is Co-editor of Scoop and Editor of The Dig. Joseph is an editor, writer, and social entrepreneur with an interest in open and participatory media and business models. In 2019, Joseph founded The Dig. Joseph has qualifications in law and anthropology and previously practiced as a lawyer in the Immigration and Human Rights field. He is now applying this background to the practice of ‘reverse anthropology' using a framing of indigenous worldviews to deconstruct the dominant worldviews and cultural myths of Western society. Joseph has a longstanding interest in the commons, participatory democracy, social justice, and human rights. He was a co-founder, and founding Director of ActionStation Aotearoa - now NZ's largest online movement-building organisation. Joseph is also a Director of Freerange Publishing Cooperative, and a long-time contributor to Enspiral - a non-hierarchical collective of freelancers and ventures dedicated to collaborative business practice and purpose-driven enterprise. He lives in beautiful Taranaki and enjoys watersports, permaculture, tai chi, music, and being in nature.
Joseph Cederwall - Latest News [Page 2]
Christchurch Investor Couple Separated by INZ for 3 Years?
Wednesday, 14 November 2018, 11:02 pm | Joseph Cederwall
The first article in an investigative series by Joseph Cederwall, Former Immigration Lawyer, and Co-editor of Scoop. A senior Christchurch couple, Harmon and Carolyn Wilfred who arrived in New Zealand together in 2001, have been forcibly separated ... More >>
Stop Freeriding: Help Scoop Survive (and Thrive!)
Tuesday, 6 November 2018, 8:28 pm | Joseph Cederwall
In response to an urgent need to develop Scoop’s innovative ‘social enterprise’ business model to the next level, our solution has emerged in the form of the “Scoop 3.0” plan. However, the well recognised economics/public policy problem of ‘Freeriding’ ... More >>
Building a Community Newsroom – the “Scoop 3.0” Transition
Friday, 19 October 2018, 8:12 am | Joseph Cederwall
“The media crisis is producing novel thinking, ideas and priorities. The stakes are high. The future depends as much on the readers, viewers and listeners of news media, as the practitioners.” - Vanessa Baird. A Better Media Is Possible . New ... More >>
PM's Post-Cabinet Press Conference 3/09/18 Nauru/Living wage
Monday, 3 September 2018, 4:36 pm | Joseph Cederwall
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced that she will be travelling to the Pacific Islands Forum in Nauru on Wednesday. More >>
Why National’s ‘pharmaceutical cannabis’ approach is dangerous and misguided
Thursday, 26 July 2018, 2:36 pm | Joseph Cederwall
With three different medical cannabis bills submitted to parliament in 2018 (National released their draft Bill yesterday), the punter could be forgiven for not knowing exactly what is going on here. The reality is, it is all pretty confusing. It certainly ... More >>
Scoop 3.0 - A Global Vision and Future Focus
Thursday, 28 June 2018, 4:56 pm | Joseph Cederwall
In part 1 of this series, I wrote about the news crisis in 2018 and why there is hope for journalism despite of (or perhaps because of) the continued dominance and disruption of the sector by the digital platform monopoly giants Facebook and Google. ... More >>
Review: Bladerunner meets Tinder at BATS
Tuesday, 26 June 2018, 4:12 pm | Joseph Cederwall
“ You will be required to do wrong no matter where you go. It is the basic condition of life, to be required to violate your own identity. At some time, every creature which lives must do so. It is the ultimate shadow, the defeat of creation; this is ... More >>
Ten reasons to have hope for a better Media in the future
Friday, 22 June 2018, 2:46 pm | Joseph Cederwall
Last week, I wrote about the news crisis in 2018 and why there is hope for journalism despite of (or perhaps because of) this dire situation . This piece will explore what exactly gives us at Scoop hope and will outline some tangible projects and approaches ... More >>
Why The News Crisis Gives Us Hope
Friday, 15 June 2018, 2:09 pm | Joseph Cederwall
“No one experiment is going to replace what we are now losing with the demise of news on paper...But over time, the collection of new experiments that do work might give us the journalism we need.” More >>
The MONK’estra - Transcending time, space and silence
Tuesday, 12 June 2018, 11:11 am | Joseph Cederwall
The performance by John Beasley’s Monk’estra, playing the music of Thelonious Monk, at the Wellington Jazz Fest was a truly remarkable and transcendent experience and the highlight of the festival for me. More >>
Fake News and political establishment leading Colombia back to war
Friday, 8 June 2018, 2:35 pm | Joseph Cederwall
On June 17th Colombia votes in the final runoff round in one of its most pivotal and closely fought Presidential elections in decades. The two remaining candidates are starkly polarised, as are the potential outcomes for Colombia and the region ... More >>
Christian McBride’s New Jawn - No Yawn
Friday, 8 June 2018, 2:23 pm | Joseph Cederwall
Grammy-winning bassist, composer and bandleader Christian McBride played with his intriguingly named ‘New Jawn’ on a wintery Wellington wednesday to open the Wellington Jazz Fest. As he explained ‘jawn’ is simply slang from his hometown of Philadelphia ... More >>
Colombia’s Elections: Assassinations, presidential death squads, fraud and a fragile peace process under threat
Friday, 25 May 2018, 1:46 pm | Joseph Cederwall
Next week Colombia, goes to the polls in one of the most pivotal and closely fought elections in decades. This election will now take place under the watch of EU monitors as an escalating fraud scandal develops surrounding the recent congressional elections. The two frontrunners are starkly contrasted, as are the potential outcomes for Colombia and the entire Latin American region. More >>
On ‘Wellbeing budgets', Corporate Handouts, Eudaimonia and Stoicism
Friday, 18 May 2018, 2:46 pm | Joseph Cederwall
The Government’s 2018 budget is the result of a balancing act between the demands of a sulking yet powerful corporate sector and a civil society shattered, bedraggled and desperate for change. The light on the horizon is the announcement of the Government’s wellbeing budget approach for the 2019 budget. More >>
Budget 2018 – Foundations for the distant future?
Thursday, 17 May 2018, 2:21 pm | Joseph Cederwall
Audio: Grant Robertson’s Budget Announcement Speech Click a link to play audio (or right-click to download) in either MP3 format . More >>
PM’s Post-Cabinet Press Conference 07 May 2018
Monday, 7 May 2018, 5:46 pm | Joseph Cederwall
The Prime Minister appeared at the press conference today with Carmel Sepuloni, Minister for Social Development and Disability Issues. More >>
PM’s Post Cabinet Press conference 30/04/18
Monday, 30 April 2018, 5:11 pm | Joseph Cederwall
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern attended the Post Cabinet press conference today. Ardern made no major announcements, simply outlining her week ahead and opening up the floor to questions. More >>
Luke Willis Thompson up for prestigious UK fine art prize
Friday, 27 April 2018, 2:51 pm | Joseph Cederwall
London-based 30-year-old New Zealand artist Luke Willis Thompson has been shortlisted for one of the world's most prestigious annual art prizes - The 2018 Turner Prize More >>
Post Cabinet Press Conference 24/04/2018 – Veterans Funding
Tuesday, 24 April 2018, 5:11 pm | Joseph Cederwall
Prime Minister Jacinda Adern held a Post Cabinet press conference today on the announcement of Government funding for support of New Zealand’s returned service men and women with a particular focus on support for post-traumatic Stress Injury (PTSI) . More >>
The present day composer refuses to die – NZSO plays Zappa
Friday, 20 April 2018, 1:23 pm | Joseph Cederwall
The first of the NZSO’s Shed Series concerts at the more informal and intimate space of Wellington's Shed 6 last Friday night featured music composed by, or with a connection to Frank Zappa. Zappa, a psychedelic rock legend, activist and popular ... More >>
