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Don't Dream It's Over: Reimagining Journalism in Aotearoa New Zealand
Don't Dream It's Over looks at how journalism is changing and how it might flourish again. The book explores the strengths and weaknesses of the traditional media and seeks new directions that we could take to enhance journalism's role as an important pillar of democracy.
About Freerange Press
Freerange Cooperative Ltd is a NZ based cooperative operating in Aotearoa, Australia and Atlantis. We are a non-profit company that provides a publishing platform for like-minded people, as well as quality writing and drawing for public consumption. We publish things like books and journals, focusing on topics of the city, design, politics and pirates. Freerange has contributors from around 30 different countries and over 100 people from a wide variety of disciplines participate in production of material for the books, journals and website.Freerange Press - Latest News [Page 1]
Freerange Press announces "Death and Dying in NZ"
Tuesday, 4 September 2018, 10:04 am | Freerange Press
We will all die. Yet we don't talk about death and dying very much. Currently, and for the most part, a small group of people manage death for us behind closed doors. We are increasingly unlikely to know what options are available to us and those we ... More >>
'Kai And Culture: Food Stories From Aotearoa'
Monday, 20 November 2017, 9:01 am | Freerange Press
Prevailing winds, politics, weather systems, economic forces, soil quality, histories and identities all leave their signature in what we eat. And what we eat, why, and how says something about our culture. Food tells a story. More >>
Extract: Michel Bauwens Interviews Scoop's Alastair Thompson
Wednesday, 5 April 2017, 9:41 pm | Freerange Press
At the P2P Foundation we have been observing and analysing the multifarious effects of peer to peer networks on the way our society and its actors work, and in particular we talk about a new prototype ‘mode of production’ of value creation and distribution. ... More >>
Freerange Press at FESTA 2016!
Thursday, 13 October 2016, 5:20 pm | Freerange Press
Freerange Press is proud to present several projects at this year’s FESTA, the vibrant weekend celebration of urban creativity that takes place in Christchurch Labour Weekend. More >>
Don’t Dream It’s Over
Tuesday, 2 August 2016, 11:26 am | Freerange Press
Freerange Press is proud to announce the launch of its next publication , Don’t Dream It’s Over: Reimagining Journalism in Aotearoa New Zealand , at the WORD Christchurch Writers and Readers Festival on Sunday 28 August. More >>
Don’t Dream It’s Over: Reimagining Journalism in Aotearoa
Tuesday, 31 May 2016, 10:13 am | Freerange Press
The proposed merger of APN and Fairfax. The online convergence of media outlets. The collaboration of investigative journalists on the release of the Panama Papers. These are just three examples of how journalism is changing in response to the current ... More >>
Call for submissions for Rekindle's Resource: Rise Again
Friday, 15 April 2016, 2:13 pm | Freerange Press
Rekindle’s next project, Resource: Rise Again , is focused on facilitating development of new uses for undervalued resources, in an effort to enable diversion of reusable resources from landfill via design, creativity and craftsmanship. More >>
Call for photographs for Reimagining Journalism
Thursday, 11 February 2016, 12:26 pm | Freerange Press
In August this year Freerange Press is launching its next big book. This time we are gathering the best writers and thinkers in the country to look at the changing media landscape in New Zealand. Information about the writers and the structure of ... More >>
Once in a Lifetime - City-building after Disaster in Christchurch
Monday, 30 March 2015, 5:01 pm | Freerange Press
It began with a sharp jolt at 4:37 a.m. on 4 September 2010. Radio New Zealand shifted to their emergency broadcast (which unfortunately was the Beach Boys’ song Good Vibrations ) and a collective thought emerged from New Zealanders that would be repeated ... More >>
Once in a Lifetime travels north!
Sunday, 14 September 2014, 4:33 pm | Once in a Lifetime
After Once in a Lifetime ’s packed launch and sold-out panel discussion at the Christchurch Word Writers and Readers Festival, members of the editorial team are presenting the book to Auckland and Wellington audiences, in an attempt to increase ... More >>
City-building after Disaster in Christchurch
Wednesday, 30 July 2014, 5:50 pm | Freerange Press
On 30 July, 2012, Prime Minister John Key launched the Central City Recovery Plan - the Blueprint. Two years to the day, Freerange Press is pleased to announce the upcoming release of Once in a Lifetime: City-building after Disaster in Christchurch. More >>
Another City Plan For Christchurch?
Tuesday, 31 July 2012, 8:29 am | Freerange Press
"Between the ant-government reflex to hate everything they produce, and the pro-Christchurch desire to support any sense of progress and vision is a more constructive critique of the announcements of the new city plan. This is an attempt to make such ... More >>
Designing in post-tsunami Sri Lanka
Monday, 19 April 2010, 9:09 am | Freerange Press
A freshly formed publishing collective called Freerange is very proud to announce the launch of Tsunami Box by well known Architect Gerald Melling Old media models (TVs and Newspapers) continue to fold and struggle and the release of this book signals ... More >>
