REVIEW: The sacking of an editor

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Pacific Journalism Review Pub Date : 2020-07-31 DOI:10.24135/pjr.v26i1.1100

Jeremy Rees

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Abstract

Commentary: On 25 July 1972, the Board of the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation decided to terminate the editorship of Alexander MacLeod with three months' pay, effective immediately. The Listener had only had three editors since its launch as a broadcasting guide in 1939. Its founder Oliver Duff and successor Monty Holcroft, the revered editor of 18 years, built it up as a magazine of culture, arts and current events on top of its monopoly of listings of radio and television programmes. Both men managed to establish a sturdy independence for the magazine which was still the official journal of the New Zealand Broadcasting Service, later to become the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation. So, the dismissal of the editor was a sizable event. The National government of the day in New Zealand ordered a Commission of Inquiry into whether the sacking was above board and whether it was politically influenced. This article is the story of the commission's findings.

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回顾:一名编辑被解雇

评论:1972年7月25日，新西兰广播公司董事会决定终止Alexander MacLeod的编辑职务，并给予三个月的工资，立即生效。《听众》自1939年作为广播指南发行以来，只有三位编辑。它的创始人奥利弗•达夫(Oliver Duff)和继任者蒙蒂•霍尔克罗夫特(Monty Holcroft)——这位受人尊敬的编辑工作了18年——将它打造成了一本文化、艺术和时事杂志，并垄断了广播和电视节目列表。两人都成功地为杂志建立了坚实的独立性，该杂志仍然是新西兰广播服务的官方杂志，后来成为新西兰广播公司。所以，解雇编辑是件大事。当时的新西兰国民政府下令成立一个调查委员会，调查此次解雇是否光明正大，是否受到政治影响。这篇文章是委员会调查结果的故事。

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Pacific Journalism Review COMMUNICATION-

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24 weeks

期刊介绍： While one objective of Pacific Journalism Review is research into Pacific journalism theory and practice, the journal has also expanding its interest into new areas of research and inquiry that reflect the broader impact of contemporary media practice and education. A particular focus is on the cultural politics of the media, including the following issues: new media and social movements, indigenous cultures in the age of globalisation, the politics of tourism and development, the role of the media and the formation of national identity and the cultural influence of New Zealand as a branch of the global economy within the Pacific region. It also has a special interest in climate change, environmental and development studies in the media and communication and vernacular media in the region.