http://www.voxpop.nz/blog/ The latest Blog feeds from www.voxpop.nz en-us Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:02:38 +1200 Rocketspark http://www.voxpop.nz/blog/post/149135/tactics-for-ai-driven-news-aggregation/ The New Zealand Government recently released its inaugural AI Strategy, framed as “Investing with Confidence”, along with a voluntary “Responsible AI Guidance” for businesses. The strategy takes a light-touch, principles-based approach, aligning with OECD AI Principles and relying on existing legal frameworks.In this environment, AI technologists can and will continue to cannibalise news services in the absence of robust regulation or ethical enforcement, potentially leading to even more... Thu, 17 Jul 2025 09:36:13 +1200 http://www.voxpop.nz/blog/#post149135 http://www.voxpop.nz/blog/post/146747/pwc-report-shows-news-media-among-sectors-facing-fastest-ai-skills-upheaval/ The PwC 2025 Global AI Jobs Barometer, titled The Fearless Future, is a data-driven analysis of how artificial intelligence is transforming jobs, wages, skills, and productivity across the global economy. It is based on nearly one billion job ads and thousands of company financial reports across six continents.The report doesn’t focus on journalism per se, but includes several findings that carry major implications for news, media, and journalism sectors. Below is an analysis of the report tai... Mon, 09 Jun 2025 09:07:06 +1200 http://www.voxpop.nz/blog/#post146747 http://www.voxpop.nz/blog/post/143199/nobody-reads-the-terms-of-service-until-now/ We tested this by getting one AI (ChatGPT) to analyse the Terms of Service of another AI (Anthropic’s Claude) specifically from the perspective of someone working in journalism, film, media, or other creative industries. It came back with the short, easy to read one-pager below, and the findings were stark. And not unique to Anthropic. Here’s the simple prompt I used and it took five minutes:“You act as a privacy and intellectual property expert. Read these terms of service and flag ... Sun, 23 Mar 2025 08:32:17 +1300 http://www.voxpop.nz/blog/#post143199 http://www.voxpop.nz/blog/post/131374/what-happens-when-facebook-ends-news-in-a-country/ If New Zealand passes the Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill, evidence suggests Meta will quickly end news availability on Facebook and Instagram. This would follow similar action in other countries, significantly impacting the information landscape.When Canada passed a similar law last year, Meta very swiftly ended news availability on Facebook and Instagram, and this ban continues. It also briefly did the same thing in Australia. Meta has already indicated it will take similar actions in New Ze... Tue, 09 Jul 2024 09:38:28 +1200 http://www.voxpop.nz/blog/#post131374 http://www.voxpop.nz/blog/post/124969/voxpop-expands-u-s-operations-with-key-appointments/ Boston, Massachusetts — February 29, 2024VoxPop, the voice-to-text platform that bridges the gap between listeners and broadcasters, is expanding its operations in the United States with the appointment of Gabe Bullard as Director of Editorial Strategy and Jon Peck as Director of U.S. Sales and Marketing.VoxPop is an engagement platform developed by journalists and used by NPR’s 1A, WBUR’s On Point, Maine Public/Maine Calling, and shows around the world. It allows listeners to send high-qu... Thu, 29 Feb 2024 09:15:49 +1300 http://www.voxpop.nz/blog/#post124969 http://www.voxpop.nz/blog/post/124967/radio-hawkes-bay-launches-emergency-broadcast-system-ebs/ A new Emergency Broadcast System (EBS) has been developed for Hawke’s Bay to provide residents with reliable, detailed, and timely information during disasters. The system leverages existing AM/FM radio infrastructure and adds a unique digital platform for information gathering and sharing.Bridging the information gapCyclone Gabrielle highlighted the challenges of accessing information during emergencies. The EBS addresses this by:● Utilising AM/FM radio: Accessible even without po... Thu, 29 Feb 2024 08:58:18 +1300 http://www.voxpop.nz/blog/#post124967 http://www.voxpop.nz/blog/post/95214/small-town-newspaper-in-new-zealand-first-with-google/ ... Tue, 06 Dec 2022 09:57:38 +1300 http://www.voxpop.nz/blog/#post95214 http://www.voxpop.nz/blog/post/84423/helping-your-audience-build-a-customised-audio-news-service/ By VoxPop co-founder, Peter Fowler Put an "Add To Playlist" button next to individual reporter stories and let your audience create customized news bulletins. Listeners to flagship radio shows such as NPR’s Morning Edition will be familiar with a format of lots of shorter stories selected by editors. But what if the audience could select the news stories to create their own personalised news bulletin? For me, the appeal is that I can avoid news I do not want to hear, such as stories about rug... Sun, 26 Jun 2022 07:13:57 +1200 http://www.voxpop.nz/blog/#post84423 http://www.voxpop.nz/blog/post/72940/new-speech-text-q-a-platform-launches/ Concept for voice-text Q&A platform comes to life.Kinga VoxPop Ltd’s latest platform offers the opportunity to host unique voice-driven Q&A or Ask Me Anything (AMA) events. The Q&A’s can also be edited together later into a podcast. Our unique Q&A platform allows guests and the audience to interact using speech. It is a moderated environment, opening exciting new content options for media, corporates and special interest groups. Q&A’s are popular with media outlets - whether with a Covid ... Wed, 06 Oct 2021 10:39:04 +1300 http://www.voxpop.nz/blog/#post72940 http://www.voxpop.nz/blog/post/72149/rji-online-try-these-apps-for-easy-entry-into-audio-for-breaking-news-and-audience-reaction/ Audio storytelling is a growing business. Chambers Chair in Journalism at the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication, Damian Radcliffe, lists three apps - including VoxPop - in this article for the Reynolds Journalism Institute on easy entry into audio for breaking news and audience engagement. If you already produce text content, it's simple to turn it into a podcast. https://rjionline.org/news/try... ... Tue, 21 Sep 2021 09:29:58 +1200 http://www.voxpop.nz/blog/#post72149