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Danielle Hutchinson
Aotearoa Articles
News Production coursework
during exchange to Auckland University of Technology
Welcome to my website, documenting the work
from my five-month exchange to Aotearoa (New Zealand)





AUT Worldwide Cultural Festival returns for a second year
Auckland University of Technology (AUT) held their Worldwide Cultural Festival last week, with the event returning for its second year....
May 28, 20242 min read


Week 11 - Reflective Vlog
A short reflection on producing my final news stories for the semester. Transcript Previously in my degree, my articles have been longer...
May 24, 20241 min read


Week 10 - Weaponisation of context
In a video for the New York Times, Wardle argues that AI and deepfakes are part of a 'much older phenomenon... the weaponisation of...
May 17, 20241 min read


Auckland Art Gallery celebrates Guo Pei exhibition with Chinese poetry
Auckland Art Gallery hosted 'On Being Chinese - The Poetry' to celebrate the final day of Guo Pei's exhibition on Sunday. The event...
May 9, 20242 min read


Week 9 - PR and 'Churnalism'
This week’s reading highlighted that ‘news is now a shared, co-produced, recycled and republished commodity’ (Johnston and Rowney, 2018),...
May 7, 20241 min read


Week 8 - Transmedia journalism
This week’s reading explored what makes a story ‘transmedia’, as opposed to multimedia. One of the defining features is audience...
May 3, 20241 min read


Week 7 - Writing for broadcast
This week we looked at how writing for broadcast differs from writing for the page. A key consideration is that copy must be written to...
Apr 12, 20241 min read


Week 5 - Midpoint Reflection
In this piece, I use the process of writing News Story Two as a means of reflecting on the semester to date, drawing parallels with the...
Apr 10, 20243 min read


'Don't shake with blood-stained hands': Protests over Myanmar military visit to New Zealand
Protesters gathering on Aotea Square in Auckland this afternoon as part of the ‘Keep Out the Butchers of Myanmar’ campaign. Photo:...
Apr 6, 20241 min read


‘Future-proofing our city’: Auckland to trial self-driving electric vehicles
Self-driving electric vehicles are set to join Auckland’s public transport fleet next month in a new ‘EcoRyd’ scheme. Residents in...
Mar 21, 20242 min read
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