Last year New Zealand hosted the APEC online conference. Unbelievably for a wholly online conference, it still came with a price tag of $76 million dollars. We can at least tell you where $93,000 of that $76 Million dollars went. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs paid Stuff and the
If you don’t already have a Silver level membership to The BFD you are missing out. You are missing out on MyBFD our very own community platform. You are missing out on Insight Politics articles. You are missing out on SonovaMin and BoomSlang’s fantastic political cartoons: You are
Over the years we have often been asked to help readers communicate with each other by acting as the middle man so that they could swap e-mail addresses and other contact details. We created MyBFD to cut out the middle man and to allow BFD community members to get to
Public Interest Journalism Propaganda has received an $18m boost with the announcement of funding for an additional 110 journalists across New Zealand with “a specific mandate to produce stories that keep New Zealanders informed and engaged, and support a healthy democracy”. Don’t you just love the Newspeak? War is
The BFD is seeking citizen journalists to write news articles for us in a voluntary capacity. Regular contributor Lionred in 2020 reported on a disaster in Lostwithiel, Cornwall providing both commentary and photos of what was happening. In 2021 he wrote regular reports on the coup in Myanmar. Myanmar in
Perks: * Work from home * A vibrant online office with over 40 Staff * Room for creativity * The position is 100% online and all communication with staff is online. (Perfect for Introverts!) Recent experience with the latest version of WordPress is essential. This position is suitable for an ex-journalist or teacher or
We are running another fantastic giveaway for our members. The prizes are three copies of Man Down a novel by one of our own, John Black who writes a weekly column for Insight Politics on The BFD. On the 20th of March, we will give away three copies to three
If you’re like the rest of us, you are sick and tired of reading the same load of self-congratulatory drivel every day that you open social media. If you are a professionally-minded writer this could be your opportunity to get your voice heard. With audience numbers soaring there has
The BFD can help. we have done all the hard work and have already built a huge audience but what we are always looking for more of is quality NZ content. We want to help motivated, professionally-minded writers who are already writing quality content for their own blog site’s
Two years ago a website was set up to measure media bias in New Zealand. Both Kiwiblog and The BFD were mentioned and rated, as were left-wing blogs and all mainstream media. Back then Newshub was rated as the most biased (towards the left) of all the mainstream media. The
If you don’t have a Silver level membership yet you are missing out on our Insight Politics articles. Today is a FREE taste of an Insight Politics article by writer Lushington D Brady. Where Is the Next Reagan? America Is at a Nadir of Power and Confidence. Who Will
If you are a Bronze level member or higher you have access to MyBFD which includes a marketplace where everyone can list whatever they like for free. You can sell products, advertise jobs and services and promote your business to other members. You can advertise a house for rent, you
The findings on trust in media organisations is out and the left-wing dominated media have taken a flogging. It seems that the public is well attuned to their lying ways and are voting with their feet. Newsroom reports: Less than half the New Zealand public now professes ‘overall trust’ in
