Hard News by Russell Brown

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The Crusaders

We normally announce this earlier, but we were still confirming a few things up till yesterday afternoon. This week's Media7 covers two topics: the crusading journalist and the tenth anniversary of the New Zealand Herald online.

On the former topic, I'll be talking to two journalists whose work helped exonerate men convicted of grievous crimes -- Donna Chisholm and Pat Booth -- and one who hopes to do the same thing: Keith Hunter, writer of Trial By Trickery and Murder on the Blade, both of which deal with Scott Watson's conviction for the Sounds murders.

On the latter, we'll be joined by the Herald's Jeremy Rees, and journalism teacher and commentator Julie Starr, who worked in the Daily Telegraph's groundbreaking web division in Britain.

If you'd like to join us to watch, click "reply" and let me know asap. We'll need you at The Classic Comedy Club no later than 5.30pm today.

Also, Simon Pound has opened a Facebook group to help back Billy Black, who featured in lat week's show, fulfil his dream of appearing on the Letterman show by training a his pet pig to ride a motorboke: a "Hog on a Hog".

Here's the story if you missed it:

Tell friends. Help a hog be famous.

PS: The Great Blend RSVPs filled up by yesterday evening. I'll have a look at numbers and see if we can fit in any more.

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