Contact Information

Phone: +64 4 801 2794, Extension 6378
Fax: +64 4 801 2693
E-mail: G.D.Hannis@massey.ac.nz
Office: Building 6C03B
Postal Address:
Massey University
Private Box 756
Wellington
New Zealand

Personal Profile

I contribute to the teaching of both the internal and extramural journalism papers at Massey. My research interests include the history of journalism, consumer journalism, reporting on diversity, the relationship between fact and fiction in reportage, and journalism and democracy. Before coming to the university, I worked for many years at Consumer magazine, initially as a political and financial journalist, then as the senior finance writer and latterly as manager of the writing staff. I continue to publish freelance articles in a variety of major New Zealand publications.

I have been a judge for the Qantas Media Awards, President of the Journalism Education Association of NZ, and on the Executive of the Journalism Education Association of Australia. I currently represent journalism educators on the industry body that oversees the training of journalists throughout the country, the NZ Journalists' Training Organisation.

I was also awarded a Fulbright Senior Scholar Award in 2009.

Speciality

Journalistic writing techniques, consumer journalism, financial journalism, history of journalism.

Professional Associations

Journalism Education Association of Australia
Journalism Education Association of New Zealand
New Zealand Journalists' Training Organisation

Peer-reviewed academic publications

Hannis, G. (2009). From yellow peril to model minority? A comparative analysis of a newspaper’s depiction of the Chinese in New Zealand at the start of the 20th and 21st centuries. Asia Pacific Media Educator. 19, 85-98.

Hannis, G. (2009). Reporting diversity in New Zealand: The 'Asian Angst' controversy. Pacific Journalism Review. 15(1), 114-130.
Asian Angst.pdf (455 KB)

Hannis, G. (2008). New Zealand print freelancers: who they are, what they earn, where and what they publish. Pacific Journalism Review. 14(1), 79-92.
NZ print freelancers.pdf (4,511 KB)

Hannis, G. (2008). Numeracy and statistics. In J. Tully (Ed.), Intro: A beginner’s guide to professional news journalism (pp.129-163). Wellington: New Zealand Journalists’ Training Organisation.
Numeracy and statistics.pdf (7,847 KB)

Hannis, G. (2008). The New Zealand Press Association, 1880-2006: The rise and fall of a co-operative model for news gathering. Australian Economic History Review. 48(1), 47-67.
The NZ Press Association.pdf (7,063 KB)

Hannis, G. (2007). "An example to the rest of your scribbling crew": The influential literary techniques of the eighteenth-century journalist Daniel Defoe. Asia Pacific Media Educator. 18, 45-57.
An example to the rest.pdf (4,556 KB)

Strong, C. and Hannis, G. (2007). The visibility of female print journalists at major Australian and New Zealand newspapers: the good news and the bad news. Australian Journalism Review. 29(1). 115-126.
The visibility of female journalists.pdf (3,534 KB)

Hannis, G. (2007). New Zealand's PBRF experience and the implications for Australia's Research Quality Framework. Australian Journalism Review. 29(1). 13-26.
NZs PBRF experience.pdf (4,302 KB)

Hannis, G. (2007). Daniel Defoe’s pioneering consumer journalism in the Review. British Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies. Spring, 2007 30(1) 13-26.
Daniel Defoes pioneering consumer journalism.pdf (5,102 KB)

Hannis, G., Houston, B. and Pfeifer, D. (2007). Print media reporting of the DHBs. Report to the Health Services Research Council and the Ministry of Health. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington, Health Services Research Centre.

Hannis, G., Houston, B., Pfeifer, D., Cumming, J., Russell, M. and Walker, T. (2006). Daily and community newspaper reporting of local government agencies: The case of New Zealand’s District Health Boards. Australian Journalism Review. 28(2). 23-42.
Daily and community newspaper reporting.pdf (6,099 KB)

Hannis, G. (2006). Roger Hall and Rogernomics: The fictional chronicling of New Zealand's economic revolution. British Review of New Zealand Studies. 15. 29-58.
Roger Hall and Rogernomics.pdf (8,869 KB)

Hannis, G. (2005). Running an effective meeting. In F. Sligo & R. Bathurst (Eds.), Communication in the New Zealand workplace (pp. 235-244). Wellington: Software Technology.
Running an effective meeting.pdf (2,671 KB)

Hannis, G. (2001). Truth-in-advertising law: New Zealand’s experience. Agenda. 8(1), 19-32.
Truth-in-advertising law.pdf (4,483 KB)

Hannis, G. (2001). Credit law reform. New Zealand Law Journal. April, 121-123.
Credit law reform.pdf (1,489 KB)

Peer-reviewed conference papers

Hannis, G. (2009, July). Visual communication in consumer journalism: The supra-textual design of Consumer magazine in New Zealand. Paper presented at the Australian and New Zealand Communication Association conference, Brisbane.

Hannis, G. (2009, January). Early news-media representation of Chinese immigrants in New Zealand: The Otago Witness and the arrival of the Chinese gold-miners, 1865-67. Paper presented at the Localising Asia in New Zealand symposium, University of Otago, Dunedin.

Hannis, G. (2008, December). Print reporting on Chinese in New Zealand: Still the Yellow Peril? Paper presented at the Journalism Education Association of New Zealand conference, Christchurch.

Hannis. G. (2008, July). Reporting on diversity in New Zealand: The case of "Asian Angst". Paper presented at the Australian and New Zealand Communication Association conference, Wellington.

Hannis, G. (2007, December). New Zealand print freelancers: who they are, what they earn, where and what they publish. Paper presented at the Journalism Education Association of New Zealand conference, Wellington.

Hannis, G. (2006, December). The New Zealand Press Association: The rise and fall of a co-operative model of news reporting. Paper presented at the Form and Style in Journalism: Newspapers and the representation of news 1880-2006 Symposium, University of Tasmania, Tasmania

Hannis, G. (2006, December). Harpies, monsters and devils: Daniel Defoe’s 18th century consumer journalism in the Review. Paper presented at the joint Journalism Education Association of Australia/Journalism Education Association of New Zealand conference, Auckland.

Strong, C. and Hannis, G. (2006, December). The visibility of female journalists at major Australian and New Zealand newspapers: The good news and the bad news. Paper presented at the joint Journalism Education Association of Australia/Journalism Education Association of New Zealand conference, Auckland.

Hannis, G. (2005, December). Consumer journalism: what it seeks to do, how it seeks to do it. Paper presented at the Journalism Education Association of New Zealand conference, Hamilton.

Hannis, G. (2004, December). Media analysis of the DHB model: Local media and local government. Paper presented at the Journalism Education Association of New Zealand conference, Christchurch.

Popular books and articles

I have co-authored five books of consumer advice, and published hundreds of articles on consumer news, consumer finance, consumer law and scams, travel and culture in leading New Zealand magazines and newspapers.

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Last updated on Wednesday 11 November 2009