caption birth_place nationality birth_date known_for residence image article_title name occupation
russell 2011 . brown at the orcon great blend in august lower hutt , new zealand new zealander 1962 public address , '' media7 '' auckland russell brown - orcon great blend.jpg russell brown -lrb- new zealand -rrb-
 russell brown blogger , journalist , television presenter , media commentator
russell brown -lrb- new zealand -rrb-

russell brown -lrb- born 1962 -rrb- is a well-known new zealand media commentator , and the owner of the public address community of blogs , and writes the blog `` hard news '' .
the origins of `` hard news '' was the `` hard news '' radio segment written by brown from 1991 to 2002 on auckland student radio station bfm .
the text of the radio commentary was circulated on the internet by various means from 1993 , and the bulletin officially became a blog with the launch of public address in november 2002 .
in 1986 , he moved to england where he wrote for various publications , before returning to new zealand in 1991 .
from 2008 to 2012 , he presented the media commentary programme `` media7 '' on the tvnz 7 digital channel .
following the closure of tvnz 7 after its funding was not renewed , the show was picked up by tv3 in 2013 and renamed `` media3 '' for one further series , however tv3 declined to produce any more series .
in 2014 , it re-appeared on maori television as `` media take '' .
brown was born in lower hutt , new zealand , and now lives in auckland , with his long-term partner journalist fiona rae , and their two sons .
