Pacific Journalism Review

 

 

 

Style guide for contributors

Pacific Media CentrePacific Media Centre

Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies
AUT UNIVERSITY          

November 2009        

 

Pacific Journalism Review is a peer-reviewed journal covering communication, journalism and media studies in Australia, New Zealand the Asia-Pacific region. Founded at the University of Papua New Guinea in 1994, it is now published by AUT University’s Pacific Media Centre and has links with the University of the South Pacific. While one objective is research into Pacific journalism theory and practice, the journal has expanded into research and inquiry that reflect the broader impact of contemporary media practice and education.

A particular focus is on the cultural politics of the media, including the following issues – digital media and social movements, indigenous cultures in the age of globalisation, the politics of development, the role of the media and the formation of national identity and the cultural influence of New Zealand as a branch of the global economy within the Asia-Pacific region. It also has a special interest in environmental and development studies and communication – and the vernacular media in the region.

Articles submitted to Pacific Journalism Review should be original contributions and not under consideration for any other publication at the same time. Exceptions should be clearly indicated. If an article is accepted for publication, authors will need to assign copyright to the Pacific Media Centre to enable published articles to be held in the PJR subscription databases.

Articles should be sent as email attachments to: pjreview@aut.ac.nz One file should contain the article title,  abstract, author’s name, brief biographical notes for publication and contact details (including email). The other file should be the complete article without the author’s name or biog details attached.

All articles accepted for consideration by the editors are double blind peer-reviewed and referee comments and reports are sent to contributors.

Authors are responsible for obtaining copyright for any illustrations, tables, figures or other material previously published elsewhere. Preference will be given to articles with fewer than six graphs/tables. Photographs and images will be accepted for publication where appropriate. Authors must supply all graphs/tables/images in high resolution format (minimum of 300 dpi).

Main sections:

Research:  Academic research and analysis papers (6000 words maximum)
Commentary: Media industry insights, developments and practice (1500-3000 wds)
Reviews: Books, films, online developments, multimedia (800-1500 wds); Noted section – short reviews (300-350 wds)
Forum: Letters, brief commentaries (up to 800 wds)

Exceptions can be made by the editors as appropriate.

Common style guide:

References and style follow guidelines provided by the American Psychological Association with some slight PJR variations. For questions on references and style, consult the following:

American Psychological Association (2009). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: APA. http://www.apastyle.org
Or The Owl at Purdue APA style guide: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

Note that APA style differs from journalistic style in many respects.

In text citations:
(Dadge, 2005, p. 46) or (Morgan & Thomas, 1996, p. 32)

Articles in journals:
Hollings, J., Lealand, G., Samson, A., & Tilley, E. (2007). The big NZ journalism survey: Underpaid, under-trained, under-resourced, unsure about the future – but still idealistic. Pacific Journalism Review, 13(2), 175-197.

Chapters in books:
Berkowitz, D. A. (2009). Reporters and their sources. In K. Wahl-Jorgensen and T. Hanitzsch (Eds.), The handbook of journalism studies (pp. 102-115). New York: Routledge.

Books:
Price, S. (2007). Media minefield. Wellington: NZ Journalists Training Organisation.

Newspapers and magazines:
Davis, G. (2008, March 4). Wrong man for the wrong job. The Fiji Times, p. 9.

Online sources:
Ratuva, S. (2008, October 3). Multiple battle lines – who is winning? Pacific Media Centre Online. Retrieved on 4 October 2008, from http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/postmortem/081003_Fiji-Ratuva.shtml

A sample PJR title page:
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