Style guide for contributors
1 Presentation:
Please submit a copy in rich text format (rtf) with author identification and biog info and address only on the cover sheet, and the rest of the article formatted without author identification.
Provide an abstract of no more than 150 words.
Double-space the entire manuscript; use extra line space between paragraphs.
Keep the title of your paper short. Suggestions for subheads are welcome.
Any photographs or graphics to accompany the article are also welcome.
2. Main sections:
Papers received for publication will be peer-reviewed.
Research: Academic research and analysis papers (3000-6000 words).
Commentary: Industry insights, developments and practice (1500-3000 words).
Reviews: Books, online developments, multimedia (500-1000 words).
Forum: Letters, brief commentaries (up to 800 words)
3. Style notes:
Use APA (American Psychological Association) Style for author-date system of referencing. PJR does not use footnotes. Avoid using endnotes if a short reference can be incorporated in the text.
For spelling and hyphenation use the Concise Oxford Dictionary. Quotations exceeding 50 words should be indented.
Bibliography examples:
- Book title:
Weaver, D. H. (Ed). (1998). The Global Journalist: News People Around the World. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press. - Chapter in book:
Parkop, P. (1995). The Internal Security Act and Crime. In Robie, D. (Ed), Nius Bilong Pasifik: Mass Media in the Pacific (pp. 133-139). Port Moresby: University of Papua New Guinea. - Journal article title:
Rosenberg, B. (2002). News media ownership: How New Zealand is foreign dominated. Pacific Journalism Review, 8(1): 59-95.
Newspaper article title:
- Author:
Robie, D. (1993, December 3). Barons rule Pacific media. The Independent, p. 32. - No author:
PNG goldmine in mining compensation case. (1995, September 29). The Jakarta Post, p. 5.
Book Reviews:
Include following information at head of review: Title, author, Publisher, Year of publication, Number of pages, ISBN number.
Example:
Government by the Gun: The Unfinished Business of Fiji’s 2000 Coup, by William Sutherland and Robbie Robertson. Sydney, Pluto Press, 2001, 372 pp. ISBN 1 86403 1395.
Reviewed by Nic Maclellan,
journalist, researcher and community development worker in the Pacific Islands. He worked for the Pacific Concerns Resource Centre (PCRC) between 1997-2000.
Email a 5 cm wide, 300 dpi tiff or pict image of the book cover to the journal.
