The Pacific Journalism Review, a double blind peer-reviewed journal, invites articles and commentaries for its October 2010 edition. The Journal focuses on communication, journalism and media studies in Australia, New Zealand, and the Asia-Pacific region. It is published by AUT University’s Pacific Media Centre and has a relationship with the University of the South Pacific.

The October 2010 themed edition of "Media Freedom in Oceania" will be linked to the UNESCO World Press Freedom Day 2010 conference in Brisbane, Australia.

Suggested Topics

Submissions should target one of the four main sections: research articles, commentaries, forum, and reviews.

The editors are especially interested in submissions related to the Asia-Pacific region. Suggested topics include constitutional changes, media regulatory models and developments, FOI laws and practice, and future trends in regional media models. Specifically, they suggest the following topics:

• Fiji media and civil society under a military regime
• The genesis of the Fiji "coup culture"
• Media reportage and conflict struggles such as Bougainville, East Timor
• Pacific media regulatory models and developments
• Constitutional change in Tonga and the media
• Freedom of Information laws and practice, such as in the Cook Islands
• Regional media freedom: Future trends

Guidelines

Articles should be original contributions and not under consideration for any other publication at the same time. All articles accepted for consideration by the editors are double blind peer-reviewed and referee comments and reports are sent to contributors. For more information, read the Journal's "Style Guide"

Edition editors: Associate Professors Martin Hadlow and Marsali Mackinnon (CCSC-UQ), and Associate Professor David Robie (PMCAUT).

The deadline for submissions is July 31, 2010.

• Pacific Journalism Review
• UNESCO World Press Freedom Day 2010