Volume 22, Issue 2
current issue
Journalism education in the Pacific
WJEC16 PAPERS
December, 2016
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In this issue…
GOOD journalism remains central to the needs of the Pacific and her people.
Good journalism education is central to this issue of Pacific Journalism Review, which features a selection of papers on journalism education in the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand. Drawn mostly from the papers presented to the Fourth World Journalism Education Congress (WJEC16), and the preconference organised by the Journalism Education and Research Association of Australia (JERAA) and the Pacific Media Centre with the Media Educators Pacific (MeP at the Auckland University of Technology in July, they all reflect the importance of good journalism and good journalism education.
Speaking at the opening of the preconference, University of Auckland Associate Professor ToeolesulusuluDamon Salesa said the profession was vital for bringing the Pacific community together. Dr Salesa, director of the newly founded New Zealand Institute for Pacific Research, which sponsored five Pacific media educators to attend the conferences, said journalism helped people engage in the public sphere.
Excerpt from the editorial.
Note: This December 2016 edition will be published in January 2017.
Editorial
1. EDITORIAL: Finding the Pacific voice
David Robie, Philip Cass
Theme
2. Standoff in Papua New Guinea: Students take issue over corruption
Emily Matasororo
3. The digital divide in Papua New Guinea: Implications for journalism education
Maria Sagrista, Patrick Matbob
4. Journalism training aid by Australians: A case study in Solomon Islands
Alexandra Wake
5. Social stigmatisation, cultural coercion, and peer-pressure faced by Pacific student reporters: A Wansolwara student press case study in problem-based learning
Eliki Drugunalevu, Shailendra Singh
6. From Pacific Scoop to Asia Pacific Report: A case study in an independent campus-industry media partnership
David Robie
8. Radio New Zealand International: Reporting the Pacific in tight times
Matt Mollgaard
9. A final word: Pasifika solutions for Pacific problems
Kalafi Moala
Frontline
10. FRONTLINE: Place-makers of the mind: Symbolic reconstruction of an inner city park
Bonita Mason, Chris Thomson
Special reports
11. SPECIAL REPORT: Causes for concern: The state of New Zealand journalism in 2015
Ravi Balasubramanian
Articles
12. The Len Brown Affair: The roles of new and old media in a New Zealand political sex scandal
Grant Hannis
13. Journalism capstone units based on agreed principles and standards
Trevor Cullen
14. Covering cops: Critical reporting of Indonesian police corruption
John Buttle, Louise Stone, Sharyn Graham Davies