EDITORIAL: Finding the Pacific voice

Keywords: Asia-Pacific studies, Asia-Pacific journalism, editorial, journalism education, Pacific Islands, Pacific journalism

Abstract

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 Toeolesulusulu Damon 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.

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Author Biography

David Robie
Editor of Pacific Journalism Review.

References

Moala, K. (2016). Pasifika solutions for Pacific problems. Pacific Journalism Review, 22(2). 118-121
PJR 22(2) edition cover
Published
31-12-2016
How to Cite
Cass, P., & Robie, D. (2016). EDITORIAL: Finding the Pacific voice. Pacific Journalism Review : Te Koakoa, 22(2), 6-10. https://doi.org/10.24135/pjr.v22i2.90