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Australiam Journalism Review     Back to top

Journalism Education     Back to top

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Subscribing      Back to top

To subscribe to AJR, contact JEA Treasurer Dr Cathy Jenkins, School of Arts, Media and Culture, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland. Email C.Jenkins@griffith.edu.au.

Alternatively, join the JEA and receive the AJR twice a year as part of your membership.

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Australian Journalism Review welcomes submissions on topics reflecting a broad range of perspectives on journalism practice and education.

AJR is published twice a year, usually in July and December, and deadlines for submissions are generally March 15 and September 15 each year. The editor is Associate Professor Ian Richards, Director of the Postgraduate Journalism Program at the University of South Australia in Adelaide. Associate editor is Kathryn Bowd, Undergraduate Program Director, University of South Australia.

Articles submitted to AJR 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 Journalism Education Association (JEA).

Electronic submission of papers by email is preferred in all cases. Please note that hard copy submissions will not be considered for publication.

Article submissions, including a brief abstract of 100 to 150 words, should be sent as an email attachment to the editor at ian.richards@unisa.edu.au. Please ensure the name(s) and e-mail addresses of the author(s) are clearly indicated, as well as their formal positions and institutional affiliations.

Articles focused on theoretical development and original research should not normally exceed about 6000 words. Preference will be given to articles not exceeding this length. All articles are double peer reviewed. Referee comments are generally copied by the editor and forwarded by e-mail to contributors.

Authors are responsible for obtaining copyright for any illustrations, tables, figures or other material previously published elsewhere. Please note that preference will be given to articles with fewer than six graphs/tables.

Articles should be submitted as Word documents where possible, with a minimum of formatting. Avoid footnotes wherever possible.

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AJR’s Book Review Editor is Dr Rhonda Breit from the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Queensland If you accept an invitation to review a book for AJR, please ensure that you include all publication details, ISBN number, number of pages, format and recommended retail price.

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Please note that it is the author’s responsibility to provide thorough and accurate references in AJR style. The editor of AJR reserves the right to decline publication of papers which are inadequately or incorrectly referenced.

References and style follow guidelines provided by the American Psychological Association. For questions on references and style, consult the following:
American Psychological Association. (2001). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Note that APA style differs from normal journalistic style in many areas.
References cited in the text should read (Hughes, 1972, p. 273) or (Jensen & Jankowski, 1991, pp. 139-141).

All references cited in articles should be listed alphabetically and presented in full at the end of the article. Use the following style:

Articles in journals

Henningham, J. (1995). Australian journalists’ reactions to new technology. Prometheus, 13(2), 225-238.

Chapters in books

Carey, J. (1995). The press, public opinion and public discourse. In T. Glasser & C. Salmon (Eds.), Public opinion and the communication of consent. New York: Guilford Press.

Books

Charity, A. (1995). Doing public journalism. New York: Guilford Press.

McQuail, D. (1987). Mass communication theory: An introduction (2nd ed.). Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.

Newspapers and magazines may be cited by author if a byline is used in the news report, or by article title. Use Hughes 1971a and Hughes 1971b to distinguish different articles by the same author in the same year.

Hull, C. (1988, October 27). Defamation law needs overhaul. The Canberra Times, p. 9.

DPP launches appeal against Cobb sentence. (1998, November 19). The Canberra Times, p. 3.

Online sources should include the date of retrieval and source.

Mann, F. (1998). “New media” brings a new set of problems. Poynter.org. Retrieved February 8, 2001, from http://www.poynter.org/research/nm/nmmann98.html.

Please note: All book, chapter and article titles should use initial capital letters for only the first word and any proper nouns (see examples above).

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