Luke Sela was a journalist

Journalist

A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...

 and newspaper editor from Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...

. He served as editor of the Papua New Guinea Post-Courier

Papua New Guinea Post-Courier

The Papua New Guinea Post-Courier is a newspaper based in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.With a circulation of 41,000, the Post-Courier is the largest selling Pacific Island newspaper....

newspaper, one of PNG's largest publications and was a champion of the free press in the country.

Sela worked as in the Papua information services in the 1960s and 1970s. He joined the staff of the Post-Courier in 1976 and was named editor in 1978. Sela went on to serve as editor for the next 24 years. He retired from the paper in 2000. However, he continued to work with the paper after his retirement. Sela was preparing to help coordinate the Post-Courier's coverage of the upcoming 2007 elections in PNG's island regions when he died.

Sela, 64, died on June 6, 2007 after being admitted to Lorengau General Hospital in his home province of Manus

Manus Province

Manus Province is the smallest province in Papua New Guinea with a land area of 2,100 km², but with more than 220,000 km² of water. The capital of the province is Lorengau and the total population is 43,387 ....

. He had been suffering from a long illness for several months.

Sela was married to wife, Nia. The couple had two children, Annette and Robert.