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A recent training initiative of the United States Embassy in Barbados and members of the media has been labelled a success.
In advance of May 3, World Press Freedom Day, United States Embassy Bridgetown partnered with Barbados journalists and the Caribbean Investigative Journalism Network (CIJN) to celebrate the importance of a free press as an indispensable component of any free society.
To mark the occasion, the Embassy hosted a three-day virtual investigative journalism workshop for over 50 Caribbean journalists.
According to a media release from the US Embassy, recently-elected president of the Barbados Association of Journalists and Media Workers (BARJAM) Keith Goddard, who participated in the programme, said: “The training provided very useful insights into the approaches of handling investigative journalism from highly respected persons in their fields.”
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The Barbados Association of Journalists and Media Workers (BARJAM) has a new president. Senior Reporter at Starcom Network, Keith Goddard, emerged winner last Sunday during the virtual Annual General Meeting of the association.
He succeeded veteran journalist Emmanuel Joseph who served the last two terms and Nation reporter Rachael Agard who was also running for that post.
Goddard began his career in the late ’90s at the then Rediffusion, and worked at Barbados Advocate, Caribbean Media Corporation and Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation.
Outside of the media, he served as corporate communications specialist at the Grantley Adams International Airport for 11 years.
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February 27, 2021
Media houses in Barbados, like most parts of the world, have had their fair share of characters with big personalities. Some have been truly larger than life, commanding the admiration of others in the fraternity, while others were giants, but only in their minds.
The profession of journalism requires people who are bold, resourceful, and willing to push the envelope. Journalists must be prepared to go further, dig deeper, face-off with the toughest, and sometimes the most obnoxious, to get information that is in the public’s interest.
Timidity is not a quality that will get you too far. Either your colleagues will push you around and overlook you, or the public will view you as much too patsy, to be taken seriously.
The regional media fraternity is mourning the passing of colleague, George Alleyne.
The Guyanese-born journalist suddenly died at his home in Barbados on Friday, January 22. He was 61 years old.
A noted writer and editor, Alleyne spent over 40 years of his career working in Guyana, Canada, and the Cayman Islands, before finally settling in Barbados.
He served at the Guyana Chronicle until 1989 when he migrated to Canada. George covered politics, sports, and trade while at the Guyana Chronicle and published several articles for ethnic newspapers in Canada while there up to mid-1995.
Alleyne later moved to Barbados where he was an information specialist, sub-editing, reporting, and writing for the Caribbean News Agency (CANA) Wire Service until its merger with the Caribbean Broadcasting Union to become the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) in 2000.