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U.S. Embassy, Press Release April 30, 2021 -- In advance of May 3, World Press Freedom Day, U.S. 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 fifty Caribbean journalists.   Recently-elected President of the Barbados Association of Journalists and Media Workers (BARJAM) Keith Goddard, who participated in the program, said, “T...

Article by Social Share 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 Embass...

South Korea's Coupang faces accusations of deaths from overwork By (0) Coupang, South Korea's largest e-commerce company, has been accused of unsafe and demanding working conditions that led to the deaths of nine workers over the past year. File photo by Yonhap Critics of Coupang, include Park Mi-sook (R), the mother of a logistics center employee who died from overwork. She called at a press briefing in Seoul last week for the company to improve its working conditions. Photo by Thomas Maresca/UPI SEOUL, April 27 (UPI) -- South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang saw its global profile soar aft...

Social Share 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 co...

Dozens of people gathered on March 3 for the funerals of the three media workers