Preparatory Media houses need to be prepared. This includes clear and updated strategies to ensure the safety and secure conduct of all staff members in the course of their duties. If there are special passes or permissions to be obtained, these should be addressed prior to the onset of the threat. Journalists should understand that […] Read more

St John’s, Mar 30, 2018 – The Association of Caribbean MediaWorkers (ACM) is concerned about a recent statement by Saint Lucia’s Minister with responsibility for Tourism, Information and Broadcasting, Dominica Fedee on plans by his administration to impose additional regulations on the country’s private media. The minister’s comments were made in parliament on March 21 […] Read more

BRIDGETOWN, March 3, 2018 – The Association of Caribbean Media Workers Saturday elected its first female president, veteran Antiguan journalist and broadcaster Anika Kentish.     Also elected unopposed were First Vice-President (Finance) Nazima Raghubir, the president of the Guyana Press Association (GPA) and General Secretary Jewel Forde (Barbados). Kern Mason, the president of the […] Read more

Feb 26, 2018, ACM – More than 40 journalists and representatives of regional and international organisations will meet in Barbados on March 2 and 3 when the Association of Caribbean MediaWorkers (ACM) hosts a Disaster Reporting Symposium in the face of last year’s devastating hurricane season. In addition to representatives of the ACM’s 14 national […] Read more

On March 2 and 3, 2018 the ACM will be hosting a Disaster Reporting Symposium at the PomMarine Hotel in Barbados. The symposium will focus on development of a protocol to guide the relationship between journalists and disaster management agencies, scenarios for optimum media performance at times of disaster and the emergence of climate change […] Read more

Media colleagues from Dominica will be among the first regional recipients of assistance from the Association of Caribbean MediaWorkers (ACM) as part of a project to replace journalistic tools lost or destroyed by Hurricanes Irma and Maria in September/October. Journalists and other media workers from Anguilla, Barbuda, Dominica and Tortola, will be receiving laptops, mobile […] Read more

As part of our project to address the needs of journalists affected by Hurricane Irma, we have undertaken to have journalists who continued to provide coverage throughout the crisis tell us their stories. This is a collaboration involving the ACM and CMC and all content is located at http://cananewsonline.com/main/category/public-news/post-hurricane-response/ You are free to use the material […] Read more

Sep 13, 2017 – The Association of Caribbean MediaWorkers (ACM) has launched a campaign focused on the plight of journalists and other media workers in some Caribbean countries affected by Hurricane Irma. A committee led by veteran Barbadian broadcaster, Julian Rogers, and including ACM president Wesley Gibbings, Media Institute of the Caribbean (MIC) board member/former […] Read more

We are pleased to announce acceptance of the Martinique Press Club (CPM) – http://www.clubpresse-martinique.fr/wp/ – as a Full Member association within the ACM network. The CPM now joins with the Curacao Media Organization (CMO), Guyana Press Association (GPA), Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ), Media Association of Trinidad and Tobago (Matt), Media Association of Saint Lucia (MASL), Media […] Read more