ACM elected to IFEX Executive Committee The Association of Caribbean MediaWorkers (ACM) has been elected to the Council of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange(IFEX)and its 5-member Executive Committee. The Trinidad-based organisation was elected during the Biennial General Meeting of IFEX in Beirut, Lebanon on May 31. ACM President, Wesley Gibbings, will serve alongside representatives […] Read more

Regional Journalists to Receive Environmental Training May 12, 2011 The Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem and Adjacent Regions (CLME) Project and the Integrating Watershed and Coastal Areas Management in Small Island Developing States (GEF-IWCAM) Project have joined with the Association of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM) in hosting a training workshop for journalists on covering natural resources […] Read more

CARDI/IICA/ACM Excellence in Caribbean Agricultural Journalism Awards 2011 The Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI), Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and Association of Caribbean MediaWorkers (ACM) announce the launch of the First Excellence in Caribbean Agricultural Journalism Awards. The Awards are open to all Caribbean full-time and freelance journalists in the print, […] Read more

Excellence in Caribbean Agricultural Journalism Awards Launched A new showcase for the best Caribbean journalism on agriculture has been launched. The 2011 Caribbean Media Awards for Excellence Agricultural Journalism has been inaugurated by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) and the Association of Caribbean MediaWorkers (ACM) […] Read more

Vacancy Media Networking Consultant The Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) an autonomous Institute funded by member countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) invites applications for a short term consultancy (6 months) on Media Networking at its Headquarters in, UWI Campus St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, beginning on April 4, 2011. Read full official […] Read more

Canadian Media Trainer Completes Assignment In St Vincent And The Grenadines February 26 – Broadcast journalists attached to the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) and St Vincent and the Grenadines Television (SVGTV) have ended a three-week in-house programme of training provided by Canadian media trainer and journalist, Nick Fillmore, through the Association of Caribbean MediaWorkers (ACM). […] Read more

ACM Statement On The Impending Closure Of The BBC Caribbean Service January 25, 2011 – The Association of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM) is saddened by the announcement by the British Broadcasting Corporation that its popular Caribbean Service is to be closed. The ACM wishes to pay tribute to the West Indian men and women and […] Read more

Address by Ms. Kiran Antoinette Maharaj President of the Trinidad & Tobago Publishers and Broadcasters Association (The Ballroom, Hyatt Regency Hotel – Thursday 25th November 2010) 2010 marks the seventh consecutive year for the TTPBA’s Awards for Media Excellence …. The 75th year for the first radio broadcast ever in Trinidad and Tobago…. The 75th […] Read more

Food sovereignty replaces food security as major Caribbean theme GEORGE’S, Grenada (ACM) – Changing tactics to suit today’s circumstances, Caribbean government are to focus more on food sovereignty than food security following lessons learned from recent international crises including the September 11 attacks when a ban on air travel triggered a chicken meat shortage in […] Read more

Caricom Minister – Let’s Feed Ourselves ACM: St Georges, Grenada October 19, 2010 – Regional ministers of agriculture are to begin a series of important meetings here as part of the 2010 edition of Caribbean Week of Agriculture. However, even before they sit at the roundtable, they are going to be confronted with a series […] Read more