Acm and IPI Talk Possible Jamaica Venue for World Congress ACM, January 30 – The International Press Institute (IPI) is collaborating with the ACM on the possible hosting of its 60th General Assembly and World Congress in Jamaica in 2011. The ACM has, in turn, engaged the support of the PAJ, the Media Association of […] Read more

ACM Concerned About Threat To Surinamese Journalist November 12, 2009 – The Association of Caribbean MediaWorkers (ACM) expresses its deep concern at the news that Mr Ivan Cairo, a journalist with De Ware Tijd newspaper in Suriname, has been the subject of a threatening phone call following publication of several articles in his newspaper on […] Read more

ACM Expresses Concern Over Closure of ‘Grenada Today’ October 28, 2009 – The Association of Caribbean MediaWorkers (ACM) is concerned that the result of a 2001 libel suit brought against the Grenada Today newspaper by former Prime Minister, Dr Keith Mitchell, and subsequent appeal have led to the effective closure of the publication. While we […] Read more

CARICOM SG says licensing of journalists not on the agenda October 26 – The Secretary-General of CARICOM, Edwin Carrington, has denied that the issue of licensing Caribbean journalists has ever been raised at any meeting of any official organ of the Caribbean Community. He said he knew nothing about such a proposal and that any […] Read more

Read full official press release (pdf): The Model Professional Services Bill (2008)

A meeting was held over two days on September 11th and 12th 2009, jointly sponsored by the Guyana Press Association and the Canadian High Commission. Participants included: Fifteen working journalists from Guyanese print and broadcast houses. Three representatives from the ACB and MMU. A representative from the Centre for Communication Studies at the University of […] Read more

Antigua Media Mourns ‘Quiet Soldier’ St. John’s, September 15, 2009 -The media fraternity mourns one of its own as word spreads of the passing of Namwaka Inambwae. The 37-year-old journalist spent the last years of her life as a reporter at the state-owned ABS Television and Government Information Service (GIS). Inambwae’s mother, Jennifer Daniel-Inambwae, said […] Read more

The Case for Media Self‐Regulation in Guyana Wesley Gibbings Georgetown, Guyana – September 11, 2009 Self‐regulation has emerged over recent years in the Caribbean as one of the more compelling issues associated with media conduct and governance. Social and political instability, economic decline and questions related to the continued sovereignty and survival of Caribbean states […] Read more

7th Austin Forum on Journalism in the Americas The Impact of Digital Technologies on Journalism and Democracy in La n America and the Caribbean Organized by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas and Open Society Foundation Media Program at the School of Journalism – University of Texas at Austin Read full official press […] Read more

ACM Congratulated, Invited to Join IPI The following is the full content of a congratulatory note sent to the ACM, following its recent website relaunch. Dear Mr. Gibbings, I am writing you on behalf of the International Press Institute to congratulate the Association of Caribbean MediaWorkers on the relaunch of its web site as well […] Read more