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Archive video now available!
We are proud to annouce that we now have on-demand video available. Our first archive footage can be viewed on the 2009 Video page. These are select sessions from the recent 'Information for Action V' workshop in Grenada, which was followed by the ACM Fifth Biennial Meeting.
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 Jamaica (MAJ) and Caribbean Institute for Media and Communication (Carimac) in the planning process.
Veteran communication specialist/journalist, Clare Forrester, has been identified as the main ACM Focal Point in Jamaica for the event, while Trinidadian journalist, Adelle Roopchand, will oversee general logistics.
An IPI team met with the ACM and the Jamaica-based organisations on Friday January 22. The meeting was chaired by Carimac Director, Dr Canute James. A Local Organising Committee (LOC) is to be inaugurated soon.
'Election Handbook' Launched As 'Practical Resource'
The ACM launches its Election Handbook for Caribbean Journalists to critical acclaim in both international and regional fora and has been designed by journalists
for journalists.
The handbook was researched, written and designed by the Association of Caribbean MediaWorkers (ACM) with support from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX), Eugenio Maria de Hostos Law School, Puerto Rico, the Austin Forum of the Knight Centre for Journalism in the Americas, and the United Nations Information Centre for the Caribbean Area.
The publication is meant to serve as a practical resource
in equipping journalists to meet public and professional
expectations for superior election coverage.
The editorial team was led by Lennox Grant and Wesley
Gibbings and included: Peter Richards, Vernon Daley,
Raoul Pantin, Naylan Dwarika, Sheila Velez Martinez and
Tony Deyal.
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