Caribbean

"We have never experienced such devastation as we did in Hurricane Dorian; it was awesome and awful!" ZNS General Manager, Kayleaser Deveaux-Isaacs, writes about the impact of Hurricane Dorian on the Bahamas and its national broadcasting station.

On October 10, radio journalist Néhémie Joseph was found dead in his car in the Mirebalais area, the sixth killing of a journalist in Haiti in 19 years.

Despite a pluralistic media environment and recent gains for improved media freedom, Haiti struggles with a lack of secure independent media outlets and protections for journalists. Here we explore the country's provisions for effective public interest journalism. 

As the Caribbean Broadcasting Union celebrated its 50th anniversary, its President called on governments to include broadcasters in decisions about future media frameworks and policies.

Dr Zahera Harb writes about the outcomes from our workshop to develop an action plan on reporting hate speech and media coverage of terrorism & violence for the Caribbean region.

An action plan for media practitioners, managers and owners from across the region.

Upcoming UNESCO, Public Media Alliance and Ethical Journalism Network workshop to develop action plan on hate speech, terrorism and violence coverage for the Caribbean Region

Public media plays a key role in communicating essential and life saving information during times of crisis and emergency. This was no better demonstrated than during Hurricanes Irma and Maria in the Caribbean.

The Public Media Alliance, in collaboration with the UNESCO Caribbean Cluster Office, have launched a new set of Social Media Guidelines for the Caribbean region.

Looking back at our recent social media workshop and meeting in Barbados, which will contribute to a set of social media guidelines for the Caribbean region.