The Caribbean Tourism Group (CTO) not too long ago honoured the recipients of the 2024 Caribbean Media Awards at a luncheon occasion held on the InterContinental New York Instances Sq. throughout Caribbean Week.
The Caribbean Media Awards competitors acknowledges journalists and media professionals whose work conveys and presents information and knowledge pertinent to the area’s tourism business and captures the distinctive essence of the Caribbean story. This competitors celebrates excellence in journalism, pictures, and digital content material that highlights the varied and vibrant cultures, landscapes, and experiences obtainable all through the Caribbean area.
“The 2024 Caribbean Media Awards have obtained submissions from among the most gifted and promising journalists and influencers masking the area, which is extremely rewarding after a five-year hiatus.” Based on Kenneth Bryan, Minister of Tourism and Ports of the Cayman Islands and Chairman of the Cayman Islands Tourism Group (CTO), the calibre of the submitted work is extremely indicative of the way forward for media protection for our most important business.
A panel of judges evaluated entries submitted by public relations companies, CTO member international locations, and the media group utilizing varied standards, corresponding to content material, construction and type, title, high quality of language, and originality, to find out the victors. Entries should have been printed or broadcast in 2023 to be eligible for consideration.
The judging panel acknowledged the distinctive high quality of the analysis and reporting within the printed works, in addition to the spectacular scope and depth of the themes coated, of their announcement of their choices.
“The CTO is honored to acknowledge these distinctive professionals who’ve devoted their skills to showcasing the Caribbean’s magnificence and attract.” Dona Regis-Prosper, Secretary-Common of the Caribbean Tourism Group, expressed her gratitude and congratulations to all storytellers whose work was reviewed on behalf of the judging panel and our member international locations.
She additionally expressed her gratitude to the Cayman Islands Division of Tourism for its sponsorship and invaluable help in reviving the media awards occasion.
The whole checklist of Caribbean Media Awards winners follows.
Greatest Function Article or Story
Brent Pinheiro for “This Week in Journey: Studying The Artwork of Batik (in St. Kitts)” on CNC3 Tv in Trinidad
Diaspora Journalist of the 12 months
Melissa Noel from Essence Journal for “Trinidad’s Carnival Lastly Got here Again. Right here’s The whole lot You Missed”; “My Household’s New Vacation Custom Is Journey. Right here’s How We Did It”; and “Exploring Grenada’s Jab Jab Custom: A Image Of Black Expression And Liberation”
Greatest Information Reporting
Romardo Lyons for “Espresso Disaster” on TVJ
Greatest Private Immersive Story
Kaitlyn McNab for “Grenada’s Spicemas Carnival Revolutionized the Means I Assume About My Blackness and My Physique” in Teen Vogue
Greatest Photojournalism
Joshua Macey from Guyana for “Ehin Erin” on Instagram
Greatest Podcast/Radio
Giovanni Dennis from Radio Jamaica for “Interval Poverty and Local weather Change in Jamaica”
Greatest Social Media Marketing campaign
Jamaica Vacationer Board for “Valentine’s Day in Jamaica: Bravo TV’s Summer season Home, Lindsay Hubbard & Carl Radke”
Greatest Video Manufacturing
Brent Pinheiro for “This Week in Journey: Paragliding in Manzanilla” on CNC3 Tv in Trinidad
Rising Journalist of the 12 months
Brent Pinheiro from CNC3 Tv/Trinidad Guardian
