Public Media Alliance Global Grants – Applications Now Open
The Public Media Alliance is pleased to announce that after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, applications for the PMA Global Grants are now open. Whether that means…
May 3rd : World Press Freedom Day Round Table – Navigating the Infodemic with Media and Information Literacy
UNESCO invites you to participate in the Round Table and book presentation Navigating the Infodemic with Media and Information Literacy (MIL), together with the network of Public Defenders…
Save The Date! – 53rd Annual General Assembly to be held Aug 15-17, 2022
The 53rd edition of the CBU's Annual General Assembly will be held in partnership with the Tobago House of Assembly on the island of Tobago, from August 15th to 17th,…
UNESCO World Trends In Freedom of Expression and Media Development : Global Report 2021/2022
UNESCO's World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development: Global Report 2021/2022, analyses the state of media freedom, pluralism, independence, and safety of journalists over the past five years. The report…
UNESCO: The business model of the news media is broken; our fundamental right to information at risk
UNESCO - Paris, 10 March 2022 - A New UNESCO report examining global trends in freedom of expression and media development from 2016-2021 highlights the existential threat social media now…
The Existential Threat posed by Big Tech Platforms to Caribbean Journalism and Democracy
This paper is not alarmist. It is not sensational. It is the perspective of small media entities in developing societies which, in some cases, have a disproportionate impact on news,…
CBU Members Joining The Global Celebration Of Radio And Trust
President of the Caribbean Broadcasting Union, Mrs. Kayleaser Deveaux-Isaacs is pleased to extend best wishes to the more than a dozen members of the Union who offer radio services on…
World Radio Day 2022 – Radio and Trust
February 13th was proclaimed World Radio Day in 2011 by the Member States of UNESCO and adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2012 as an International Day. Now…
TVJ switches on the World’s Third NextGen Digital Television Service
Kingston, Jamaica. January 31, 2022. Television Jamaica Limited (TVJ) on Monday joined only two other countries globally to start transmission of the most modern television standard available today, the Advanced…
Using 5G network slicing to create new public service opportunities
Building on earlier experiences with 5G-based live productions, RTVE investigated how a portable small-cell network could help coverage of events in isolated locations, writes David Corral Hernández. The latest innovation…