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This Aruba Resort Has Wide Open Sand, Thoughtful Sustainability, and Adults-Only Vacations

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You don’t just feel the quiet. You absorb it. It almost feels impossibly serene, unimaginably relaxing.  Sure, Eagle Beach can feel wide and open even on its busiest days, but the resort has carved out a pocket of genuine calm — a stretch of soft sand and low-rise buildings where adults can settle into their […]

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In Jamaica, a Look at Modern Media

Exploring the media landscape Dr. Marcia Forbes CJ Contributor National Journalism Week The Press Association of Jamaica recently hosted a week of activities in celebration of Journalism Week. They invited me to make a presentation on ‘Modern Media: Competition and Customer Choices’.  I kicked off by asking the well organized session, with over 200 in […]

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A Major Caribbean Media Merger

Two media giants come together By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor #RJRGleaner Media Merger Here we were on the day before Jamaica’s August 6th celebration of it 53rd Independence Day, learning about the proposed merger of two of Jamaica’s oldest and most highly respected media entities – The 180-year-old Gleaner Newspaper and the 65-year-old RJR. […]

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The Business of Caribbean Blogging

By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor Blog Promo by Journo FOR SEVERAL reasons the newspaper ad surprised me. Firstly, it was placed by a journalist, a journo as they are also called, advertising himself and his skills, in particular his blog. I’ve never seen that before. Secondly, this journalist wrote/writes weekly for the competing newspaper in […]


A Major Caribbean Media Merger

By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor Media Everywhere – So What? I recently presented at a leadership conference which sought to get a glimpse of the future by examining today’s trends. The following are excerpts from that presentation which looked at media changes and potential opportunities. From Analogue to Digital In the ancient days of […]

Cayman Enterprise City Courts Tech Sector in United Kingdom

Above: Cayman Enterprise City By the Caribbean Journal staff The Cayman Enterprise City special economic zone has begun a campaign to court tech and media companies in the United Kingdom. The economic zone project says it is looking for companies in the internet and technology, media and marketing, commodities and derivatives, biotech and academic and […]

In Cayman, the Art of Jamaica

Above: “Young Mothers,” Karl Parboosingh, 1965, oil on hardboard. By the Caribbean Journal staff A new exhibition at the National Gallery of the Cayman Islands takes a look at the art of Jamaica in the 1960s and 1970s. This period of significant social and political upheaval in the country also saw a proliferation of art, […]

Social Media and Caribbean Politics

By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor Counting Facebook “Likes” & Twitter Followers I’m preparing to participate in a workshop hosted by a commercial broadcaster in Jamaica. The focus is on social media and their roles in today’s broadcast media organizations. Thinking through key points which must be highlighted brought me back to my early media […]

Jamaican Information Minister Proposes "Media Complaints Council"

Above: Information Minister Sandrea Falconer By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaican Information Minister Sandrea Falconer is proposing the establishment of a “Media Complaints Council,” which would deal with people who claim damage to their reputations due to media publications. Ostensibly, the council would mean that aggrieved persons would not have to resort to court action. […]

Cayman Signs Deal on Tech District

Above: Cayman Enterprise City By the Caribbean Journal staff The Cayman Islands Government has signed a deal allowing developer Cayman Enterprise City the exclusive right to construct, develop and maintain a special economic zone. The company’s project, Cayman Enterprise City, is intended to attract global science, technology media and other industries to Cayman. “CEC represents an […]