CARIBBEAN MEDIA SUMMIT 2024 AI, MEDIA & JOURNALISM NAVIGATING TODAY
Canute James Deputy Executive Director, IFEX
Dr. James is Adjunct Senior Lecturer and former Director of the Caribbean School of Media and Communication (Carimac) of the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies.
His training of journalists is mainly in newswriting, broadcast journalism and business journalism. Before joining the University, Dr. James was a reporter, presenter and producer with BBC Radio in London, and a reporter with the Financial Times of London. His journalism started with the Gleaner newspaper in Jamaica, and he was later editor of the Jamaica Daily News. Among his awards is the Maria Moors Cabot Prize for Journalism from the Graduate School of Journalism of Columbia University in New York.
Harvey Panka President, ACM
Harvey Milton Panka is a Surinamese senior journalist born, raised and living in Paramaribo. He has 28 years of experience in the field of broadcast journalism. Currently working at ATV-Suriname as a TV show host, news editor, program developer and producer.
Born on the 23th of September 1972, he started his a career as a 2 nd year law student from the Anton de Kom University of Suriname at the Suriname Television Foundation (STVS) in Paramaribo. After a year he became aware that Journalism was his true passion, so he quitted his study at the university to pursue a career in Journalism. He has done a lot of training and internships in his field, in Suriname, the Caribbean region, The Netherlands and China. He also holds a Bachelor of Art degree in Journalism and Communication. Harvey Panka is a lecturer at the Academy of Higher Arts and Culture Education (AHKCO) and President of the Association of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM) and the past General Secretary of ACM. Also he served on the board of the Association of Surinamese Journalists(ASJ), as Treasurer. He also serves on the Church council of the Trinitatis Lutheran Church as secretary. Harvey Panka is married and has 4 children.
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