MIC 2025 Media Summit Booklet

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WESLEY GIBBINGS

Wesley Gibbings is a Trinidadian journalist, author, media trainer, and press freedom advocate with over four decades of experience in the media industry. His career encompasses extensive work in print, broadcast, newswire, and online platforms, focusing on Caribbean public affairs and media development. Gibbings has been a pivotal figure in Caribbean journalism. He is the founding president of the Association of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM) and has served multiple terms as president of the Media Association of Trinidad and Tobago (MATT). Currently, he holds the position of Vice President at the Media Institute of the Caribbean (MIC) and serves on the Governing Council of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX) and the Steering Committee of the Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD). His commitment to press freedom has earned him international recognition. In 2017, he received the Percy Qoboza Foreign Journalist Award from the U.S. National Association of Black Journalists for his work in promoting press freedom in the Caribbean. He has also been honoured by the Trinidad and Tobago Publishers and Broadcasters Association with e Lifetime Achievement Award.

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