John mair biography coventry
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Page URL: HTML link: Citations:Until the end of July, senior journalism lecturer John Mair will work with the president Bharrat Jagdeo and a team of civil servants enforcing the country's media code of conduct.
Mr Mair, who was born in Guyana and lived there until the age of ten, said the country's two major political parties were currently unable to agree on an election date, and added: "There are many machine gun-related incidents and the country has a thriving cocaine transportation culture."
Over the past decade, John has advised President Jagdeo, and those before him, on various media issues.
When he comes back to Coventry he'll give a talk at the university about his experience.
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John Mair is a senior lecturer in broadcasting at Coventry University. He was born in Guyana and regularly returns there to help build local media, print and TV. Previous posts looked at the Caricom Summit held July 2-5 in Georgetown. Trinidad and Barbados were the final stops.
After experiencing Guyanese ‘journalism’ during the Caricom summit, any order is better. In Trinidad, there is much economic prosperity due to oil and natural gas: ‘What recession?’ they ask here. The economy is healthy but the society has some of the fissures of Guyana.
Trinidad politics
Indians were brought here in thousands as indentured labourers to replace the freed black slaves one hundred and seventy years ago. They live in the south of the island, the African Trinidadians in the North. They have much of the wealth, the prime minister and his ruling PNM party are black and have the political power.
There is much violent crime – especially kidnappings and murders – and that is the staple fare of the super tabloids who make up the Trinidad & Tobago newspaper market. The Guardian, the Express and Newsday are much the same. Screaming headlines on the cover but much content inside. They are big in pagination and include lots of classified ads.
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