…vows to provide the Region with timely, unbiased news
Award-winning journalist, Vanessa Braithwaite-Moore on Sunday launched INFO 10 Media, a new print and online news outlet, the first of its kind in the mining town of Linden, Region Ten.
Braithwaite-Moore, a former reporter at the Guyana Chronicle, said that INFO 10 Media’s first monthly newspaper will be available for purchase from Tuesday. She said the newspaper has dedicated an entire section to small business promotion.
“During this pandemic period, we have seen scores of small businesses being established by our young people. We will use our platforms to promote these businesses and to make the necessary representation for them to benefit from government and private incentives,” she said.
Braithwaite-Moore earned the Young Journalist of the Year Award in 2018.
Minister within the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Public Affairs, Kwame McCoy, said Government will leave no stone unturned in the evolution of the media to ensure the public’s right to information is safeguarded.
He said there is a place for journalism and entrepreneurship in the management of information while describing the launch of INFO10 Media as significant milestone.
“Today we celebrate one such ground breaking press freedom event which marks the beginning of a bold entrepreneurial project that seeks to marry the rewarding elements of business with those of journalism,” the Minister said.
McCoy highlighted also the importance of the media and journalism. the pivotal role of the media in today’s society. “We must redouble our efforts to remain actively engaged in the patriotic efforts to safeguard democracy itself and the integrity of the most sacred arm of our governance structure – the fourth estate. We must uphold and defend their freedom to investigate, write, publish and broadcast truths, whatever those truths are and wherever they will lead,” he said.
Meanwhile, Svetlana Marshall-Abrams, Executive Member of the Guyana Press Association (GPA), encouraged INFO 10 Media to remain grounded, to pride itself in fairness and accuracy and to apply the basic tenets of the profession to its work.
“This is the only way to win the commitment of citizens interested in unbiased news,” she said as she congratulated Braithwaite-Moore and team. She said the GPA has full confidence in her leadership in Braithwaite-Moore’s leadership. (Modified from DPI)
