Caribbean PR industry
It’s official - IABC Barbados launched
It’s been in the works for some months well. Christal McIntosh, my fellow Caribbean public relations practitioners, had been toying with the idea of creating a Barbados Public Relations Association, and when she mentioned it to me, I wholeheartedly encouraged her to start one, and as an IABCer of course I encouraged her to align […]
Barbados gets its own public relations association
Theorists claim that when an industry has an association of its own, that’s the day it becomes a profession. Well, the Barbados public relations industry will soon take that big step in heightening its profile, and creating a forum for public relations practitioners to network, collaborate, and access resources that will enhance their skills.
Members of […]
Profiling Caribbean Public Relations - Interviewing Jamaica
Cloreth Greene (Third from left, in heavy discussion with her IABC colleagues)
Here’s the second instalment of the Profiling Caribbean PR interview series, featuring Cloreth Greene (Accredited Business Communicator), Managing Director of the communications consultancy Wild and Wonderful, and past President of the IABC Caribbean chapter (based in Jamaica).
Where do you work, and what does your […]
Recognising the value of magazines as media channels - the disconnect with corporate communicators
Guest post by Laura Dowrich-Phillips
The relationship between public relations and marketing practitioners and those of us on the media fringe is something that has been bothering me for some time. The media field is very wide, yet magazine publishers, and new media such as blogs and online publishers are still not regarded within the ambit […]
Profiling Caribbean Public Relations: Interviewing Barbados
Photo: Christal McIntosh at work.
Ever since I started this blog, I’ve wanted to start a series of interview with public relations and marketing practitioners from throughout the region. Today marks the start of the “Profiling Caribbean PR” series, and features Christal McIntosh from Barbados. Christal is a Corporate Communications Specialist at the Barbados Tourism Authority, […]
