Journalism Training & Blog Funding

Thanks to funding from the Robinson trust, we’re able to kick off our Kalinago News Journalism project.

The aim of the project is to select Kalinago people of any age who have an interest in writing and journalism, and pay for them to undertake a part-time distance learning course in News Journalism with the London School of Journalism. The course is estimated to take around 12 months.

So far, the students selected for the course are: Maureen Valmond, Ferdison Valmond, Jenny Riscia Ellick, and Vincia Massala Casey. As well as receiving one-to-one tuition, the students may also receive help and coaching from former Kibe’kuati director and travel journalist, Paul Crask.

To date; Ferdison Valmond has graduated from the London School of Journalism being one of the first journalists in the Kalinago Territory

To date; Riscia Ellick has graduated from the London School of Journalism being one of the first journalists in the Kalinago Territory.