Port-of-Spain:The College of Science, Technology and Applied Arts,(COSTAATT) has launched a School of Journalism and Communication Studies in the name of media mogul Ken Gordon, a media veteran who spent most of his working life dedicated to the building and defending the media industry both locally and regionally.
Scores of current and veteran media practitioners and media owners joined COSTAATT at the launch in Port-of-Spain.
Gordon himself was moved by the tributes paid to him and got emotional when he recalled his own labours with colleagues to develop the media.
He said however, he's not entirely satisifed with what he sees in the media today. Gordon, who chaired a committee that had suggested to the previous government that a State of Emergency be implemented to address crime, says some of the criticism he has heard about the State of Emergency in the media is unwarranted, and he says the figures speak of success.
He's also calling for more to be done to improve diction and speech in the broadcast media, a task he believes the school must undertake.
Tertiary Education Minister Fazal Karim made it clear the government strongly supports a fiercely independent media, as he delivered an address on behalf of the Government.
The School of Journalism and Communications Studies will start in January, offering Bachelor's Degrees, Associate Degrees and Certificates.
It will also incliude a state of the art media centre and research institute.
Monique Amoroso
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Thank you!
Monique Amoroso
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Congratulations to Mr. Ken Gordon.
I am a passionate freelance writer, my interest on social ills in our society with the aim for a better Trinidad and Tobago. I have published my very own Magazine on homeless persons and The Drug Trade in Trinidad, and I am so very much interested in being part of this prestigious school in January 2012. i would like to enroll in your first batch of students. Thank you ! God Bless you Richly!