I am a writer and media producer based in Trinidad and Tobago. Follow me on Twitter @JanineMFranco.
Latest posts by Janine Mendes-Franco from August, 2013
27 August 2013
23 August 2013
Jamaican Media “Won't Call a Spade a Spade”
The questionable newspaper coverage of a fatal accident in Jamaica has one blog challenging the relevance of the country's mainstream media - not an uncommon gripe with regional netizens.
22 August 2013
East Port of Spain: A Pawn in Trinidad & Tobago's Politics?
As violent crime heats up in the eastern end of Trinidad's capital city, two bloggers discuss how the situation is being played by the media, the police and the government.
21 August 2013
Killing of Jamaican Transgender Teen: Not Just Another Murder
Hate crime? Lynching? Or just another murder? Bloggers continue to discuss the killing of Jamaican transgender teen Dwayne Jones, and what it means for the country's homophobic reputation.
8 August 2013
Talking with the 2013 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Co-Winner, Sharon Millar
Sharon Millar, blogger, gardener, writer and co-winner of the 2013 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, talks about her inspiration, her identity and how blogging helped jump start her fiction writing.
2 August 2013
Trinidad & Tobago: Emancipation Means Freedom for All
Prior to Emancipation Day, bloggers debated the concept of freedom in the context of the 23rd anniversary of the country's attempted coup.
