CBU to mark World Press Freedom Day with webinar, 3 new members

Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) will mark World Press Freedom Day on May 5 with a webinar under the UNESCO-designated theme ‘Shaping a Future at Peace’.

The event, beginning at 9:30 am, will place the focus on media viability.

Through the event, participants are expected to gain a better understanding of the key factors affecting public sector and independent media services viability and pathways to improved resilience of the sector.

The event’s presenters include UNESCO Caribbean Representative Eric Falt; CBU President Anthony Greene; executive director, Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica, Cordel Green; past president of Caribbean Chamber of Commerce Petipha Lewis; CEO of Media InSite Allison Demas; and senior lecturer at the Caribbean School of Media & Communication at The University of the West Indies Dr Livingston White.

Moderator will be CBU Immediate Past President Dr Claire Grant.

As the CBU joins the global media sector in marking World Press Freedom Day 2026 it welcomes to its membership three new members — Compass TV, a member of the Compass Media group based in the Cayman Islands; DigitalShark Inc, as an associate member from Barbados; associate member Cayman Islands Government Department of Communications.

The newest CBU members join a grouping of nearly three dozen media houses, educational institutions, regulators, and independent producers who collectively offer programme sharing, capacity building, policy advice and other sectoral development activities in the Dutch, English, French, and Spanish Caribbean.