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Mitzi Allen
Mitzi Allen has been working in the media for the past 25 years
as a broadcast journalist and producer. Her career began in television in
Toronto, Canada as a reporter/news anchor then continued in Antigua & Barbuda
with various media organizations before she joined her husband as co-owner
of HAMA Productions, an independent film and television production company.
She is the producer of three feature films, The Sweetest Mango, No
Seed, and Diablesse along with a number of television programmes,
including the children‰s television program, Pet Playhouse for
the Humane Society of Antigua and Barbuda. This programme, which is aimed
at sensitizing children about animal welfare and conservation in the Caribbean,
was funded by The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA). Mitzi
has also produced a number of documentaries and news features, which are
distributed throughout the Caribbean and North America. Mitzi is now the
managing director of HAMA Inc. the owns and operates HAMA TV an independent
cable channel. She is also host of a popular morning radio programme Observer
A.M. in Antigua & Barbuda.
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Garfield Burford
Garfield Burford has been a broadcast journalist with CVM
Television in Jamaica since February, 2003, fulfilling a
long-time passion to report the news.
Even in his early stories at the station, he showed the acumen to thoroughly cover issues of national, regional and international significance. After a year at the station, his areas of focus narrowed to politics, finance and pressing social and development issues including HIV/AIDS.
At the age of 24, Garfield's short career was garlanded by the journalist of
the year award from the press association of Jamaica. This encapsulated the
respect and admiration with which he has been regarded by his peers in the
competitive and dynamic Jamaican media landscape. He is now one of CVM's parliamentary
reporters and is interested in doing more investigative reports.
He is delighted to be one of the co-hosts of the LIVE UP show, a pioneering media venture in the fight against HIV/AIDS in the region.
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