Speaker Bios - Mr. Jabari Fraser

 

Jabari Fraser is an award-winning journalist at CCN TV6. He is an honours graduate of the University of the West Indies, with a BA in Latin American Studies/Spanish and a Postgraduate Diploma in Foreign Language Interpreting. He is an occasional columnist with the Trinidad Express.

Jabari is known for his versatile journalistic work; whether for tough interviews of politicians or informed, thorough and colourful coverage of culture, T&T and Caribbean issues.

He has been an English Language tutor at Universidad EAN, Bogotá, Colombia.

Over the last few years, he has worked as a freelance correspondent for the TeleSur English, the Associated Press and the BBC World Service.

At present, Jabari is the Secretary of the Media Association of Trinidad and Tobago. He is also First Vice President of the Association of Caribbean Media Workers and a member of the Coordinating Committee of the Latin American Council of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX).