{"id":193580,"date":"2024-01-09T12:50:09","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T16:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=193580"},"modified":"2024-01-09T12:50:09","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T16:50:09","slug":"opinion-news-and-journalism-in-antigua-and-barbuda-are-trash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/opinion-news-and-journalism-in-antigua-and-barbuda-are-trash\/","title":{"rendered":"OPINION: News and journalism in Antigua and Barbuda are trash"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Antiguans have a bizarre and unrealistic entitlement to good journalism, as if it were a public service, or as if it were tax funded, or as if they weren’t mostly a bunch of cheapskates who would prefer free news rather than paying a subscription.<\/p>

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This is not to say that it is difficult to understand where the entitlement comes from. The value that good journalism has in a society like ours cannot be exaggerated.<\/p>\n

Good journalism can provide an adversarial check to those with power. It can expose wrongdoing, corruption, and unethical behaviour in the public and private sectors. It is a vital component of the everyday diet of information which we use to form our opinions, our biases, and to inform our actions. But the question is, does Antigua and Barbuda really deserve anything better?<\/p>

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This place is graveyard for journalists. There is literally, almost nowhere for them to practice their craft without political directorship or censorship. They are largely paid dirt.<\/p>

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Additionally, while the prospect of shining a light in dark places is a nice clich\u00e9 for most citizens, journalist actually worry about the victimisation they are likely to suffer if they genuinely go hard on the stories that we all know need to be pursued.<\/p>\n

The public will surely say, “We need fearless journalists”.\u00a0 What I would say is, journalists need subscribers and advertisers. Good journalism is not cheap and it sure as f*ck isn’t free. When you pay dirt, you get crappy reporters who are unskilled and poorly trained. And most media outlets pay dirt.<\/p>

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What’s worse, is that with government and politician owned media outlets sucking up market share in terms of advertising, there is less left for those who actually want to practice independent journalism.<\/p>\n

Most of the iconic names we know in journalism in Antigua and Barbuda have moved on to greener pastures or have totally changed careers, giving up on something they likely loved, but which could not buy a house, fill a retirement fund, or put children through university.<\/p>

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So, what does Antigua and Barbuda really expect? Journalists here get sh*t pay, work in minimally staffed newsrooms; are assigned to cover everything under the sun as opposed to being given a specific, longterm focus; endure political overlordship, contend with editorial censorship, are poorly trained, are ill-equipped, and are likely highly unmotivated, in an economy where politicians and the state gobble up advertisers’ spend, and most citizens are likely to be too cheap or to broke to subscribe to news content if they meet a pay wall on Observer, or ANR or any of the sites they go to for their FREE news content.<\/p>

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I remember that people here were so cheap, that they would rather wait for one newspaper to be passed around a whole office and all its staff, than to pay a few dollars to get their own. This was when we had physical papers.<\/p>\n

So, when people ask, “Where are the journalists? Why aren’t the journalists looking into this?” or say, “Journalism is dead in this country,” it betrays a sort of entitlement. Why are you entitled to the work of journalists to help keep your society transparent and your elites accountable? Do you pay journalists? Do you advertise with independent media houses?<\/p>\n

Have you ever stopped to think about the politicians you are electing and whether they have helped to strange journalism in Antigua and Barbuda through censorship and political control?<\/p>\n

So, what makes you entitled to the tedious, day-to-day sacrifice of some lowly paid, overworked, disillusioned journalist in a newsroom somewhere? Why should they go and challenge the politicians, officials and corrupt oligarchs, whom you dare not raise your own voice against? You reap what you sow, remember?<\/p>\n

Antiguans and Barbudans on a whole are a civically disengaged people. Many of you do not vote. Many of you would not support any form of advocacy or activism. Many of you would not even want to be interviewed by the same journalists you hope will keep your leaders accountable.<\/p>\n

If you were an expert on a certain topic, or had knowledge of this or that, you would say, “keep my name out of it, I can’t go on record, I don’t want to be vicitmized.” But you expect to have a robust cadre of highly qualified, dedicated professionals working as journalists to whip your society into shape? Makes no sense. You get what you paid for. And you don’t pay a cent.<\/p>\n

And yes, I think we can all acknowledge that journalism in Antigua and Barbuda is truly tragic at this point.<\/p>\n

The quality of stories and range of coverage coming out of Observer’s newsroom has descended dramatically over the decade. Front page stories are often complete random irrelevance, fillers, and nothing articles.<\/p>\n

Press releases become whole stories. Headlines report on the fact that a routine event happened as opposed to reporting on any key outcome of the event, or a critical stance taken by any attendees.<\/p>\n

For example, a headline that reads “Ministry hosts workshop” is a complete waste of time. Who cares if a workshop was held, or a forum happened? Tell us what came out of it.<\/p>\n

The paper clearly has a UPP slant and the organisation itself c peas has a strong alliance with the UPP, with one of its leaders Watts, himself being a UPP MP.<\/p>\n

ABS practices censorship of anything that paints the government in a bad light, and in so doing, supports the governing ABLP.<\/strong> This really is a total disgrace, because it means that we as citizens, are literally paying to be mislead by biased reporting from so-called journalists who are essentially civil servants, since they work for a government department.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pointe FM is obviously Gaston’s baby. It too, censors its reporting heavily. Its paper and radio news are truly dogsh*t . Reading the Pointe Xpress daily feels like you’re being lectured by Max Hurst on the virtues of the Labour Party.<\/p>\n

I haven’t listened to ZDK’s news in many years but that’s because it was never any good, and I don’t imagine that it is any better today. Twin Island Media doesn’t appear to have much of a newsroom. They generally give a synopsis of reports from other outlets in the mornings when I’ve listened.<\/p>\n

I’m not sure if WTP, owned by the Agriculture Minister, actually has a news arm, but if so, its presence is not felt.<\/p>\n

Then there’s the purely online operations. Antigua News Room post alot, but more depth is required, likely due to the fact that neither organisation, I would assume, has a large, active, and dedicated news staff.<\/p>\n

Antigua.news and\u00a0islandpressbox.com\u00a0have added their names to the list of news outlets. Press Box tends to put more effort into the content, but there is not much of it, and Antigua.news is not really distinguishing itself from ANR in any particular way.<\/p>\n

Real News is a UPP outlet, but it’s rabid. It’s worse than Pointe FM and ABS in many ways. At Point and at ABS, they censor the news and exaggerate the reports that paint the government in a good light. But Real News reports serious claims and allegations casually, without any supporting evidence, or on record corroboration, or even balancing the report with a response from the person supposedly implicated. I am extremely wary of anything coming out of that outlet. Back in the day, the UPP used to have Monte Friesner on its station as some sort of guru of truth. What a time.<\/p>\n

So, all in all, news and journalism in Antigua and Barbuda are trash. It’s mostly shallow trash that scratches the surface of real issues but does not expend the effort to do serious reporting, talk to multiple people, get records in support of a story, take pictures, record interviews, challenge those implicated, seek expert analysis, etc.<\/p>\n

In its place, we have a lot of fluff, press releases, censored news, PR pieces to make the government look good, and endless reports from government spokesmen and ministers, as if what they say is the Gospel.<\/p>\n

But what do you really want? Are you ready to pay a subscription every month? Or will you try to get the news for free through some hack? Does your business advertise with a local nonpartisan media outlet, or are you propping up politicians’ media houses with thousands of dollars of your advertising spend?<\/p>\n

Do you want to apply for a job as a journalist? Or do you want to actually live well and make a proper salary was mek ya can nyam salmon at least once a month, and buy charmim ultra soft once a year?<\/p>\n

Are you willing to go on record when the journalists call? Or do you expect to put them out in front, while you remain an anonymous source in the background, taking credibility away from their reporting.<\/p>\n

What do you really want?<\/p>\n

Sincerely,<\/p>\n

Samantha K. Rodrigues<\/p>\n

(Was a journalist, moved on since Covid)<\/p>\n

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