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Claudia Gardner has been a practicing journalist for more than 17 years, most of which have been spent at The Jamaica Gleaner newspaper. She studied Media and Communication at the Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication (CARIMAC) at the University of the West Indies (UWI), where she specialized in Print and Online Journalism as well as Social Marketing. In June 2007 she won the “Caribbean Hotel Association/Caribbean Tourism Organisation/American express Print Journalism Award for “Excellence in Tourism Reporting” at the Caribbean Tourism Media Awards in Miami. The CHA, CTO and American Express noted that her research and writing provided outstanding examples of reporting that would be recognized anywhere in the world.

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10 Finalists For 2022 Jamaica Festival Song Competition Chosen

Three weeks after she initially announced the scrapping of the now re-instated National Festival Song Competition, Culture and Entertainment Minister Olivia “Babsy” Grange, has announced that the selection process for the 10 finalists for the 2022 Jamaica Festival Song Competition is now complete.

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Ding Dong Advocates For Dancehall Dancers

Dancehall star Ding Dong is lamenting the fact that Jamaican Dancehall dancers and creators of dance moves have, over the years, for the most part, been mistreated and sidelined, despite their critical importance to the genre and culture.

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‘The Good In Dancehall Outweighs The Bad’

Acclaimed Jamaican dancer and lecturer at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Dance, Maria Hitchins, has joined her compatriot Ding Dong, in dispelling the notion that the Dancehall genre, comprises more bad than good content.