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Chairman & Founder of the Nation Publishing Co. Limited
Mr. Hoyte is a founding member of the Nation Newspaper and is the past President and Editor-in-Chief of The Nation Publishing Co. Limited in Barbados. A former President of the Caribbean Publishing and Broadcasting Association, he remains active in media organisations including the Commonwealth Press Union and the Inter-American Press Association.
A former Commonwealth Press Union Fellow and Eisenhower Fellow, he was recognized by Columbia University in the United States for his contribution to Caribbean journalism with the Maria Moors Cabot Citation in 1984. He was awarded the Gold Crown of Merit (GCM) by Barbados in 2003, is a Distinguished Honorary Fellow of the University of the West Indies and was awarded the honorary Doctor of Letters Degree by the University of the West Indies in October 2005.
A Member of the Board of One Caribbean Media (OCM) Limited, he also served for one year as a Board Member of the Jamaica Gleaner.
A former President of the Caribbean Publishing and Broadcasting Association, he is a member of the Commonwealth Press Union and the Inter-American Press Association; he is also on the Advisory Board of the International Centre for Journalists in Washington. |
