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Kris Rampersad is a writer, researcher, lecturer, journalist, publisher, activist and advocate from Trinidad and Tobago. ==Biography== Rampersad started her career as a freelance journalist at the San Fernando office of the ''Trinidad Guardian'', before being called three months later to join the staff of the Port of Spain headquarters, where she has worked in various capacities as reporter of health, education, culture and politics. She has written ''Guardian'' columns such as "Discover Trinidad and Tobago", "Teenlife", "Environment Friendly", "In Gabilan", "I Beg to Move", "The Week That Was", and "The C Monologues", as Literarily. She served as Editor of its ''U Magazine'' and ''Sunday Guardian'' Editor. She covered most of the Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt involving activities at Trinidad and Tobago Television for the ''Guardian'' during July 1990. She was one of the founding journalists at ''Newsday'', following completion of a degree in literature and PhD at the University of the West Indies. Rampersad holds awards in Journalism (BWIA Media Awards for Excellence in Journalism - Social and Economic Commentary and Pan American Health Journalism Award for Excellence in Health Reporting. She also received a Nuffield Foundation Press Award at Wolfson College, Cambridge University, the Foreign Press Centre of Japan Fellowship and a Government of India ITEC Scholarship to the Indian Institute of Mass Communication where she received its highest, the Rajasthan Patrika Award. Rampersad has worked on media strategies for the Commonwealth Foundation, Caribbean Institute of Agricultural Research and Development, and pioneered the Excellence in Agricultural Journalism Award of 2010. She has prepared, presented and published numerous papers on media, culture and gender including at Caribbean Cultural Diversity to UNESCO, Commonwealth Diversity Conferences, Arcade/Acted, among others.〔("Kris Rampersad Speaks about Caribbean Cultural Assets", Repeating Islands, 18 June 2010. )〕〔("Minister Gopeesingh Heads Delegation to UNESCO's General Conference", Ministry of Education, 25 October 2011. )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kris Rampersad」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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