New media association chooses interim executive Sunday

A new Media association will be formally launched on Sunday in Chaguanas.

A release from the Association of Independent Media of Trinidad and Tobago (AIMtt) states that there will be no membership fee for the new organisation, which will represent workers in convention radio, tv and print as well as persons working in new media, including social networks and blogs.

Sunday's meeting is being held at Plaza De Montrose, Chaguanas Main Road starting at 2 in the afternoon. media veteran Marcel Mahabir, one of the founders of FM103, will address the gathering. he will discuss the challenges of establishing of a new institution within an old order.

AIMtt is also expecting a specially invited "surprise speaker" from within the media fraternity who will speak about failures within MATT, the Media Association of Trinidad and Tobago.

AIMtt was established as an alternative to MATT. Its FACEBOOK welcome pages states:

"Given that in the past the Media Association of Trinidad & Tobago has been slow to respond to issues such as the threat to journalist such as Sasha Mohammed , Andre Bagoo, and Kevin Baldeosingh during the Manning led PNM Administration and the alacrity in which the association has responded to the issue of Fazeer Mohammed many have wondered about the political agenda of the Executive of MATT."

Sunday's meeting will choose an interim executive.