Lennox Samuels: the name might not ring a bell here in Belize but in American media it does. Samuels is a Belizean born Pulitzer Prize winning journalist. He is in Belize and today he was the main presenter at the 5th annual Silvanna Udz Leckcha series at the University of Belize. The theme of his presentation was "Enemies of the people and Fake News: How the assault on the media by Demagogues like Trump threatens democracy and makes the world more dangerous."
Lennox Samuels is a reporter, writer, editor and media consultant based in Bangkok, Thailand. His 40-year career includes stints as an education writer, investigative reporter, fashion editor, city editor, news executive, and foreign correspondent. He has travelled to scores of countries on every continent. His international assignments have included covering the long-running conflict in Somalia and the war in Iraq. Samuels was an editor on the multi-part newspaper series "Violence Against Women," which won the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting in 1994.
Samuels will meet with Belizean journalists for a workshop this Saturday the 8th at the UB Belmopan campus.
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