John Lent, Mass Communications in the Caribbean.[1]
- McMurtie 1943b, 1: Jean Viloux, editor of the first newspaper in Trinidad, the weekly Gazeta, was deported by the governor for printing "various articles from foreign newspapers about the current revolution in France, which were published items calculated to spread discussion, corruption of the true faith, and disturb the good order of our rule" (p. 9)
- Carmichael 1966, 88: when Gov. Woodford was unhappy with something published he would ask the editor to borrow the handle of their printing press, suspending publication until he chose to return it (p. 9)
- Wood 1968, 306: Trinidadian newspapers took credit for the recall of the governor (1880), dismissal of the AG (1870), censure of the CJ (1892) (p. 12)
- Only newspaper in Trinidad that predates the 20th century: Catholic News (1892) (p. 12)
Roderick Cave: The First Trinidad Guardian.[2]
- In 1825, single biweekly paper, the Trinidad Gazette. Published by Englishman William Lever.
- Unhappy with criticism, Woodford withdrew contract as government printer, and on 14 September 1825 (vol. 5, no. 523) announced its end. And two successors - the Port of Spain Gazette and the Trinidad Guardian
David Trotman[3]
Mass Media in the Caribbean[4]
George Goddard: Forty years in the steelbands, 1939-1979.[5]
John Lent: The Oldest Existing Newspapers in the Commonwealth Caribbean[6]
- Brereton p.62: W. R. Gawthorne, editor of Star of the West. Horsewhipped "no fewer than four times" for insulting the elites.
References
edit- ^ Lent, John A. (1990). Mass Communications in the Caribbean (1st ed.). Ames: Iowa State University Press. ISBN 0-8138-1182-1. OCLC 21301975.
- ^ Cave, Roderick (1978). "The First Trinidad Guardian". Publishing History. 3: 61–66.
- ^ Trotman, David Vincent (1986). Crime in Trinidad : conflict and control in a plantation society, 1838-1900. Internet Archive. Knoxville, TN : University of Tennessee Press. ISBN 978-0-87049-491-8.
- ^ Mass media and the Caribbean. Internet Archive. New York : Gordon and Breach. 1990. ISBN 978-2-88124-447-6.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Goddard, George (1991). Forty years in the steelbands, 1939-1979. Roy Darrow Thomas. London: Karia Press. ISBN 1-85465-034-3. OCLC 25740724.
- ^ Lent, John A. (1976). "The Oldest Existing Newspapers in the Commonwealth Caribbean". Caribbean Quarterly. 22: 90–106.