With a deeply rooted passion for transparency, justice, and freedom of information, Shikema Dey is a young, vibrant journalist who has been steadfast in her journey as a media professional. Dey entered the profession in 2014. In 2016, she joined Kaieteur News, the leading print media entity in Guyana where she played a crucial role in covering the controversial 2020 National and Regional Elections. She was on the frontline as the No-Confidence Motion, court cases, campaign season, elections, and recount all unfolded, and provided detailed, and often live, coverage of these events. In 2021, she became part of the News Room’s dynamic team, bringing with her tenacity and commitment to truth and her role in the fourth estate. The 24-year-old has a keen interest in oil and gas, energy, public infrastructure, agriculture, social issues, features, and the environment. She has an Associate’s Degree in Arts from the University of Guyana—where during her studies, she represented the institution and country at the 2019 World Undergraduate Conference in Germany following her documentary on Guyana’s position as the then Suicide Capital. Her skills in media go beyond the pen, as she possesses a talent and keen interest in photography. Her ultimate goal is to ensure that corruption is kept at bay through the influence of the press.

• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Reporter / Journalist

Rustom Seegopaul is a professional content producer with almost two decades of experience in communications, production, content design for behavioral change, as well as media logistics coordination and distribution. His key areas of expertise include the development, implementation, monitoring and measuring of communications strategies and strategic communications initiatives, advertising and branding, targeted advocacy design, media production (both in traditional and new media), social media monitoring, asset creation, content distribution, training, visual storytelling and as a media liaison. Rustom has considerable experience working with the development and monitoring of communication and behavioral change strategies and initiatives in Guyana, Malaysia, China and Cambodia, and has had the opportunity to work with a number of organizations in the international news fraternity, the public and private sectors and extensively within the international donor community - the United Nations Children's Fund, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, the International Office of Migration, the Canadian International Development Agency through the Canadian Institute of Planners, the World Wildlife Fund, and Conservation International. He has a Master’s Degree in International Multimedia Journalism from the University of Bolton (UK) and a Bachelors Degree in Mass Communication from Curtin University of Technology (Australia). His work has been published and displayed in China, Canada, Cambodia, the United States and in his home country Guyana, where he is the two time winner of the Loyola Documentary Film Festival. Rustom is currently based in Moldova and is exploring cultural change and human movement with regard to the ongoing conflicts in continental Europe.

• Sound Mixer
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Fixer
• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP
• Drone Operator
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Reporter / Journalist

• Video Editor - Documentary
• Event Photographer
• Portrait Photographer
• Corporate Videographer
• Documentary DP

As far as I can remember, I've always had an overactive imagination. This worked in my favour growing up as the fourth of five children in a single parent home in Guyana's capital city, Georgetown. As you may've guessed, finances were limited, so toys weren't a priority. I had to make do with the little that was available to me. This meant that a dying fruit tree in the backyard became a military helicopter for special forces missions, and the backyard (in general) alternated between my personal version of the Star Wars type galaxies (each plant being a world of it's own) and the battlefront of the many wars my mind conjured up. As I grew, so did my imagination and my desire to create and tell stories. Today, I tell stories for a living. I design innovative, multifaceted strategies and approaches tailored to nurture meaningful connections between companies/causes/public individuals and the communities in which they serve and desire to create to a strong customer base and an enduring brand loyalty. I look forward to working with you to tell your story.

• Senior Editor
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Full-Service Live Production
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Event Photographer
• Fashion Photographer
• Portrait Photographer
• Series Producer / Show Runner
• Content Strategist
• Digital Content Creator
• Social Media Producer
• Audio Storyteller
• Commercial DP
• Corporate Videographer
• Documentary DP
• Copy Editor
• Copywriter

I've worked in the print and broadcast media in Guyana for the past 15 years. I currently work as News Anchor with a daily newscast in Guyana, while working as the Guyana Stringer for Reuters and contributing to several publications in and outside of Guyana. I have a strong interest in climate change and health reporting, but I cover any topic. I have twice won scholarships from the International Aids Society to attend and report from their conferences from Toronto and Sydney, and I have also won fellowships to attend and report from UN Climate Change conferences in Copenhagen and Cancun. I have a passion for world cultures, foods and languages. I speak English, Guyanese Creole and a bit of Mandarin Chinese.

• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• News Shooter / Video Journalist

Kojo McPherson is a Guyanese writer, spoken word artist, photographer and filmmaker. Kojo served on the scriptwriting team of popular Guyanese radio serial drama, Merundoi, for 4 ½ years. He has made three short films, 'Beached’, 'To the Night', and ‘Standing’. He is the winner of the CineCaribe screenplay competition and the RBC Focus - Filmmaker's Immersion best project & pitch competition. Kojo is the proud father of two girls, Kinaya and Mapenzi, with his partner Guyana Prize winning playwright Mosa Telford.

• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Documentary DP
• Reporter / Journalist

Well-developed, senior-level Journalistic skills from over 10 years of experience with a focus on political affairs, oil and gas industry, climate change, infrastructural development and international cooperation. Currently, working as a Senior Reporter and Assistant Editor at the Guyana Times (newspaper), Evening News (Television - Ch. 28) and INews (online).

• Reporter / Journalist