Kris Rampersad

Kris Rampersad is a writer, researcher, lecturer, journalist, publisher, activist and advocate from Trinidad and Tobago. Born in rural Trinidad, she began as a freelance journalist at the San Fernando office of the Trinidad Guardian and within three months joined the staff at its Port of Spain headquarters, where she reported on health, education, culture and politics, wrote several named columns, and edited U Magazine and the Sunday Guardian. She covered much of the July 1990 Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt for the paper and was one of the founding journalists at Newsday. She completed a PhD at the University of the West Indies. Her honours include BWIA Media Awards for Excellence in Journalism, a Pan American Health Journalism Award and, in 2018, the National Medal (Gold) for Distinguished Contributions to the Development of Women/Journalism. She also writes and teaches on education, media and culture in new media, and has served as Vice President of the Commonwealth Journalist Association.