14422: Edouard - AHP (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Felix Edouard <loveayiti@hotmail.com>



As I asked the question, I was told of the AHP website and would like to
share the decription with the list. I don't know how its funded and believe
it may be independant (while pro-lavalas) but here it goes..


AHP
"Haiti's only local news agency, Agence Haïtienne de Presse (AHP), was
founded in 1989. It was created to compensate for the lack of information on
Haiti and to buid stronger ties with both the diaspora and the rest of the
world.

AHP has grown to a staff of 12 in its main Port-au-Prince office. We have
another 10 correspondents positioned around the country and one each in the
Dominican republic, Canada and the United States, where there are large
haitian populations.

The Haitian Press Agency publishes daily news releases in french and
English. Each year, AHP publishes a synopsis of events that have occured
during the calendar year.

We also prepare reports on subjects of common interest, such as elections,
the democratic process and the press. In 1992, AHP published a report on
attacks directed at the press and haitian journalists that occured during
the first year of the military coup d'?tat.

All of haiti's radio and television stations, foreign and local press,
diplomatic missions and international organizations use AHP's services. It
represents the principal source of news for the country.

Since its creation, haitian citizens are now better informed, in broad part
because radio stations broadcast news dispersed by AHP. We cover a wide
range of topics, from political, economic and agricultural news to issues
concerning women, peasants, farmers and artists.

AHP's dynamic director, Georges Venel Remarais, who graduated in journalism
from University of montreal in Canada, has 18 years of reporting experience.
>From 1978 to 1989, he was the Information Director of the catholic radio
station, Radio Soleil. From 1990 to 1994 Mr. Remarais ran Haiti's only
Creole newspaper, Libete. He is one of the founding members of Info Service,
an organization that lends technical and logistical support to journalists,
and served on its Board of Directors from 1994 to 1996. He has also reported
for foreign press agencies, including ANSA and DPA."

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Addition:

I was told by an informed source close to the government that AHP is
independant and does not receive funding.




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