Raoul Pantin, 63, is a former editor of The Trinidad Express Newspaper, and a former business, general and political reporter for radio, television and newspapers in Trinidad and Tobago. He retired from The Trinidad Express in 2005.
A graduate of Fatima College in Trinidad, he is also the holder of a diploma in journalism from the Thomson Foundation in Cardiff, Wales. He has participated in a variety of journalism courses, including a seminar in journalism at the University of Chicago. He has lectured in colleges and universities in the United States, and parts of the Caribbean and South America.
Raoul Pantin is a recipient of many awards for excellence in journalism and has been recognized as a short story writer, and stage and screen playwright. His 1974 screenplay, ?Bim,? was produced and directed by the late American editor of ?Midnight Cowboy, Hugh A. Robertson. ?Bim? has been hailed as one of the best films made in Trinidad and Tobago. Pantin is also the author of ?Journey,? a collection of poetry.
In 2006, he was honored by British Petroleum (BP) Trinidad and Tobago, in conjunction with the Media Association of Trinidad and Tobago (MATT) and the Trinidad and Tobago Publishers and Broadcasters,(TTPBA), at the annual Luminaries of Journalism Award for outstanding journalism. Pantin is the author of BLACK POWER DAY and THE HISTORY OF THE TRINIDAD EXPRESS NEWSPAPER.
