The Independent (Belize)
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The Independent is a newspaper scheduled to begin publishing in November or December of 2006. It will be published weekly.
Meb Cutlack has been confirmed as editorial director of the Independent. The Australian has previously written for the Reporter and contributed to the Amandala.
Karla Vernon has been confirmed as general editor. The media veteran has worked for the former Radio Belize, Channel 5, The Reporter and The San Pedro Sun. Her husband Trevor will serve as business manager; he heads the Independent's publishing company, Independent Publishing, and National Printers, the printing home of the Independent.
[edit] Criticism
Before it has even printed a single page, the Independent is already under fire by The Belize Times, paper for the ruling People's United Party. The Times claims the Independent, based on the record of Cutlack and Vernon, will be pro-UDP, but welcomed them nonetheless.
Channel 5, in reporting the story on November 7, poked fun at Cutlack's aggressive writing style, but praised former news editor Vernon as a balance to Cutlack. It remains to be seen how the Independent will respond to these statements in its first issue.
