CAPITOL News anchorman, Neil Marks, yesterday became President of the Guyana Press Association (GPA) after being the only nominee for the post. The election, which was coupled with an Annual General Meeting, was held at the Theatre Guild, Kingston, and had been overdue since the last of its kind was held in 2009.

Appointed yesterday were Neil Marks as President, Samantha Williams as Vice-President, Iva Wharton as Secretary, Gaulbert Sutherland as Treasurer, and Fareeza Haniff as Assistant Secretary. Executive Members are Leon Horatio, Nazima Raghubir, Denis Chabrol and Enrico Woolford.
Following his appointment, Marks expressed his appreciation for the confidence invested in him by members of the GPA, and vowed to push the Association forward in their efforts to improve journalism in Guyana.
According to him, the goal of the GPA is to build a developmental model for the media which will aid in better reportage of news nationally. As such, one of his goals is to focus his energies on establishing a secretariat to aid in its developmental process and reactivate the association which was considered dormant.
Additionally, efforts will be made to facilitate more training sessions for media workers, including photographers and videographers.
Meanwhile, immediate past president, Gordon Moseley extended his support to the newly- appointed executive board which he considered “young” and capable of pushing the work of the association. He added that it is expected that while these new executives will “pick up and move forward”, the membership will continue to lend their support in this regard.