MINISTER within the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Public Affairs, Kwame McCoy, said that the Media and Communication Academy will train a new generation of storytellers to reflect Guyana’s diversity and meet the communication demands of a rapidly developing country.
“At the heart of this Academy is a bold vision, I hold dear to shape the next generation of storytellers who reflect the diverse voices of our beautiful nation,” he said recently while speaking to the 2025 cohort of the academy.
McCoy added that this vision goes even further.

According to him, the Academy is also about building national capacity, ensuring that Guyana has a strong, skilled, and adequate media corps, ready to meet the communication demands of a rapidly developing country.
“We are laying the foundation for a resilient media landscape, anchored in excellence and integrity. I am deeply proud of the work we are doing to equip young people with practical training, strong mentorship and meaningful engagement with seasoned industry professionals,” he said.
McCoy believes that in the spirit of ‘One Guyana’, the Academy is a space where inclusivity thrives, where every voice is heard, every region is represented and every background is valued.
The Media and Communications Academy was officially launched on World Press Freedom Day, May 3, 2022, by Minister McCoy.

The Academy was created as a necessary intervention to upskill and further professionalise the local media industry for the evolving socio-economic landscape.
It is also geared towards increasing the capacity of media workers in the private and public sectors, assisting passionate writers and communicators in kick-starting or advancing their careers, by providing training sessions to upskill and equip them with professional practices needed in the media industry.
Media operatives across the private and public sectors are allowed to gain world-class competencies, in keeping with the government’s dedication to fostering vast improvements across the media landscape.

Courses offered include speech writing, news presentation, feature writing, social media and marketing, documentary making, filmmaking and print journalism.
The Office of the Prime Minister’s Media and Communications Academy officially opened at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre in 2023.

More than 60 participants were engaged in an Introduction to Communications session facilitated by communications specialist, Martina Johnson.