AWARDS CREDENCE

So the Hilton Trinidad's General Manager is the new voice of media awards in Trinidad and Tobago?
The Express has the story with some of the "awardees" all smiles with their trophies.
"CCN's Sunity Maharaj received the Lifetime Award in Television while the Newsday's John Babb received the Lifetime Achievement Award in Print." (Neither one is pictured).

Granted Hilton GM Ali Khan has been living in Trinidad for some years and throws some interesting parties that media people are invited to so they can rub shoulders with him, but does that make him an expert on what constitutes good "media"?
What is the judging criteria for the various categories? Who is on the panel of judges? Steups! Is this "award" show sanctioned by the Media Association of Trinidad and Tobago?
Remember now that MATT used to hold an annual media awards ceremony in conjunction with RBTT, but that has been on hold for the last few years, so maybe new MATT president Joanne Briggs can bring us up to speed on that.

Last year BPTT launched its Luminaries of Journalism Awards, again a corporate body deciding to pat journalists on the back for what they perceive as good "media". What's their judging criteria?

Seems that anyone can now conjure up an awards scheme for journalists and it will be totally accepted. Why? Because journalists feel they need to be patted on the back so it doesn't matter who hands out awards or what criteria is used for judging?

PS Express for your "Excellence in Journalism" story you spelt the name of your sister station's news presenter Samantha John wrong.
Hope this award means her bosses will send her to pronunciation school.