PAJ regrets passing of former head of JIS radio/TV Doreen Brown
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Press Association of Jamaica is expressing sincere regret at the sudden death of media veteran Doreen Brown.
“The PAJ honoured Doreen during our 2016 Journalism Week activities,” says PAJ President Dionne Jackson Miller.“We are so happy now that we were able to do so while she was still with us.”Doreen began her career at the Gleaner, from where she moved on to the Jamaica Information Service, where she worked, first as a press officer, and then as a Senior Information Officer in charge of the Press Department, before being promoted to head the Radio Department.She was responsible for producing the popular radio dramas,
Life in Hopeful Village,
Way of the World, and the historical documentary
Journeys. Doreen also wrote and produced other dramatic presentations, such as
On The Right Track and
Ma B’s Family.She worked at the Jamaican Consulate in New York as an Information Attaché, following which she returned to Jamaica to head up the JIS Television Department.Doreen’s work was recognised with a Seprod Award in 1977, in the category,
Public Service (Radio) for her documentary on emancipation and apartheid, and again in 1979, for her work on another documentary titled
The Life and Times of Willie Henry, a well-known figure in agriculture in Jamaica.Doreen and her husband, Leroy, generously donated an education grant to a deserving university student, as part of a programme initiated by the PAJ during National Journalism Week 2016. “We remember with gratitude her work in media, and recall with fondness her generosity of spirit and unflagging interest in the affairs of the nation. We commiserate with her husband and constant companion Leroy, and the rest of Doreen’s family and friends,” Jackson Miller said
