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{{Short description|Daily newspaper in Trinidad and Tobago}}
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{{Infobox Newspaper
{{Infobox Newspaper
| name = Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
| name = Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
| image = Trinidad-and-Tobago-Guardian-24-March-2020.jpg
| image = Trinidad-and-Tobago-Guardian-24-March-2020.jpg
| caption = ''Trinidad and Tobago Guardian (24 March 2020)''
| caption = Front page of the ''Trinidad and Tobago Guardian'' (24 March 2020)
| type = [[Daily newspaper]]
| type = [[Daily newspaper]]
| format = [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|Tabloid]]
| format = [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|Tabloid]]
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| language = English
| language = English
| political =
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| circulation = 40,000 (2002)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.pressreference.com/Sw-Ur/Trinidad-and-Tobago.html | title=Trinidad and Tobago | publisher=PressReference.com | accessdate=2017-07-21}}</ref>
| circulation = 40,000 (2002)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.pressreference.com/Sw-Ur/Trinidad-and-Tobago.html | title=Trinidad and Tobago | publisher=PressReference.com | access-date=2017-07-21}}</ref>
| headquarters = 22-24 St. Vincent Street, [[Port of Spain]]
| headquarters = 22-24 St. Vincent Street, [[Port of Spain]]
| ISSN =
| ISSN =
| website = [http://www.guardian.co.tt/ www.guardian.co.tt]
| website = {{URL|https://www.guardian.co.tt/|guardian.co.tt/}}
|maneditor=Rosemarie Sant<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/2018-04-03/guardian-media-announces-new-managing-director-managing-editor | title=Guardian Media announces new Managing Director, Managing Editor | publisher=Trinidad Guardian | accessdate=2017-07-21 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712184250/http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/2018-04-03/guardian-media-announces-new-managing-director-managing-editor | archive-date=12 July 2018 | url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
|maneditor=Rosemarie Sant<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/2018-04-03/guardian-media-announces-new-managing-director-managing-editor | title=Guardian Media announces new Managing Director, Managing Editor | publisher=Trinidad Guardian | access-date=2017-07-21 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712184250/http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/2018-04-03/guardian-media-announces-new-managing-director-managing-editor | archive-date=12 July 2018 | url-status=dead }}</ref>}}


The '''''Trinidad and Tobago Guardian''''' (together with the '''''Sunday Guardian''''') is the oldest daily [[newspaper]] in [[Trinidad and Tobago]].<ref>Jeter, James Phillip (1996). [https://books.google.com/books?id=uLenDhrLQ8oC&pg=PA180 ''International Afro Mass Media: A Reference Guide''], p. 180. Greenwood Publishing Group. {{ISBN|0313284008}}</ref> Its first edition was published on Sunday 2 September 1917. The newspaper, now owned and published by [[Guardian Media Limited]], began as a [[broadsheet]] but in November 2002 changed to [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|tabloid format]], known as the "G-sized Guardian". In June 2008, the paper changed to a smaller-size tabloid.<ref>''Trinidad and Tobago Guardian'' (2 September 2012). [http://www.guardian.co.tt/business/2012-09-02/guardian-turns-95 "The Guardian turns 95"]. Retrieved 21 July 2013.</ref> The main office of the ''Guardian'' is located at St. Vincent Street, [[Port of Spain]], with a branch office on Chancery Lane, [[San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago|San Fernando]], and the Head office which is located on 4-10 Rodney Road in [[Chaguanas]]. On 2 September, 2017 the ''Trinidad and Tobago Guardian'' celebrated its 100th anniversary. Shortly after, on 11 September 2017 the company launched a new layout. The slogan of the paper is ''The Guardian of Democracy''.
The '''''Trinidad and Tobago Guardian''''' (together with the '''''Sunday Guardian''''') is the oldest daily [[newspaper]] in [[Trinidad and Tobago]].<ref>Jeter, James Phillip (1996). [https://books.google.com/books?id=uLenDhrLQ8oC&pg=PA180 ''International Afro Mass Media: A Reference Guide''], p. 180. Greenwood Publishing Group. {{ISBN|0313284008}}</ref> The paper is considered the [[newspaper of record]] for Trinidad and Tobago.<ref>{{cite journal| journal=[[Caribbean Review of Books]] | url=http://caribbeanreviewofbooks.com/crb-archive/10-november-2006/laureate-of-nowhere/ | title=Laureate of nowhere | first=Laurence |last=Breiner | date=November 2006 | accessdate=10 May 2022 | quote=..that although the Guardian is the nation's [Trinidad and Tobago] newspaper of record...| volume=10}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | title=Latin America 2020-2022 | edition=54th | first=William H. | last=Beezley | publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]] | isbn=978-1475856439 | page=394 | quote=The [Trinidad and Togabo] Guardian, founded in 1917, is the country's newspaper of record.|date=September 2021}}</ref>
==History==
Its first edition was published on Sunday 2 September 1917. The newspaper, now owned and published by [[Guardian Media Limited]], began as a [[broadsheet]] but in November 2002 changed to [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|tabloid format]], known as the "G-sized Guardian". In June 2008, the paper changed to a smaller-size tabloid.<ref>''Trinidad and Tobago Guardian'' (2 September 2012). [http://www.guardian.co.tt/business/2012-09-02/guardian-turns-95 "The Guardian turns 95"]. Retrieved 21 July 2013.</ref> The main office of the ''Guardian'' is located at St. Vincent Street, [[Port of Spain]], with a branch office on Chancery Lane, [[San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago|San Fernando]], and the Head office which is located on 4-10 Rodney Road in [[Chaguanas]]. On 2 September 2017, the ''Trinidad and Tobago Guardian'' celebrated its 100th anniversary. Shortly after on 11 September 2017, the company launched a new layout. The slogan of the paper is ''The Guardian of Democracy''.

Since 1955, according to an advertisement in ''[[Editor & Publisher]]'', the Trinidad Publishing Co. operated the ''Guardian'', the ''Sunday Guardian'', and the ''Evening News''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 28, 1955 |title=[advertisement] |language=English |work=[[Editor & Publisher]] |publisher=Duncan McIntosh |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1955-02-28_88_10 |access-date=2021-02-22}}</ref>


==See also ==
==See also ==
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Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
Front page of the Trinidad and Tobago Guardian (24 March 2020)
TypDaily newspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)Guardian Media Limited
Managing editorRosemarie Sant[1]
GegründetSeptember 2, 1917
SpracheEnglisch
Hauptsitz22-24 St. Vincent Street, Port of Spain
Circulation40,000 (2002)[2]
Websiteguardian.co.tt/

The Trinidad and Tobago Guardian (together with the Sunday Guardian) is the oldest daily newspaper in Trinidad and Tobago.[3] The paper is considered the newspaper of record for Trinidad and Tobago.[4][5]

History

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Its first edition was published on Sunday 2 September 1917. The newspaper, now owned and published by Guardian Media Limited, began as a broadsheet but in November 2002 changed to tabloid format, known as the "G-sized Guardian". In June 2008, the paper changed to a smaller-size tabloid.[6] The main office of the Guardian is located at St. Vincent Street, Port of Spain, with a branch office on Chancery Lane, San Fernando, and the Head office which is located on 4-10 Rodney Road in Chaguanas. On 2 September 2017, the Trinidad and Tobago Guardian celebrated its 100th anniversary. Shortly after on 11 September 2017, the company launched a new layout. The slogan of the paper is The Guardian of Democracy.

Since 1955, according to an advertisement in Editor & Publisher, the Trinidad Publishing Co. operated the Guardian, the Sunday Guardian, and the Evening News.[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Guardian Media announces new Managing Director, Managing Editor". Trinidad Guardian. Archived from the original on 12 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Trinidad and Tobago". PressReference.com. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  3. ^ Jeter, James Phillip (1996). International Afro Mass Media: A Reference Guide, p. 180. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0313284008
  4. ^ Breiner, Laurence (November 2006). "Laureate of nowhere". Caribbean Review of Books. 10. Retrieved 10 May 2022. ..that although the Guardian is the nation's [Trinidad and Tobago] newspaper of record...
  5. ^ Beezley, William H. (September 2021). Latin America 2020-2022 (54th ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. p. 394. ISBN 978-1475856439. The [Trinidad and Togabo] Guardian, founded in 1917, is the country's newspaper of record.
  6. ^ Trinidad and Tobago Guardian (2 September 2012). "The Guardian turns 95". Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  7. ^ "[advertisement]". Editor & Publisher. Duncan McIntosh. 28 February 1955. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
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