Maxie Cuffie
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Maxie Cuffie is a Trinidad and Tobago journalist and politician. Cuffie served as in various capacities in the media, including editor of the Trinidad and Tobago Express, and Head of News for CCN TV6. He represented the La Horquetta/Talparo constituency in the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago from 2015 to 2020, and served in various ministerial positions, including Minister of Public Administration and Communication.
Cuffie studied economics at the University of the West Indies, and later obtained a Masters of Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School.[1]
Journalism
Cuffie served as editor of the Trinidad and Tobago Express,[2] and later was Head of News for CCN TV6.[3] He left CCN TV6 in April 2003 and, in his words, "ceased using the title 'working journalist'".[4] He later wrote a weekly column for the Trinidad and Tobago Guardian.[4]
Cuffie ran a media consultancy firm, Integrated Media Company Ltd (IGM).[1] In 2011, IGM took over management of the Mirror Group Publication which published the TnT Mirror and its sister publications the TnT Mirror Weekend, and Sunday Punch[5] for one year, and Cuffie served as CEO of the company.[4]