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ABKA FITZ-HENLEY

Abka Lincoln Ramon Fitz-Henley is a leading multi-award winning Broadcast Journalist in Jamaica who is know as the 'Breaking News Boss'. He is a no-nonsense co-Host of the programme Nationwide: This morning which airs on Nationwide News Network (NNN) in Kingston Jamaica.

Since beginning his career at NNN, eleven years ago at age 21, Fitz-Henley has quickly developed into one of the most respected investigative Journalists in Jamaica. Fitz-Henley has a significant presence on social media, in particular, Twitter where he is known to accurately break first major news, even before traditional media platforms which have been around for many decades.

Fitz-Henley has also won some of Jamaican Journalism’s most coveted prizes and is perhaps the most unique voice on Jamaican radio.

Abka Fitz-Henley is the 2016 Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) Journalist of the Year. A few weeks before that award he was given the prestigious Jamaica Broilers Fair Play Award first place trophy for investigative Journalism.

During his first year in the profession, Abka claimed the Young Journalist of the Year award. The 2013 Caribbean Blog Awards trophy for outstanding coverage of the Vybz Kartel murder trial and several other tropies for investigative pieces, are among his accolades.

Fitz-Henley has served in the positions of Parliamentary Reporter, Senior Reporter, Editor and National Correspondent.

He was born in St. Ann, Jamaica on January 17, 1989.

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20161011/young-journalist-wins-top-fairplay-award-tvj-anchor-takes-third-prize

https://nationwideradiojm.com/abka-fitz-henley-wins-paj-journalist-of-the-year-2016/

https://panachejamag.wordpress.com/2017/01/12/2017111breaking-news-boss-abka-fitz-henley/