Deandre Williamson from The Bahamas was a Fellow in the 2021 Reham Al-Farra (RAF) Memorial Journalism virtual programme. Serving her community as a journalist since 2007, Deandre serves the converged newsroom of Jones Communications Network primarily as an editor and reporter for The Bahama Journal newspaper. She also works remotely from The Bahamas as the opportunities editor for the International Journalists’ Network (IJNet). Previously, Deandre worked as a television and radio reporter at the Broadcasting Corporation of The Bahamas (ZNS-1), in addition to internships at CNN Headline News and a local CBS affiliate in Pennsylvania (U.S.). Deandre represented The Bahamas in the Caribbean Climate Justice Journalism Fellowship and the 2019-2020 Poynter-Koch Media and Journalism Fellowship, and is the recipient of several awards, including the Bahamas Press Club’s Best Business Story Award in 2020.