About Us

ABOUT THE MAGAZINE

Produced since 1992 by MEP Publishers as the in-flight magazine first for BWIA and then for Caribbean Airlines, Caribbean Beat is the Caribbean’s leading magazine on Caribbean arts, culture, and society.

Caribbean Beat is and always has been a magazine about the real Caribbean — a general-interest, pan-Caribbean publication, produced in the Caribbean by people living and working here.

The magazine’s original mandate was to get behind the familiar stereotypes of the region and diaspora to show how rich Caribbean life really is — our music, art, dance, books, sport, fashion, design, festivals, history, environment, people, lifestyle.

It’s a mandate we’ve stayed true to for over 30 years, making Caribbean Beat the only magazine of its kind, and an ongoing resource for students, researchers, and lovers of all things Caribbean.

Today, Beat is the region’s longest-running and most widely-distributed magazine — both in print and online — committed to the highest editorial, ethical, and production standards.

Since inception, and for more than three decades, the magazine has run entirely on advertising support, with distribution through BWIA’s and Caribbean Airlines’ flight network; online; via print subscriptions; and through select on-the-ground partners.

The magazine is reproduced in full on the caribbean-beat.com website (including a near-complete digital archive), and on MEP’s Issuu, Magzter, and Yumpu accounts. From 2020 to 2021, the magazine also published a digital brand extension called Wanderer.

We marked the magazine’s 30th anniversary with the March/April 2022 issue (#169), and published our 175th issue in March/April 2023.

Advertising

Click here for the Caribbean Beat media kits and all the info you need to advertise in Caribbean Beat, in print or online!

Subscriptions & orders

Click here to order print or digital issues of Caribbean Beat, or to order print or digital subscriptions.

Submissions (story ideas, events, review materials)

Click here to learn more about submitting your story idea/article proposal, event, or review materials (books, music, films, etc) to Caribbean Beat.

Licensing/reproducing content

With the exception of brief passages quoted in reviews or critical articles – with a clear credit and/or link back – the reproduction of material found in Caribbean Beat and/or on this website is forbidden without prior permission. If you would like to reproduce or license any of our content or further information, please contact us.

Job opportunities

Click here to visit the MEP Job Opportunities page for more information on any current openings.

WHO'S WHO

The Caribbean Beat Team

Caroline Taylor

Caroline Taylor (Editor) edits and writes for Caribbean Beat, and manages the website and online presence for the magazine. She also moonlights in the theatre, music, film/video/TV.

Kevon Webster

Kevon Webster is the lead designer and layout artist for Caribbean Beat. He also co-manages the Caribbean Beat website.

Shelly-Ann Inniss

Shelly-Ann Inniss is the senior Editorial & Design Assistant for Caribbean Beat. Originally from Barbados, she’s an adventure-seeker with a background in both finance and media.

Evelyn Chung

Evelyn Chung is the Business Development Manager (Tobago & International) for Caribbean Beat. Originally from Venezuela, she has lived in T&T for over 20 years, working both in the publishing industry, and as a scuba instructor.

Tracy Farrag

Tracy Farrag is the Business Development Manager (Trinidad sales) for Caribbean Beat. A former flight attendant and an avid traveller, she also works as a film producer.

Jacqueline Smith

Jacqueline Smith (Production Manager) manages production and distribution at MEP.

Jeremy Taylor

Jeremy Taylor is the publisher of and founding editor of Caribbean Beat. A co-founder of MEP, he worked as a teacher in England, Kenya and Trinidad after completing his MA at Cambridge University before becoming a freelance journalist and commentator, contributing to a wide range of media including the BBC and the London Times. He edited the Caribbean Chronicle and BWIA Sunjet before co-founding MEP in 1990. Some of his articles and broadcasts were collected in Going to Ground (Prospect Press, 1994), and he wrote a guide to Trinidad and Tobago, Masquerade, for Macmillan (1986, 2nd edition 1991).

Halcyon Salazar

Halcyon Salazar (Consultant) worked as General Manager of MEP for 12 years. She worked for many years as assistant general manager at the Trinidad & Tobago Guardian, and has also worked with Pier 1, GEM Radio, Music Radio 97, and radio stations in Florida, USA.

Nicholas Laughlin

Nicholas Laughlin served as Caribbean Beat editor 2003–06 and 2012–22. He is currently on sabbatical to devote more time to his new role as Festival & Programme Director at the Bocas Lit Fest, and new projects at Alice Yard.

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Funding provided by the 11th EDF Regional Private Sector Development Programme Direct Support Grants Programme.
The views expressed on this website are those of the the authors and do not reflect those of the Direct Support Grants Programme.

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