Ira Mathur is an Indian-born journalist working in radio, television and print in Trinidad & Tobago, West Indies.
Ira Mathur is an Indian-born multimedia journalist and longest running Sunday Guardian columnist (Daily Express 2003-2004) who lives and works in Trinidad, West Indies.
Mathur has worked in Radio (NBS Radio 610 and Prime 106) and television (CCNTV6 and CNC3).
Educated in India, Tobago, Canada and the UK she holds a liberal arts degree in Literature and Philosophy from Trent University in Canada, an LLB from the University of London and a Diploma in International Journalism from City University, London.
Mathur, the recipient of several regional awards for Excellence in Journalism, has recently begun a second career as a creative writer. See Ira’s Room for more.
The ongoing body of work on this website is the reflection of a lifetime in journalism made up of over 800 columns, mostly written for the Trinidad Guardian and over a dozen documentaries and features going back to 1995 for TV and Radio.
The Trinidad & Tobago drop-down section is carved into five sections: Profiles & Interviews, Politics & Economics, Society & Crime, Youth, and Health Care & Coronavirus.
Mathur Comes of Age
Her large expressive eyes and bubbly Anglo-Indian accent have been a staple of T&T’s journalistic landscape for over 25 years. Last month, Ira Mathur’s prolific body of work consisting of more than 900 columns, mostly for the Trinidad Guardian, and over two dozen features and documentaries culminated in the launch of her website.
Written by GILLIAN CALISTE
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