Bay Islands Voice
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Bay Islands Voice is an English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 monthly publication in Roatan
Roatán
Roatán, located between the islands of Útila and Guanaja, is the largest of Honduras' Bay Islands. The island was formerly known as Ruatan and Rattan...

 Island, Honduras
Honduras
Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...

. It covers news of Roatan, Utila
Útila
Utila is the third largest of Honduras' Bay Islands, after Roatán and Guanaja, in a region that marks the south end of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System, the second-largest in the world...

 and Guanaja
Guanaja
Guanaja is one of the Bay Islands of Honduras, and is in the Caribbean. It is about 70 km off the north coast of Honduras, and 12 km from the island of Roatan. One of the cays off Guanaja, also called Guanaja or Bonnaca or Low Cay , is near the main island, and contains most of the...

. It has appeared since March 2003. Founder, publisher, managing editor and editorialist Thomas Tomczyk
Thomas Tomczyk
Thomas Tomczyk , journalist, managing editor and founder of Bay Islands Voice, an English language magazine based on Roatan Island, Honduras...

 (Bachelor of Architecture, University of Arkansas
University of Arkansas
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; MA in Journalism, University of Missouri
University of Missouri
The University of Missouri System is a state university system providing centralized administration for four universities, a health care system, an extension program, five research and technology parks, and a publishing press. More than 64,000 students are currently enrolled at its four campuses...

; author Roatan Magic Hidden Jewel of the Western Caribbean, ISBN 0982971400). Bay Islands Voice is a member of Inter American Press Association, Reporters Sans Frontieres (Reporters Without Borders
Reporters Without Borders
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), and Committee to Protect Journalists
Committee to Protect Journalists
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External links

  • http://www.bayislandsvoice.com/
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honduras#Culture
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