Charles Kinkead
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Charles Kinkead was a Jamaica
n photojournalist and journalist
.
Kinkead worked as a news
photographer for a number of Jamaican publications during his career. Among the newspapers who he worked for were The Gleaner
, the Jamaica Standard, the Daily News, and the Jamaica Times
, a weekly newspaper publication.
While working at the Daily News, Kinkead won the Seprod Human Interest Photograph Award in 1973. In 1978, Kinkead also won a national Jamaican award, the Order of Distinction
, for his "for his contribution in the field of photo-journalism".
Kinkead moved to Florida in the 1980s to retire. He died of a stroke on June 1, 2007 at a Florida hospital after becoming ill at his home in Pembroke Pines
. He was 93 when he died and was survived by his wife and five children.
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
n photojournalist and journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
.
Kinkead worked as a news
News
News is the communication of selected information on current events which is presented by print, broadcast, Internet, or word of mouth to a third party or mass audience.- Etymology :...
photographer for a number of Jamaican publications during his career. Among the newspapers who he worked for were The Gleaner
Gleaner
Gleaner may refer to:*Gleaner Company, a newspaper publishing enterprise in Jamaica.*Gleaner Manufacturing Company, a manufacturer of combine harvesters.*Gleaning, the collection of crops left over after harvest....
, the Jamaica Standard, the Daily News, and the Jamaica Times
Jamaica Times
The Jamaica Times was a literary newspaper for literature from Jamaica and the Caribbean. The author Thomas MacDermot was the editor from 1900–1920 and was an assistant before that, and the author Herbert George de Lisser was an editor for several years starting in 1889...
, a weekly newspaper publication.
While working at the Daily News, Kinkead won the Seprod Human Interest Photograph Award in 1973. In 1978, Kinkead also won a national Jamaican award, the Order of Distinction
Order of distinction
The Order of Distinction in Jamaica is the fifth in order of precedence of the Orders of Societies of Honour, which were instituted by an Act of Parliament – The National Honours and Awards Act.The Motto of the Order is "Distinction Through Service"....
, for his "for his contribution in the field of photo-journalism".
Kinkead moved to Florida in the 1980s to retire. He died of a stroke on June 1, 2007 at a Florida hospital after becoming ill at his home in Pembroke Pines
Pembroke Pines, Florida
Pembroke Pines is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. The city had a population of 154,750 at the 2010 census, making it the second most populous city in Broward County, the tenth most populous in Florida, and the 150th most populous in the United States...
. He was 93 when he died and was survived by his wife and five children.