Thomas Tomczyk journalist, managing editor and founder of Bay Islands Voice

Bay Islands Voice

Bay Islands Voice is an English language monthly publication in Roatan Island, Honduras. It covers news of Roatan, Utila and Guanaja. It has appeared since March 2003...

, an English language magazine based on 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...

. BIV is a member of Inter American Press Association, Reporters Sans Frontieres Reporters Without Borders

Reporters Without Borders

Reporters Without Borders is a France-based international non-governmental organization that advocates freedom of the press. It was founded in 1985, by Robert Ménard, Rony Brauman and the journalist Jean-Claude Guillebaud. Jean-François Julliard has served as Secretary General since 2008...

, and Committee to Protect Journalists

Committee to Protect Journalists

The Committee to Protect Journalists is an independent nonprofit organisation based in New York City that promotes press freedom and defends the rights of journalists.-History:A group of U.S...

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Education: Bachelor of Architecture (University of Arkansas

University of Arkansas

The University of Arkansas is a public, co-educational, land-grant, space-grant, research university. It is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a research university with very high research activity. It is the flagship campus of the University of Arkansas System and is located in...

), MA in photojournalism (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...

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Awards: 2000 Edom Photojournalism Award, University of Missouri; 2000 American Institute of Polish Culture Journalism Scholarship, Miami, Florida; 2000 Kosciuszko Foundation

Kosciuszko Foundation

Kosciuszko Foundation is a charitable foundation based in New York City. It was created by Stephen Mizwa to fund programs that promote Polish-American intellectual and artistic exchange.-History:...

 Journalism Scholarship, New York, New York; 1993 Larry Obsitnik Photojournalism Award, University of Arkansas, Arkansas.

Articles and photos: in Northwest Arkansas Time, IPI Global Journalist, World & I, Lapis, Missouri Life, Rider Magazine, Bay Islands Voice

Bay Islands Voice

Bay Islands Voice is an English language monthly publication in Roatan Island, Honduras. It covers news of Roatan, Utila and Guanaja. It has appeared since March 2003...

, Nowy Dziennik

Nowy Dziennik

Nowy Dziennik , with an English subtitle Polish Daily News, is a Polish-language daily newspaper published daily except Sundays and Holidays in New York City by Bicentennial Publishing and Outwater Media Group ....

, Polityka

Polityka

Polityka is a centre-left weekly newsmagazine in Poland. With a circulation of 170,000 it is the country's biggest selling weekly, ahead of Newsweek's Polish edition and Wprost. Today, the magazine has a slightly intellectual, social liberal profile, setting it apart from the more conservative...

, Rzeczpospolita

Rzeczpospolita

Rzeczpospolita is a traditional name of the Polish State, usually referred to as Rzeczpospolita Polska . It comes from the words: "rzecz" and "pospolita" , literally, a "common thing". It comes from latin word "respublica", meaning simply "republic"...

, Gazeta Wyborcza

Gazeta Wyborcza

Gazeta Wyborcza is a leading Polish newspaper. It covers the gamut of political, international and general news. Like all the Polish newspapers, it is printed on compact-sized paper, and is published by the multimedia corporation Agora SA...

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Editorial Cartoons in Columbia Missourian

Columbia Missourian

The Columbia Missourian, or the Missourian, is a daily morning newspaper published in Columbia, Missouri. It is one of two daily newspapers in Columbia...

, Bay Islands Voice

Bay Islands Voice

Bay Islands Voice is an English language monthly publication in Roatan Island, Honduras. It covers news of Roatan, Utila and Guanaja. It has appeared since March 2003...

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Contributor (texts and photograph) of: On the Road with Suzy from Cat to Companion by Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm (Purdue University Press 2010, ISBN 978-1-55753-554-2).

Author: Roatan Magic Hidden Jewel of the Western Caribbean, 2010 (ISBN 0982971400).

External Links

• http://www.bayislandsvoice.com/
• http://www.ridermagazine.com/about-us
• http://openlibrary.org/works/OL15657573W/ROATAN_MAGIC_Hidden_Jewel_of_the_Western_Caribbean
• http://www.africaheartbeat.com/
• http://blog.africaheartbeat.com/