The Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) will observe Journalism Week from Sunday, November 30 to Saturday, December 6.

The week of activities, themed 'Fanning the Flames of Democracy', kicks off on Sunday with a national church service at the Mandeville Baptist Church, commencing at 9 a.m.

Select sports journalists will be honoured during the annual veterans' luncheon. The honourees are veteran sports journalists Lance Whittaker, Ed Barnes, Bobby Fray, Patrick Anderson and Elton Tucker. Special recognition will be given to sports analyst Hubert Lawrence for his commentary, along with Whittaker, for the Caribbean Media Corporation at the Beijing Olympics in August.

Installation ceremonies

The premier event - the National Journalism Awards banquet - will be held on Friday, December 5 at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel, commencing at 7:30 p.m. Keynote speaker will be John Fisher Burns, the London bureau chief of the New York Times. Burns has covered many major conflicts across the globe.

In addition to the usual events, induction and installation ceremonies for new and renewed PAJ members will be held in the Corporate Area, Mandeville and Montego Bay.