Barbara Gloudon received two Seprod Awards from the Press Association of Jamaica and Order of Distinction.
15 Facts About Barbara Gloudon
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Barbara Gloudon hosted a radio talk show for thirty years and became chair of the LTM.
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Barbara Gloudon was granted the Order of Jamaica in 1992 and became a fellow of the Institute of Jamaica in 2012.
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Barbara Gloudon's father worked as a chauffeur and mechanic and Goodison grew up in a middle-class family.
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Barbara Gloudon attended St George's Elementary School and went on to further her education at St Andrew High School for Girls in Kingston, as well as completing an international writing studies programme at the University of Iowa.
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Barbara Gloudon worked as a features editor, editor and reporter at both The Gleaner and The Star until 1978.
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In 1964, the inaugural year of the Seprod Awards for Journalism, and again in 1968, Barbara Gloudon won recognition from the Press Association of Jamaica.
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Greta and Henry Fowler had founded Jamaica's Little Theatre Movement and they invited Barbara Gloudon to write a script for the annual pantomime production.
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Barbara Gloudon was honoured as an officer in the Order of Distinction in 1975 for her journalistic services.
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In 1992, Barbara Gloudon received the Order of Jamaica, which was recognized at the Caribbean Media Awards ceremony hosted by the Caribbean Publishing and Broadcasting Association and Caribbean Broadcasting Union.
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Barbara Gloudon was elected as vice-chair of the International Programme for the Development of Communication in 1996 and served until 1998, when she was elected IPDC's rapporteur.
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Barbara Gloudon was awarded the 2006 Gleaner Honour for her contributions to art and culture.
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Barbara Gloudon was inducted into the Jamaican Press Association Hall of Fame in 2013, continuing to write as a journalist for The Jamaica Observer in addition to her role at the LTM.
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Barbara Gloudon died on 11 May 2022, aged 87, in Kingston, 11 days after she had been widowed.
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Barbara Gloudon is remembered for her long-running talk show, Hotline, and other programmes on Radio Jamaica, her work as a playwright, and her production and writing for the Annual Pantomime programme.