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DIASPORA | Hartford Salutes a Caribbean Media Giant: Derrick Scott’s Four Decades of Storytelling Earn Honours in Connecticut

A community service award from WISCOH. Citations from Hartford’s Court of Common Council, the Connecticut General Assembly, and the Mayor’s office. Four decades of journalism. One proud son of Trelawny. The night confirmed what the Caribbean has long known: Derrick Scott’s voice has never just reported history — it has helped write it.

HARTFORD, Connecticut — April 18, 2026 - There are rooms where Caribbean people go to be seen, and then there are rooms where they go to be reckoned with. On the evening of April 18, the ballroom of the West Indian Social Club of Hartford (WISCOH) was unambiguously the latter.

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Information Attaché at the Embassy of Jamaica Derrick Scott (center) receives the 2026 Community Service Award and citation from West Indian Social Club of Hartford President Beverly Redd (left), assisted by Vice President Tanya Dorman and Claudett Graham, during WISCOH’s 76th Anniversary Gala in Hartford, Connecticut, on Saturday, April 18, 2026.
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