Andrea Downer-Ashley is a former Staff Reporter of The Jamaica Gleaner who now lives in Toronto, Canada. She has been recognized globally for her journalism work and writing skills by international organisations including The US Department of State, United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA), Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO), World Health Organisation (WHO) and in 2008 from the Caribbean Epidemiology Centre, (CAREC) for her publication on Health Care in Jamaican Prisons. In 2003 she copped the Press Association of Jamaica’s Investigative Journalist of the Year Award.
Andrea specializes in Human Interest and Development Journalism, with a special focus on human rights, gender based violence, human trafficking, youth, migrant, marginalized and displaced populations including the homeless, people at risk of being homeless and the elderly. A focus she describes as “Journalism with a heart”.
In 2013 Andrea won York University’s International Student Writing Competition in Toronto Canada. She actively volunteers with community organisations in Canada and has helped to guide the development of public policies in Canadian communities while serving on advisory committees for a number of organisations including the North Harvest Food Bank, WHIWH and York University's Student Accessibility Advocacy Organisation.
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