Compass Newsroom
Alan Markoff
Editor
Alan has been member of Cayman’s media since 2002 and has served in several media capacities over his 10 years at Pinnacle Media Ltd. and its precursor, Cayman Free Press Ltd. He also was the artistic director and assistant producer of seven episodes of the Cayman Sports Documentary Series television shows. Alan has been very active in the community, serving on the Cayman Islands Little League Board of Directors from 2007 to 2014 and running that organization’s adult co-ed softball program for 16 seasons. With a keen passion for the culinary arts, Alan took over the leadership of Cayman’s Slow Food chapter in early 2009. In addition to general writing assignments, Alan is known for his culinary writing, especially in relation to wine.
James Whittaker
Editor (Issues)
James Whittaker is the Cayman Compass Issues Editor, with responsibility for leading the organisation’s enterprise journalism. The Issues section focuses on starting constructive conversations on key areas of national importance, investigating wrongdoing, and exposing concerns that are often swept under the carpet. James has been a journalist with the Cayman Compass for more than a decade. He was previously news editor at the Bermuda Sun newspaper and has also worked as a reporter for several titles in the UK.
Norma Connolly
Editor (Reporting)
Norma Connolly has worked in a variety of roles at the Cayman Compass since joining the publication in 2008, including managing editor, news editor and reporter. As well as editing the weekly print edition of the newspaper, she reports on a wide range of subjects – including the environment, politics, development, crime and social issues. Prior to moving to Cayman – a few weeks after a ‘brief’ trip to the islands to learn how to scuba dive – she worked in national and regional newspapers in Ireland, the United Kingdom and Hong Kong. She enjoys human interest stories that celebrate success or delve into weird and wonderful new worlds, as much as hard-hitting articles that hold the powerful to account.
Sarah Bridge
Journalist (news)
Sarah Bridge is a journalist for the Cayman Compass and has many years experience in UK newspapers and magazines.
Originally from the UK, Sarah is the former Leisure Correspondent and Deputy Personal Finance Editor of The Mail on Sunday newspaper, and has also worked for the Daily Mail and Mail Online, The Guardian and The Express newspapers. Most recently, she was Senior Consumer Writer for Good Housekeeping magazine.
Over the years, Sarah has written for The Sunday Times, The Telegraph, The National, Travel Weekly, Forbes and CN Traveller UK among others. She is also the founder of travel reviews website ALadyofLeisure.com and has reviewed more than 250 hotels and destinations in the UK and around the world, including Egypt, Antarctica, Papua New Guinea, Morocco, Greenland, Jamaica and Japan.
Sarah holds a BA Dual Hons degree in English Language and Literature from the University of Sheffield. She is passionate about travel, tourism and the hospitality industry and is excited about discovering everything the Cayman Islands has to offer.
