Biography · Professional record
Pearce
Robinson
Independent Journalist & Investigative Reporter
Development Diplomat · Strategic Advisor
A Caribbean journalist examining the institutions, decisions and public records that shape people's lives.
Working between London and Port of Spain, Robinson reports on governance, public money, national security, civil liberties and press freedom across Trinidad & Tobago and the wider Caribbean.
Editorial focus
Power, public money, security and accountability
Reporting method
Documents, corroboration, source protection and right of reply
Geographic frame
Trinidad & Tobago · Caribbean · London · International
Institutional experience
Commonwealth · OAS · UN · governments and international organisations
Editorial identity
The work begins with the record.
Robinson's journalism examines how power is exercised, how public money is spent and what happens when institutions are asked to account for themselves.
His investigations are built around primary material: legislation as introduced, auditors' and regulators' reports, judgments, filings, contracts and official correspondence. Significant propositions are linked to the underlying record wherever it can lawfully be published.
Information is cross-checked. Established fact is distinguished from allegation, analysis and unresolved question. Confidential sources are protected, but confidentiality never replaces the need for corroboration.
Selected reporting
What the journalism returns to
Five connected areas form a continuing record of public-interest reporting.
Formation
Education
2018
GEM School on Governance, Economics & Management · Mexico City
Ecumenical formation in governance, economics and management, convened by the World Council of Churches.
University
University of Kent · Canterbury
Honours graduate in Politics and International Relations, with an academic grounding in institutions, incentives and state power.
2007–2010
Cambridge Regional College · Cambridge
Performing arts, graduating with triple Distinction; training that later informed broadcast work and public speaking.
2001–2007
The Ravensbourne School · London
Secondary education in south-east London, where early community work began.
Public record
Institutions & appointments
Journalism remains editorially distinct from diplomatic and advisory work. Relevant interests are disclosed where they bear on a report.
Ongoing
Fellow, Oxford Oracle
Member of the Oxford-headquartered innovation fellowship, with work spanning research, innovation and institutional strategy.
Ongoing
Chairman, Scarlet41
Leads a development organisation convening public, multilateral and private-sector figures across seventeen countries.
Ongoing
OAS and hemispheric engagement
Continued work across South America, the Caribbean and the wider Americas on development and international affairs.
2018
BBC World Service
Panellist in a Commonwealth debate ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London; subsequently a contributor on regional and international affairs.
2018
United Nations Human Rights Council
Engagement in Geneva with the international human-rights system and its institutions.
2017
House of Lords, Palace of Westminster
Addressed a youth debate on Brexit convened with Commonwealth youth leaders.
2009
Fifth Summit of the Americas
Covered the Port of Spain summit as a young freelance journalist, reporting from a meeting of leaders across the hemisphere.
2004–2007
Community work in Lewisham and Bromley
Coordinated youth projects and contributed to programmes widening access to public life, education and opportunity.
International perspective
Development diplomacy
Alongside journalism, Robinson works on development policy, international cooperation and the interests of small island developing states. Experience across the Caribbean, South America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific informs a comparative understanding of institutions and power.
Broadcast & analysis
BBC World Service and regional media
His broadcast work includes the BBC World Service's Commonwealth coverage and appearances across Caribbean television and radio on politics, security, governance and regional affairs.
Watch interviews and analysisBeyond the newsroom
The Office of Pearce Robinson
The Office is the separate home of Robinson's diplomatic, advisory and institutional work.
