TnT Mirror History

The TnT Mirror Weekday and TnT Mirror Weekend are published by Mirror Group Publications Limited, and along with the Sunday Punch, were all started by Patrick Chookolingo, who introduced weekly, tabloid-style journalism to Trinidad and Tobago.

Chookolingo was once the editor of the now defunct Daily Mirror and became the first general manager of the Trinidad Express when it was formed in 1967. After parting company with its owners he went on to found the Bomb and the Sunday Punch in 1972. The Sunday Punch which now caters to a more adult market, began its life as a tabloid weekly newspaper much like the Mirror newspapers which evolved from it.

The TnT Mirror newspapers target the politically conscious reader and have historically been critical of the administration of the day. From its inception in 1981, the Mirror has been unrivalled in pursuit of its investigative journalism mandate and in its ability to expose matters of interest involving crime, government malfeasance and exposing political corruption and corporate wrongdoing.

As an experiment in journalism outside the commercial and economic mainstream, TnT Mirror defined a unique model for exposes and investigative journalism accompanied by biting commentary on current affairs. It aims to present a varied cross-section of political views and is perceived as an influential publication by the politically and financially powerful as well as the working man and woman whose interest it has always sought to represent.

The Mirror Group was taken over by Integrated Media Company Ltd owned by journalist and media entrepreneur Maxie Cuffie in June 2011, but continues to remain faithful to the original vision of its founder for a journalism outside the mainstream that is timely, relevant and accessible to the average reader.