Jay Mallin, Sr. is a journalist/scholar who has been reporting on and writing about Cuban affairs for over 50 years. He covered the revolution led by Fidel Castro in the late Fifties and later reported from Nicaragua, Grenada and Angola, where Castro was involved in conflicts. In 1956 he became a full-time stringer for Time and covered the entire Cuban revolution (1956-58)...he made 18 trips into the battle area...was the first to report Russian troops and Missiles in Cuba...completely bilingual and raised in Cuba (although born in New York City of American parents), Mallin studied journalism at Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Florida, receiving an A.B. in 1949...later taking a position on the English-language daily, The Havana Herald. After two years he left the Herald to free-lance articles...as well as become assistant stringer for Time magazine.In the 1980's he became a Latin American correspondent for The Washington Times, followed by the position of News Director at Radio Marti, which broadcast to Cuba from Washington. Now, mostly retired, he is living in the DC area.