Save VOA Broadcasting to China
The decision to cut Voice of America (VOA) Broadcasting to China has attracted a good deal of congressional attention, as well it should. While China has launched a worldwide public diplomacy and media...
View ArticleThe BBG’s Culture of Secrecy
What in the world is going on at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and the Voice of America (VOA)? The BBG has started to exhibit a level of secrecy worthy of the CIA, clamping down...
View ArticleShining the Light of Transparency on U.S. Public Diplomacy
Transparency in government took a huge step forward on January 3. On that day, President Obama signed into law the Smith–Mundt Modernization Act as an amendment to the 2013 Defense Authorization Bill....
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Radio Liberty Journalists in Moscow to See Justice Done
ROGER L. WOLLENBERG/UPI/Newscom The fired journalists of Radio Liberty’s (RL) Moscow office are finally seeing a deep injustice reversed. Following a visit to Moscow, Broadcasting Board of Governors...
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U.S. Broadcasting Affected by Obama Administration Culture of Intimidation
Pawel Supernak/EPA/Newscom The Obama Administration’s “culture of intimidation,” as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R–KY) has called it, has affected the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)....
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U.S. International Broadcasting and Public Diplomacy Should Be Bipartisan
Pawel Supernak/EPA/Newscom The news that the White House has sought to replace the only Republican currently serving on the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), former U.S. ambassador to Poland...
View ArticleU.S. International Broadcasting Finally Accessible for Americans
This month, Americans finally got the opportunity to watch and listen to news programming that the U.S. government has been broadcasting to the rest of the world for decades. This is a good thing....
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Halt the Senate Rush to Fill Dysfunctional Broadcasting Board
Newscom An untimely rush is on in the Senate to fill board positions in one of the government’s most dysfunctional agencies, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG). Perpetuating non-functioning...
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From Dog’s Breakfast to Effective Communication: Can the BBG Transform Itself?
Newscom After years of dysfunction, U.S. international broadcasting might be headed for better times as new members of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) settled into their responsibilities at...
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Targeted in Internet Attack
Newscom The vulnerability of the Internet as a journalistic tool has been illustrated again this month with an ongoing distributed denial-of-service attack on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)...
View ArticleThe BBG’s Culture of Secrecy
What in the world is going on at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and the Voice of America (VOA)? The BBG has started to exhibit a level of secrecy worthy of the CIA, clamping down...
View ArticleShining the Light of Transparency on U.S. Public Diplomacy
Transparency in government took a huge step forward on January 3. On that day, President Obama signed into law the Smith–Mundt Modernization Act as an amendment to the 2013 Defense Authorization Bill....
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Radio Liberty Journalists in Moscow to See Justice Done
ROGER L. WOLLENBERG/UPI/Newscom The fired journalists of Radio Liberty’s (RL) Moscow office are finally seeing a deep injustice reversed. Following a visit to Moscow, Broadcasting Board of Governors...
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U.S. Broadcasting Affected by Obama Administration Culture of Intimidation
Pawel Supernak/EPA/Newscom The Obama Administration’s “culture of intimidation,” as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R–KY) has called it, has affected the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)....
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U.S. International Broadcasting and Public Diplomacy Should Be Bipartisan
Pawel Supernak/EPA/Newscom The news that the White House has sought to replace the only Republican currently serving on the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), former U.S. ambassador to Poland...
View ArticleU.S. International Broadcasting Finally Accessible for Americans
This month, Americans finally got the opportunity to watch and listen to news programming that the U.S. government has been broadcasting to the rest of the world for decades. This is a good thing....
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Halt the Senate Rush to Fill Dysfunctional Broadcasting Board
Newscom An untimely rush is on in the Senate to fill board positions in one of the government’s most dysfunctional agencies, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG). Perpetuating non-functioning...
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From Dog’s Breakfast to Effective Communication: Can the BBG Transform Itself?
Newscom After years of dysfunction, U.S. international broadcasting might be headed for better times as new members of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) settled into their responsibilities at...
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Targeted in Internet Attack
Newscom The vulnerability of the Internet as a journalistic tool has been illustrated again this month with an ongoing distributed denial-of-service attack on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)...
View ArticleCongress Focused on Reforming U.S. International Broadcasting
After years of complaints about the lack of direction and mismanagement of U.S. International Broadcasting (USIB), the House Foreign Affairs Committee took a step toward long-overdue reform. This...
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