Republished from the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) website. In a guest post on the MountainRunner.us public diplomacy blog, the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting director Ted Lipien makes an argument in favor of reforming the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), starting with changing the composition of the Board. “We should bring in to [...]

In an open challenge to Broadcasting Board of Governors executives who can’t stand him, BBG member Victor Ashe told the Knoxville News Sentinel newspaper (“Victor Ashe advocates for contract workers“) that some contract employees at the Voice of America (VOA) have been working there 18 to 25 years. “To me, it’s an abuse of the [...]

by The Federalist Voice of America (VOA) journalists are steamed over the circumstances surrounding an attempted interview with New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg in the late summer of 2011.  The story circulating through the staff goes something like this:   The agency now uses a contractor to arrange bookings for VOA reporters with various [...]