by The Federalist The Voice of America (VOA) Newsroom is not a happy place: It is one of the primary targets in the proposed 30% reduction in VOA broadcast operations. It is a place with an estranged relationship with its managers who are seen as defensive at best, vindictive at worst. It is being saddled [...]
Our sources tell us that Voice of America director David Ensor is expected to meet with VOA English newsroom staff Thursday. Some people are hoping to communicate with him despite lurking managing editors. One source described their plans as similar to prisoners trying to communicate with a Red Cross inspection team with prison guards nearby. [...]
Helle C. Dale, a Senior Fellow for Public Diplomacy at The Heritage Foundation has written another in-depth analysis of management problems at the Broadcasting Board of Governors. In her latest article, Why America Has Trouble Reaching Iran: VOA’s Persian News Network in Dire Need of Reform, she describes the current state of Voice of America [...]
“We learned this week that no one will be hired from the outside without approval from the 3rd floor. Also this week, a friend of Steve Redisch’s, a former CNNer and a POV, did a formal interview for a GS-13 job, called multi-media executive producer, answering directly to David Ensor. Let me repeat that, despite [...]
by The Federalist As we already know, as part of the administration’s FY2013 budget, the Broadcasting Board of Governors and International Broadcasting Bureau (BBG/IBB) want to destroy 33% of Voice of America (VOA) language services, totally or in part. The list of services affected has already been identified in other commentaries and won’t be [...]
