Read More 3 minute read Audit finds low morale at U.S. Radio and TV Marti to Cuba, California paper reportsJuly 7, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary “Low morale still plagues the Office of Cuba Broadcasting, the U.S. government organization responsible for…
Read More 4 minute read Voice of America Newsroom opponents of H.R. 4490 outnumbered at union meeting by bill’s supportersJuly 7, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Several sources told BBG Watch that at a AFGE Local 1812 union meeting last week…
Read More 6 minute read Does America need the Voice of America? – media expert Jonathan Marks asksJuly 6, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary We strongly disagree with international media expert Jonathan Marks’s conclusion in his latest blog article…
Read More 9 minute read Bad Management Threatens Voice of America’s FutureJuly 6, 2014 Commentary This commentary was sent to BBG Watch by VOA broadcaster who must remain anonymous. The Voice of…
Read More 9 minute read Voice of America – Information War Lost: For or Against Agency Reform?July 5, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary The best way for a small group of well-meaning but completely misguided and unrealistic Voice…
Read More 3 minute read Voice of America Needs to Avoid Extremes and Be RealJuly 4, 2014 Commentary Voice of America Needs to Avoid Extremes and Be Real By Ted Lipien No one I know…
Read More 3 minute read Can Publicly Financed Journalism Ever Be Honest? – GAWKER and ROBINSONJuly 3, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary An article by Hamilton Nolan in Gawker about a bipartisan bill designed to reform the…
Read More 4 minute read Fixing U.S. International Broadcasting – At Last! – MULHAUPT and WIMBUSHJuly 3, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary In one of the best reasoned and most coherent articles in favor of reforming the…
Read More 6 minute read BBG union comes under pressure for supporting H.R. 4490 bipartisan reform billJuly 2, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary American Federation of Government Employees, AFGE Local 1812 union known for winning lawsuits to save…
Read More 7 minute read Is the USA bankrupt not only financially, but even with the skills of management?July 2, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary A longtime listener to Voice of America (VOA) radio broadcasts in Asia asked: “Is the…
Read More 7 minute read Radio listeners, Vietnamese shortwave jammers surprised and confused by U.S. agency cutsJuly 2, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Vietnamese radio jamming stations continued to jam Radio Free Asia (RFA) shortwave frequencies that had…
Read More 12 minute read More evidence of delaying notice to Voice of America listeners about shortwave cutsJuly 2, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has obtained further evidence from multiple sources that a top International Broadcasting Bureau…
Read More 4 minute read Is Congress trying to neuter Voice of America’s journalism or save it?July 1, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary In a new Columbia Journalism Review article, former Voice of America (VOA) senior correspondent Gary…