Government Executive on VOA management’s short-lived Ebola vaccine test and report idea
BBG Watch Commentary Quoting BBG Watch, its anonymous commentator, The Federalist, and a statement by Committee for U.S.…
October 30, 2014 BBG Board Meeting VIDEO
BBG Watch Commentary The video of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) open board meeting on October 30,…
RFE/RL Report: Russian Media Behemoth Set To Launch Wave Of Foreign Bureaus
BBG Watch Commentary A very informative report on the expansion of the Kremlin’s media outreach abroad was posted…
BBG Board Meeting and What Is The Secret To Media Brand Loyalty?
BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors Board meeting will start at 9:30 AM on Thursday. If…
Voice of America and Secret Service: Very Different, Very Similar
BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from a current Voice of…
Spirit Day Celebration at Broadcasting Board of Governors As Respect For Senior Leaders and Employee Morale Plummet
BBG Watch Commentary The following notice was emailed to Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) federal employees, including Voice…
Voice of America fumbles on a breaking space rocket explosion story
BBG Watch Commentary Mismanaged U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) was once again “out to lunch” after business…
Former BBG member: Ukrainians stand for national unity
BBG Watch Commentary Co-leader of International Republican Institute’s (IRI) delegation of election observers Victor Ashe, former United States…
Advice for Andy Lack from a Voice of America journalist
BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from a current Voice of…
Voice of America Management Flirting With A Killer Illness
BBG Watch Commentary After an absence of several weeks, BBG Watch is pleased to welcome a new commentary…
BBG employee union calls for change in senior management to counter declining staff morale
BBG Watch Commentary In response to precipitous declines in employee morale and employee trust in senior leaders at…
Voice of America Management Call to VOA Journalists: Volunteer for Ebola Vaccine And Report on Your Experience
BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from several current and former…
Voice of America promotes N. Korean press release-like VOA news report as exclusive
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) and its parent U.S. federal agency the Broadcasting Board…
Voice of America senior leaders must leave to make VOA effective and improve morale
BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from a current Voice of…
Putin’s Russian victimhood on VOA
BBG Watch Commentary “Western media both expose, but often just report, Putin’s Russian victimhood propaganda claims, while poor…
Memo to Andy Lack From A Disgusted, Yet Hopeful VOA Journalist
BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from a current Voice of…
Questions from a Voice of America Journalist
BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from a current Voice of…
BBG Watch passes 3.5 million hits mark
BBG Watch Commentary We were short-staffed and busy recently with posting a number of new stories and commentaries…
‘Congress Calls for Investigation into VOA for Pro-Iran Corruption,’ Washington Free Beacon Reports
BBG Watch Commentary “Congress is calling for an investigation into Voice of America’s (VOA) Persian language news service…
OPM employee survey shows leadership crisis at Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch Commentary The initial Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) results from the 2014 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey…
Union comments on improper contracting by BBG – IBB – VOA – OCB officials
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch reposts a commentary by AFGE Local 1812. It deals with employment of private…
Former BBG member Victor Ashe to observe Ukrainian elections
BBG Watch Commentary The International Republican Institute announced that its delegation to observe Ukraine’s October 26, 2014 parliamentary…
Lynne Weil to leave BBG for a new job in communications
BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors Director of Communications and External Affairs, Lynne Weil, will leave the…
The World Speaks Out – Solidarity with Hong Kong on Radio Free Asia
BBG Watch Commentary THE WORLD SPEAKS OUT is a new page on Radio Free Asia (RFA) website showing…
Voice of America and Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty launch TV news in Russian
BBG Watch Commentary Publicly-funded U.S. multimedia broadcasters serving international audiences, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) and…
Voice of America journalist to moderate election debates in Ukraine
BBG Watch Commentary Not everything at the Voice of America (VOA) is doom and gloom despite serious management…
Voice of America Heralds Its News Decline with RT Logo
BBG Watch Commentary Nothing illustrates better the decline of the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) as a…
Voice of America Alters Broadcasts After Hong Kong Protests Begin, Epoch Times Reports
BBG Watch Commentary The Epoch Times, a newspaper published by the multi-language, international media organisation associated with the…
Government Executive reports on overuse and abuse of contractors at Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary Senior bureaucrats at the Voice of America (VOA) and the Broadcasting Board of Governors’ (BBG)…
Lack Meets With Reform-Minded CUSIB, Radio World reports
BBG Watch Commentary Interacting with an advocacy group that has been critical of certain Broadcasting Board of Governors…
BBG CEO-Designate Andy Lack Meets CUSIB Supporters of U.S. International Media
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE News and Commentary Journalist and media executive Andrew Lack, who had been selected by the…
Radio Free Asia offers exclusive news on Hong Kong protests on digital platforms and TV
BBG Watch Commentary Two key U.S. senators called Sunday for a “de-escalation” of the one week standoff between…
Hong Kong in Crisis, Voice of America Reduces TV to China
BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from a current Voice of…
Voice of America Reduces TV to China On the Sly As Hong Kong Protests Intensify
BBG Watch Commentary In yet another example of management meltdown, lack of communication and confusion at the U.S.…
Voice of America executives still not reading VOA website
BBG Watch Commentary by Another Backbencher As of Friday, Oct 3 at 1:54am, the Voice…
A “Digital First” Plan for VOA Managers: Read Your Own Web Site
BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from a…
Russia’s RT, BBC report on Secret Service director resignation well before Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary The news of Secret Service Director Julia Pierson resigning was posted today (Wednesday)…