Op-Ed: Walter Isaacson on U.S. media and public diplomacy
BBG Watch Media American writer Walter Isaacson, in a Broadcasting Board of Governors conversation about U.S. public diplomacy…
Op-Ed: Voice of America can learn from State Dept. about social media
BBG Watch Media “When it comes to a few important journalistic new media skills, such as speed of…
Op-Ed: Chinese dissident criticizes Obama, praises Hillary Clinton
BBG Watch Media In an exclusive March 12, 2015 interview with the Voice of America (VOA) Mandarin Service,…
Op-Ed: Disappearance of Putin is most likely a propaganda ploy
BBG Media Russian President Vladimir Putin may have staged his own disappearance to score propaganda points against gullible…
VOA and RFE/RL Russia media outreach in Op-Ed: Murder of Polish priest may offer clues in Boris Nemtsov’s case
BBG Watch Media The importance of effective U.S. media outreach through the Voice of America (VOA) and Radio…
GovExec.com and BBG Watch report on BBG, VOA and Andy Lack
Managers, employees and guests at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) open board meeting in Washington, DC, February…
Mother Jones article on Broadcasting Board of Governors quotes from BBG Watch
BBG Watch Commentary Mother Jones article by Jenna McLaughlin about the newly-appointed Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) director…
CUSIB supports BBG’s Andy Lack in a row with Russia’s RT
BBG Watch The independent NGO Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) issued a strong statement of…
Op-Ed: U.S. must protest lack of Cuban visas for VOA and Marti reporters
BBG Watch The Obama Administration is silent on Voice of America (VOA) and Radio and TV Marti reporters…
Good journalism is always good public diplomacy
BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. Views expressed here are only those of the…
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…
CUSIB congratulates Andy Lack on CEO position at BBG
BBG Watch Commentary The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting, (CUSIB – cusib.org) issued a press release in which…
DIGITAL JOURNAL Op-Ed: Propaganda war in which Voice of America helps Putin
BBG Watch Commentary Former Voice of America (VOA) acting associate director Ted Lipien, who is now director of…
Community leaders support reform of U.S. international broadcasting
BBG Watch Commentary UPDATE: H.R. 4490, the bipartisan Royce – Engel United States International Communications Reform Act of…
Brave New World Vision for Voice of America Challenged
BBG Watch Commentary Ted Lipien, former acting associate director for the Voice of America (VOA) and co-founder of…
CUSIB Director Meets with BBG Chairman Shell
BBG Watch BBG Watch has learned that Ted Lipien, Director of the independent NGO Committee for U.S. International…
Former BBG Governors, CUSIB Director support reform of U.S. international broadcasting
BBG Watch Commentary Two former Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) members, Ambassador Victor Ashe and Blanquita…
LIPIEN: A propaganda-free Voice of America, WT op-ed
BBG Watch Commentary In a Washington Times op-ed, strongly supporting management reforms proposed in the Royce – Engel…
The Man Behind the Anonymous Critiques of U.S. International Broadcasting, govexec.com reports on BBG Watch
BBG Watch Commentary Government Executive, govexec.com website, has published a profile of BBG Watch and one of its…
Voice of America Needs to Avoid Extremes and Be Real
Commentary Voice of America Needs to Avoid Extremes and Be Real By Ted Lipien No one I know…
CUSIB urges management reforms at BBG
BBG Watch Commentary The independent and nonpartisan Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org), which has been…
Tomlinson on Voice of America coverage of Pope John Paul II
BBG Watch Commentary Former Voice of America acting associate director Ted Lipien has posted on his blog an…
Ted Lipien remembers Ken Tomlinson
BBG Watch Commentary Ted Lipien, former director of the Voice of America (VOA) Polish Service and later VOA…
The Hill on propaganda fears and reform of bureaucracy in charge of Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary A report in The Hill, which focuses on a bipartisan bill to reform U.S. international…
Kenneth Y. Tomlinson, 1944-2014 – former Voice of America director and former BBG chairman
BBG Watch Commentary VOA director Ken Tomlinson, his wife Rebecca Moore Tomlinson and VOA Polish Service chief Ted…
Threat of propaganda or reform for Voice of America from bipartisan Congressional bill?
BBG Watch Commentary Denver Nicks wrote in an article for TIME on a bipartisan bill in Congress to…
Blame the IBB, not the BBG Board, for making U.S. media outreach dysfunctional, says former VOA and IBB executive
BBG Watch Commentary Journalist, writer and former Voice of America (VOA) and International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) executive, Ted…
CUSIB Urges BBG To Keep Radio As Part of Multimedia Strategy
BBG Watch Commentary The independent Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) is urging the federal Broadcasting…
CUSIB co-sponsors ‘HOLD ON LIU XIA!’ at NY Museum of Tolerance
BBG Watch Commentary The independent Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) is co-sponsoring “HOLD ON LIU…
Statement by CUSIB Executive Director on Departure of RFE/RL President
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) Executive Director Ann Noonan issued a statement on the…
Digital Journal Op-Ed: Ukraine gets short shrift from mismanaged Voice of America
BBG Watch Digital Journal has published an op-ed by former VOA acting associate director Ted Lipien who noted…
CUSIB Offers Support For RFE/RL Ukranian Service Journalists Beaten By Police
BBG Watch Commentary The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org), a nonpartisan, nongovernmental organization working to…
BBC, Deutsche Welle offer superb coverage of Ukraine’s slide toward a police state, Voice of America does not
British BBC and German Deutsche Welle (DW) offer superb coverage in English of Ukraine’s slide toward a repressive…
Digital Journal – American journalist rejects Russia’s claims for visa denial
BBG Watch Commentary Digital Journal has posted Ted Lipien’s news report on David Satter rejecting Russia’s claims for…
CUSIB Statement on Denial of Visa by Russia to David Satter
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) has issued the following statement. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January…
Digital Journal Op-Ed: RFI explaining French ways to global audience, even love and sex
BBG Watch Commentary “Radio France Internationale understands the need for describing in its broadcasts, and increasingly online, some…
CUSIB Marks International Human Rights Day
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) posted a new press release about its activities in…
Wałęsa: ‘I would not be the man I am today without VOA’
BBG Watch Commentary Lech Wałesa: “I would not be the man I am today without VOA. One-third of…
Martial law prisoners in Poland praised Reagan, Voice of America and Radio Free Europe
Originally posted on December 4, 2013 Today’s political prisoners who are fighting for democracy and human rights are…
CUSIB Director and BBG Chairman discuss U.S. international media outreach
BBG Watch is reposting a press release published on the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting website. CUSIB is…
BBC, other foreign public media report extensively on their Greenpeace nationals jailed in Russia, but not Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary Former Voice of America (VOA) journalist and executive Ted Lipien noted in articles in Digital…
IBB’s Kim Andrew Elliott is wrong on USIA’s record at Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary This commentary was provided by Ted Lipien, director of the independent Committee for U.S. International…
Voice of America news failures offer audience gaining opportunities for Al Jazeera, state-funded media in Russia and China
BBG Watch Commentary In an op-ed for Digital Journal, former Voice of America (VOA) executive Ted Lipien pointed…
Digital Journal Op-Ed: VOA and U.S. Public Diplomacy Failed on Obama-Malala Meeting
Voice of America (VOA) and U.S. public diplomacy failed to take full advantage of President Obama’s meeting Friday…
Voice of America English and Russian News Ignores Walesa Human Rights Award for Khodorkovsky
BBG Watch Commentary As a further example of how mismanaged and provincial the Voice of America (VOA) has…
Lech Wałęsa’s Historic VOA Interviews – 1985 – 1987 – 2002
BBG Watch Commentary Poland’s Post Office is issuing a stamp in honor of Solidarity (Solidarność) trade union leader…
Lech Walesa on Importance of Voice of America in Poland’s Struggle for Freedom and Democracy
BBG Watch Commentary Thanks to Ted Lipien, former director of the Voice of America Polish Service (1982-2003), we…
Klose choice applauded by CUSIB, Radio World reports
BBG Watch Commentary Radio World reported on the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting’s (CUSIB – cusib.org) support for…
Voice of America officials were wrong in downplaying coverage of Turkish protests
BBG Watch Commentary When Voice of America (VOA) executives tried to justify their decision not to send a…
CUSIB calls Victor Ashe ‘A Man of Decency and Effectiveness’
BBG Watch Commentary In a statement issued today on the departure of Victor Ashe from his post on…