CUSIB Submits Open Letter to House Appropriations Committee in Defense of Broadcasting to Tibet and China
March 7, 2012 CUSIB Submits Open Letter to House Appropriations Committee in Defense of Broadcasting to Tibet and…
BBG Ready to Drop the Ax on Cantonese and Tibetan Services by CUSIB's Ann Noonan in National Review
This article by the Committee for U.S. international Broadcasting (CUSIB) Executive Director Ann Noonan was published in National…
Human rights groups appeal to Congress to save broadcasts to China, Tibet and other nations without free media
This announcement was first published by the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB). Link Open Letter to Members…
North Carolina Congressman Asks For Modernizing U.S. Broadcasting Facility
BBG Watch News Commentary Rep. Walter B. Jones (R-NC) is asking the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) to…
BBG Gone Pravda
BBG Watch Commentary An old Soviet-era joke went something like this: “This is Armenian Radio; our listeners asked…
Russian Accuses Voice Of America Of Fake Interview – NPR
BBG WATCH COMMENTARY NPR’s Michele Kelemen, a former employee of Voice of America, reported on the recent VOA…
BBG awarded 50 million dollar contract to Gallup while planning to terminate broadcasts and fire over 200 journalists
Journalists at the Voice of America, Radio Free Asia, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Alhurra TV, Radio Sawa, and…
CUSIB starts campaign against Broadcasting Board of Governors' cuts in broadcasts to Tibet, China and other countries
The nongovernmental and independent Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting has issued a strong statement in opposition to the…
CUSIB Congratulates Michael Lynton on Appointment as Interim Presiding Governor
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB), an independent nongovernmental organization that urges the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) to pay closer attention to human rights reporting, serving oppressed audiences and fair treatment of employees, has released a statement congratulating Michael Lynton on his appointment as Interim Presiding Governor.
Would Navalny visit Voice of America? Follow up to Washington Times op-ed
BBG Watch Commentary Ted Lipien, former VOA acting associate director who now serves on the board of directors…
Broadcasting Board of Governors website ignored Voice of America's 70th anniversary
We could not find any reference to VOA’s 70th anniversary on the official home page of the BBG…
CUSIB members honor victims of human rights abuses in China, stress importance of VOA and RFA broadcasts
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) members paid tribute to victims of human rights abuses in China by placing flowers Wednesday, December 7, in Washington, D.C.
Putin goes after Radio Svoboda on Russian TV — CUSIB and BBG Watch
In a prime-time interview aired on October 17 with the heads of Russia’s three largest television stations, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said that during the Cold War, his former employer — the KGB — viewed Radio Svoboda as a branch of the CIA engaged in spying in the former Soviet Union, the Committee for U.S.
Former VOA director joins Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting — BBG Watch and CUSIB
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) announced that Robert R.
BBG’s Victor Ashe raises employee morale issues
In a rare move for a member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), a struggling federal agency which oversees U.S. government-funded news and information broadcasts for foreign audiences, BBG Governor Ambassador Victor Ashe raised the issue of employee morale at the Voice of America (VOA), one of the broadcasting entities managed by the BBG. Speaking at an open BBG meeting on October 13, 2011, Ambassador Ashe acknowledged that despite a minor improvement in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) annual Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey results for the Broadcasting Board of Governors, BBG remains near the very bottom among all federal agencies in terms of employee morale.
Distinguished campaigner for human rights Harry Wu joined the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting — CUSIB
Harry Wu, founder of Laogai Research Foundation, has joined the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB).
Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting Announces Advisory Board — CUSIB Press Release
BBG Watch is reposting the CUSIB Press Release, which we have just received. It lists the members of the CUSIB’s Advisory Board and explains its mission in support of U.S. international broadcasting
NGOs defend media freedom against Kim Jong-Il's regime
Free media NGOs and shortwave radio stations help to bring uncensored news to North Korea. One of them is Voice of America. VOA and its parent agency, the Broadcasting Board of Governors, however, are also criticized for promoting to what amounts to a North Korean propaganda video.
Newly-formed Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting vows to defend media freedom journalism
BBG Watch has learned that individuals associated with U.S. human rights, labor, and media freedom organizations have formed the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) with the aim of working with the Administration, Congress and media to promote free flow of uncensored news from the United States to countries in which journalists are threatened or lack sufficient resources.