Voice of America and USAGM Need Rescue
Voice of America and USAGM need rescue and good leadership as the U.S. Senate contemplates the nomination of…
VOA Report: Biden’s USAGM Nominee Bennett Wins Senate Committee Approval
USAGM Watch Commentary “The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee has approved President Joe Biden’s nominee to head the…
USAGM CEO Michael Pack Rehired Chinese American Journalists Fired by Former Management EXCLUSIVE
USAGM Watch Commentary Regardless of who wins the White House, Michael Pack, Trump-nominated and Senate-confirmed CEO of the…
Repeating Beijing Propaganda, Voice of America Still Gets Targeted by China
USAGM WATCH COMMENTARY This morning (March 17, 2020) the taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) in the U.S. Agency…
CUSIB remains concerned about VOA Mandarin Service
OPINION Ann Noonan, Executive Director of the independent NGO Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB.org) spoke in Washington,…
2 VOA China veteran reporters fired – Lansing and Bennett show no mercy
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary The Washington Free Beacon reported that two more VOA Mandarin 5 award-winning veteran…
CUSIB Statement in Response to USAGM Latest Firing of Two “VOA Mandarin 5” Journalists
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called recently for a leadership change at…
What Went Wrong with USAGM • VOA • RFE/RL?
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary What Went Wrong with USAGM • VOA • RFE/RL? • In…
China expert urges management reforms at USAGM
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary Bradley A. Thayer, Ph.D., a professor of political science at the University of…
CUSIB Executive Director Ann Noonan Met A ‘VOA Mandarin Five’ Journalist
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary On April 27, 2019 Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) Executive Director Ann…
RFE/RL Tajik Service – One Scandal Too Many Under USAGM CEO John Lansing
BBG – USAGM Watch According to an e-mail seen by BBG – USAGM Watch, a top lieutenant to…
Silencing Steve Bannon
GUEST BBG – USAGM WATCH COMMENTARY Silencing Steve Bannon By Sasha Gong It is hard…
USAGM and Voice of America: The Case of the Disappeared — and Delayed — Steve Bannon Interview
BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary According to sources in the Voice of America (VOA) Mandarin Service and friends…
VOA Director Amanda Bennett’s Chinese New Year Greeting Backfires
BBG Watch Commentary 美国之音给您拜年啦！美国之音台长贝内特、中文部主任托瑞埃罗和其他语言组的同仁祝您?年身体健康、合家欢乐、万事如意！！！ pic.twitter.com/0aJwkGAgWx — 美国之音中文网 (@VOAChinese) February 3, 2019 VOA Director Amanda Bennett’s Chinese New…
Did VOA’s ‘Report: Trump Told Attorney Cohen to Lie to Congress’ comply with VOA Charter and Journalistic Code?
BBG Watch Commentary Question Did the Voice of America (VOA) under the directorship of Pulitzer-winning journalist Amanda Bennett,…
OPINION VOA Problems: Racism, Xenophobia, Mediocrity, and Nepotism
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) Director Amanda Bennett has made various charges against VOA Mandarin Service…
Chinese whistleblower Guo Wengui accuses Voice of America of intentional defamation, demands an apology
BBG Watch Commentary In posts on Twitter and in a telephone interview in which he answered questions from…
Voice of America Mandarin Service had meetings with Chinese Embassy, Hoover Institution and Asia Society report says
BBG Watch Media Commentary According to a report of the Working Group on Chinese Influence Activities in the…
Washington Post: VOA fires journalist over interview with Chinese exile
BBG Watch Commentary A Failure of Leadership No matter how one reads the Washington Post’s blog opinion article…
Fearful and silenced, anti-communist Voice of America journalists side with Mandarin 5 against VOA director
BBG Watch Commentary In secret messages to BBG Watch, some of the remaining anti-communist journalists at U.S. tax-funded,…
Management confirms decision to fire VOA Mandarin chief Sasha Gong over Guo Wengui
BBG Watch Commentary Senior management of the Voice of America (VOA) and its parent agency, the United States…
Voice of America English website ignored Guo Wengui $100 million China human rights fund
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. tax-funded Voice of America (VOA) under holdover Obama administration director Amanda Bennett appears to…
One of VOA Mandarin Five Journalists Remembers Champion of Freedom Marie Ciliberti
BBG Watch Guest Commentary By Huchen Zhang Valentine’s Day (February 14), 2011 was the darkest day in the…
Cold War Lessons for Voice of America in China — Plight of VOA Mandarin Five
BBG Watch Guest Commentary This article is reposted from the Cold War Radio Museum – coldwarradiomuseum.com – website.…
Fear of the Chinese Government Continues Among Some at VOA
Guest Commentary Fear of the Chinese Government and Caving in to Its Pressure Continue Among Some at…
Same As It Ever Was – Agency for Global Media USAGM or Broadcasting Board of Governors BBG Under John Lansing
OPINION Same As It Ever Was Agency for Global Media USAGM or Broadcasting Board of Governors BBG Under…
‘Arc of success’ BBG manager Jeff Trimble is retiring
BBG Watch Commentary “Board Chairman Kenneth Weinstein thanked outgoing Deputy Director Jeff Trimble for his 21…
BBG employees will assess senior leaders in 2018 FEVS morale survey after China incident
BBG Watch Commentary Three Voice of America (VOA) Mandarin Service journalists are still on forced paid leave imposed…
SASHA GONG – Spineless Federal Bureaucrats CAVED To Chinese Pressure To Censor Voice Of America
BBG Watch Media Commentary Voice of America (VOA) journalist Dr. Sasha Gong, one of the three journalists who…
Bennett Denies There was Chinese Pressure on Guo Wengui VOA Interview
BBG Watch Commentary Bennett Denies There was Chinese Pressure on Guo Wengui VOA Interview …
Lansing and Bennett must let Robert Li and other VOA Mandarin journalists return to work
OPINION BBG Watch Guest Commentary History’s Mysteries: Those Who Listen in the Dark (解密时刻：偷听“敌台” 美国之音 英文字幕版) 32,323 views…
Former RFE/RL Kazakh editor criticizes management
BBG Watch Commentary Young journalists, most of them women, from countries without free media are criticizing senior management…
Dangers Chinese Americans face working for Voice of America and Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch Media Commentary On April 19, 2017, reportedly on orders of the senior management of U.S. taxpayer-funded,…
What good can speaking Chinese do for boss of Voice of America to China, VOA Director asks
BBG Watch Commentary Remarks to the Chinese American staff made this week by Voice of America (VOA) director…
CUSIB on Voice of America China Service and the Need for a Congressional Investigation
BBG Watch Commentary The independent and nonpartisan NGO Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) has a…
Broadcasting Board of Governors Comedy Club Part Two
OPINION BBG Comedy Club Part Two: The Road Show US International Media Information War Lost…
CUSIB Statement on the Appointment of Ernie Torriero as China Branch Chief for Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary The independent, non-partisan NGO, Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) has reacted to the news…
Ann Noonan Addresses BBG on China
BBG Watch Commentary Ann Noonan, Executive Director of the independent NGO Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB –…
#ReformBBG — BBG, VOA, RFE/RL Employees Ask for Immediate Reforms
BBG Watch Commentary According to the announcement posted on the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) website, the Broadcasting…
Chinese dissident Zhang Lin decries recent decline in quality of VOA programs to China
BBG Watch Commentary Among those disagreeing with Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and Voice of America (VOA) officials…
Another former RFE/RL newswoman Shahida Tulaganova slams management
BBG Watch Commentary UK-based award-winning investigative reporter Shahida Tulaganova joined another award-winning journalist Khadija Ismayilova, a former political…
WASHINGTON EXAMINER OP-ED: VOA’s Failure in Iran and China
BBG Watch Commentary Ted Lipien, a former VOA acting associate director who is one of the co-founders and…
Management’s push threatens credibility of RFE/RL Georgian programs
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE Commentary BBG Watch has learned from multiple sources in Washington, DC and Tbilisi, Georgia that…
U.S. scholars defend Voice of America Chinese journalists
BBG Watch Commentary A group of some of the most prominent U.S. scholars specializing in China studies has…
Timmerman calls on NSC for change of Voice of America leadership
BBG Watch Commentary “Led by a stable of Obama appointees, the Voice of America and the Persian language…
Most viewed in 2017: Voice of America China Guo Wengui Part I – BBG Watch
BBG Watch Commentary “Voice of America China Guo Wengui Part I” was the most viewed post on the…
VOA Mandarin Service Journalists Need Your Support During Christmas Holidays
BBG Watch Commentary Even though Christmas is here and New Year is just around the corner, this is…
Biden ignores RFE/RL, VOA, BBG in Foreign Affairs article on Russian propaganda
OPINION An important article in Foreign Affairs on Russia’s propaganda and disinformation against the West, “How to Stand…
Steve Goldstein sworn-in today as Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy will sit in for Tillerson on BBG Board
BBG Watch Commentary Irwin Steven (Steve) Goldstein was sworn in today, December 4, 2017, as Under Secretary for…
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission findings on Guo Wengui and Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission‘s findings on Guo Wengui and Voice of America…