OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War: Lost and Staying Lost
OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War: Lost and Staying Lost By The Federalist …
Business versus Policy Experience: Thoughts on Reform of U.S. Overseas Broadcasting
BBG Watch Remember Charlotte Beers. She is a highly successful American businesswoman. She was the first female vice-president…
Former RFE/RL President Kevin Klose Testimony on Options for Reforming U.S. Overseas Broadcasting
BBG Watch The following text is the written testimony of Kevin Klose, former Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty President,…
BBG Chairman Jeff Shell Testimony on Options for Reforming U.S. Overseas Broadcasting
BBG Watch The following text is the written testimony of Jeff Shell, Chairman of the Broadcasting Board of…
BBG CEO John Lansing Testimony on Options for Reforming U.S. Overseas Broadcasting
BBG Watch The following text is the written testimony of John Lansing, CEO and Director of the Broadcasting…
OPINION We’ve Lost For The French and Western Civilization
OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: We’ve Lost For The French and Western Civilization By The Federalist…
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing: Options for Reforming U.S. Overseas Broadcasting
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing: Options for Reforming U.S. Overseas Broadcasting Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2015 Time: 02:30…
Called ‘traitors’ and ‘Jews’ by Putin supporters, Radio Liberty journalists complain of mistreatment by U.S.-hired management
BBG Watch Commentary WARNING: This post contains a letter by an anonymous Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty…
VOA Charter ignored, says former Voice of America director
BBG Watch Commentary We would like to offer this commentary from BBG Watch as an introduction to highlighting…
Matt Armstrong calls Voice of America a ‘fundamental counter to propaganda’, exaggerates successes, ignores failures
BBG Watch Commentary A Republican member of the bipartisan Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the federal agency in…
BBG and VOA can’t do the same thing and hope for a different outcome
BBG Watch Media Following reports in the Washington Post and the Washington Times, FierceGovernment site noted that in…
Employee morale at Broadcasting Board of Governors declined under new leadership
BBG Watch According to the Partnership for Public Service, which uses data from the Office of Personnel Management’s…
Voice of America does better on Malala story compared to 2013, gets exclusive interview with Ukraine’s president
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice America did a much better job covering Malala Yousafzai’s visit to Washington…
Voice of America ignores Ambassador Power’s statement on BBG’s imprisoned journalist Khadija Ismayilova
BBG Watch Media When the Voice of America (VOA) reported Tuesday online on the launching of the U.S.…
BBG Denounces Sentencing Of Azeri Journalist Khadija Ismayilova
BBG Watch Commentary According to a Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) today’s press release expressing “outrage and dismay…
OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War: Defeated
Commentary BBG Watch offers a wide range of commentaries on current issues in U.S. international media outreach, public…
Misplaced priorities of BBG Governor
BBG Watch Commentary We could not find any online trace of U.S.taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) paying any…
John Lansing will encounter entrenched pro-status quo BBG bureaucracy, Congressional sources warn
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE “Tackling these problems and ‘righting the ship’ will be a truly herculean effort, perhaps only…
Reactions vary to John Lansing as contender to lead U.S. BBG media outreach
BBG Watch Opinions BBG Watch has received a number of reactions to its exclusive report that U.S. cable…
John F. Lansing is leading contender for U.S. broadcasting BBG CEO post EXCLUSIVE
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch has learned from reliable high-level sources within the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…
Senator Ted Cruz wants BBG to counteract ISIS propaganda, some Voice of America English news staffers don’t
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE In a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry and Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…
Radio Free Iraq no longer needed, shut down, Broadcasting Board of Governors announced
BBG Watch Commentary With the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS), a jihadi extremist…
Briefing Memo 4 for New BBG CEO – IBB Office of Digital Design and Innovation
BBG WATCH EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch has received from a source within the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) a…
Briefing Memo 3 for New BBG CEO – What Do IBB Executives Do? They Travel
BBG WATCH EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch has received from a source within the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) a…
Briefing Memo 1 for New BBG CEO – IBB Overview
BBG WATCH EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch has received from a source within the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) a…
BBG Governor Weinstein: RFE/RL level of energy-no comparison to five years ago
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) “multimedia expansion and rapid growth” was the focus of Broadcasting…
Messages of success from BBG Interim CEO & Director André Mendes
BBG Watch According to Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Interim CEO and Director André Mendes, the U.S. taxpayer-funded…
WP: VOA chief threatens to ‘kill’ other U.S. broadcast stations if . . .
BBG Watch Media In his “In the Loop” Washington Post column, Al Kamen reports on former Voice of…
Jeff Shell takes issue with OIG’s ‘ineffective leadership’ assessment of BBG
BBG Watch Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman Jeff Shell responded to some of the recent findings of…
Policy heavyweights support Royce-Engel U.S. media reform bill
BBG Watch Commentary According to a new report released by the Aspen Institute, at the third annual Aspen…
CUSIB urges use of radio and TV to counter new ‘Great Cannon’ in China
BBG Watch Media The Laogai Research Foundation (LRF) established by Laogai survivor Harry Wu has reported on the…
BBG Chair Jeff Shell and CUSIB both warn of ‘Great Cannon’ new China Internet censorship tool
BBG Watch BBG Watch reposts the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) press release which focuses…
Wilson Center Panel on Reform of BBG
BBG Watch The Woodrow Wilson Center’s History and Public Policy program sponsored a panel discussion on reforming U.S.…
Broadcasting Board of Governors recognizes labor rights victory of Voice of America U.S. citizen journalists
BBG Watch Commentary In November 2012, in a message to Agency employees, former International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) Director…
Ed Royce in WSJ on countering Putin’s information weapons of war
BBG Watch Commentary Wednesday, April 15, 2015, at 10 a.m., U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the…
OPINION – THE FEDERALIST – Voice of America Information War Lost: Consequences
Commentary BBG Watch offers a wide range of commentaries on current issues in U.S. international media outreach, public…
Illegally fired Radio and TV Marti journalists returning to OCB on Monday EXCLUSIVE
BBG Watch Exclusive Thanks to the intervention of Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman Jeff Shell, who ordered…
Another no rebuttal Voice of America column attacking Netanyahu
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA), overseen by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) federal…
Rebuke to old management, top lawyers at Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch Commentary Top lawyers at the Broadcasting Broadcasting Board of Governors have received yet another major rebuke…
OPINION – ROBINSON – Andy Lack’s Friday the 13th Note: Why aren’t journalists asking the questions?
Commentary All views expressed are those of the author. ANDY LACK’S FRIDAY THE 13TH NOTE: WHY AREN’T JOURNALISTS…
On International Women’s Day women do not fare well at some Broadcasting Board of Governors media entities
BBG Watch Commentary March 8 was celebrated in some parts of the world as International Women’s Day. According…
HEINLEIN, SHELL, WEINSTEIN on Voice of America Charter, BBG reform bill and news reporting
BBG Watch Last Updated Mar. 09, 2015, 12:25 AM ET During a meeting with Broadcasting Board of Governors…
Russia’s RT and SPUTNIK report on Andy Lack, NBC, BBG, VOA, RFE-RL, Royce, Nuland, Kerry – but not Voice of America
BBG Watch Media U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) is showing a remarkable lack of journalistic curiosity in…
OPINION Andy Lack, We Hardly Knew Ye
BBG Watch Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from a current Voice of…
CUSIB disappointed in Andy Lack’s departure, expresses support for BBG and Chairman Shell
BBG Watch At least one anonymous critic has called for Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) chairman Jeff Shell…
OPINION – THE FEDERALIST – Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost: Dysfunctional, Defunct and Broken
Commentary BBG Watch offers a wide range of commentaries on current issues in U.S. international media outreach, public…
BBG Chair Jeff Shell and Governor Ken Weinstein Q and A with Employees Part I I AUDIO
BBG Watch Media Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman Jeff Shell announced today that CEO and Director Andrew…
BBG Chair Jeff Shell and Governor Ken Weinstein Q and A with Employees Part I AUDIO
BBG Watch Media Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman Jeff Shell announced today that CEO and Director Andrew…
BBG Chair Jeff Shell to name André Mendes as interim agency CEO – EXCLUSIVE
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch has learned that Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) chairman Jeff Shell is expected…
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE New Broadcast Board CEO Bails After Just Six Weeks
BBG Watch Media “After just 40 days as the first-ever CEO of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, Andrew…