Two vice presidents departed Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
BBG Watch Commentary Dale Cohen, Vice President of Administration at Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) since…
As Russian authorities raid human rights NGOs, RFE/RL websites were out of commission, offered minimal coverage
BBG Watch Commentary Big changes may soon be announced at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), but for now…
60 Years of Radio Liberty (Svoboda): Coverage as Exercise in Propaganda
Commentary by Leon 60 Years of Radio Liberty (Svoboda): Coverage as Exercise in Propaganda By Leon…
Radio Liberty is joined by Lyudmila Alexeeva to celebrate 60 years of defending free speech
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has posted videos of the Radio Liberty 60th anniversary event…
Human rights supporter of fired Radio Liberty journalists Lyudmila Alexeeva visits RFE/RL
BBG Watch Commentary One of the strongest supporters of fired Radio Liberty journalists, Russian human rights leader Lyudmila…
Supporters of fired Radio Liberty journalists, Alexeeva and Satter, to speak at anniversary event in DC
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) new acting president Kevin Klose has invited Lyudmila Alexeeva and…
RFE/RL president invites famous supporter of fired Radio Liberty journalists to anniversary event
BBG Watch Commentary Lyudmila Alexeeva’s participation in Radio Liberty anniversary events in Washington and in Moscow may lead…
Kevin Klose meets with Russian human rights leaders and fired Radio Liberty journalists
BBG Watch Commentary During a highly emotional meeting in Moscow on Tuesday that lasted nearly five hours, newly-appointed…
RFE/RL president Kevin Klose to meet in Moscow with human rights leaders and fired Radio Liberty staffers
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that newly-appointed Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty acting president Kevin Klose is…
Lyudmila Alexeeva, staunch ally of fired Radio Liberty journalists, nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
BBG Watch Commentary As reported by Dr. Paul Goble on his scholarly Window on Eurasia blog focusing on…
Huffington Post reports on Radio Liberty, quotes Klose, Gedmin, O'Sullivan, and BBG Watch
BBG Watch Commentary The Huffington Post, ranked #1 on the 15 Most Popular Political Sites list in the…
Kevin Klose offers vision of journalism that empowers, remains silent on plans to reform RFE/RL
BBG Watch Commentary “Fact-based, quality, reliable, independent, verifiable journalism — that’s what we’re about,” recently appointed Radio Free…
Russian human rights leader Lyudmila Alexeeva wants two RFE/RL managers to resign, asks for return of fired Radio Liberty journalists
BBG Watch Commentary In a letter to the newly-appointed Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) acting president Kevin Klose,…
RFE/RL coverage of Holocaust video project raises questions
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) coverage of the Holocaust video project by award-winning filmmaker Mumin…
Images and videos that changed Broadcasting Board of Governors' position on RFE/RL
BBG Watch Commentary “On the day Kevin Klose assumes his duties as Acting President and CEO or Radio…
RFE/RL news services failed to cover Radio Liberty crisis and Steven Korn's controversial reign
BBG Watch Commentary A comment left on the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) website points out that this…
Steven Korn condemns media critics of his soon-to-end tenure as RFE/RL president
BBG Watch Commentary The outgoing Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) president and CEO Steven Korn, whose resignation becomes…
Russian Service is not the only victim of management actions at RFE/RL
BBG Watch Commentary A commentary sent to BBG Watch by a journalist whose articles have been published on…
Fired Radio Liberty journalists appeal to BBG and Kevin Klose for reinstatement
BBG Watch Commentary Fired Radio Liberty journalists appeal to BBG and Kevin Klose for reinstatement, Russian Service employees…
Korn continues to defy BBG committee on financial questions
BBG Watch Commentary Steven Korn continues to refuse providing financial information to the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…
Announcement on new RFE/RL president expected soon
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) will soon make an…
One of Ukraine's most famous journalists welcomes resignation of RFE/RL president
BBG Watch Commentary One of Ukraine’s most famous independent journalists Vitali Portnikov welcomed the resignation of Radio Free…
Is BBG looking out for or exploiting its non-U.S. citizen employees?
BBG Watch Commentary Is BBG, the Broadcasting Board of Governors, looking out for or exploiting its non-U.S. citizen…
IT'S TIME FOR A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION FROM OUTSIDE THE IBB, BBG employee union says
BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employee union, AFGE Local 1812, has posted on its…
BBG employee union takes note of Andrei Babitsky's protest at Radio Liberty
The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employee union, AFGE Local 1812, has posted on its website a number…
Korn’s Crash Landing, BBG Left to Pick Up the Pieces, BBG employee union comments
BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employee union, AFGE Local 1812, has posted on its…
Radio Liberty in Exile journalists add new features to their "New Liberty" website, get attention from BBG
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Liberty in Exile (Facebook Page) journalists have added several new features to their New…
National Endowment for Democracy blog reports on Radio Liberty crisis
Democracy Digest, a blog published by the National Endowment for Democracy, is reporting on the current crisis and…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – More on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – More on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty by The Federalist…
Radio Liberty remains in a coma – Russian journalist tells Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Liberty remains in a coma – Russian journalist Sophia Kornienko tells Broadcasting Board of…
Did Steve Korn resign from CNN and RFE/RL or was he canned both times?
BBG Watch Commentary Steven Korn, the outgoing president and CEO of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), insists that…
European public interest journalism expert calls for Ragona and Gessen to leave, return of fired Radio Liberty staff
BBG Watch Commentary European public interest journalism expert Zygmunt Dzieciolowski has called on the Broadcasting Board of Governors…
Limousines, yachts, business class travel at RFE/RL hopefully to be reviewed by Audit Committee
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) Corporate Board Chairman and…
Steven Korn continues to defame Radio Liberty journalists in Washington Post interview
BBG Watch Commentary In an interview with The Washington Post, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) President and CEO…
Open letter of Radio Liberty Chechnya war reporter Andrei Babitsky to RFE/RL president Steven Korn
BBG Watch Commentary In an open letter to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) President and CEO Steven Korn,…
Business class plane travel and housing allowances for Korn's favorites at RFE/RL raise questions
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that two of the resigning Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) President…
Steven Korn's Disastrous Tenure at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: A Postmortem by Judy Bachrach
BBG Watch Commentary In one of the best investigative journalism reports on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), a…
U.S. Must Take Immediate Action to Save Radio Liberty in Russia
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. Must Take Immediate Action to Save Radio Liberty in Russia by Mario Corti and…
"Turmoil Over America's Radio Voice in Russia," former RFE/RL executive editor writes in Wall Street Journal
BBG Watch Commentary John O’Sullivan, former Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty executive editor (2008-11) and vice president (2011), the…
Anna Politkovskaya journalism student award goes to Irina Chevtayeva, another reporter who left Radio Liberty in protest
BBG Watch Commentary Yet another prestigious journalism award went to former Radio Liberty Russian reporters who either resigned…
BBG Recognizes Achievements of Fired Radio Liberty Journalists
BBG Recognizes Achievements of Fired Radio Liberty Journalists BBG Watch Commentary In a new sign of disputing actions…
Gessen and Ragona say Russian media reports of Korn's departure from RFE/RL are nothing but rumors, insiders disagree
BBG Watch Commentary President of Radio Liberty Dismissed for Destroying Editorial Office – Russia Today, Dec. 25, 2012 Radio…
Freedom House President refutes statements from RFE/RL officials
BBG Watch Commentary “Not only have I not changed my views on how bad the situation is at…
Fired Radio Liberty Internet team and its young reporter Elena Vlasenko receive Sakharov journalism prize
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Liberty Internet team fired last September by American executives of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Russia Reviewed
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Russia Reviewed by The Federalist (Special to BBG Watch to mark…
Gessen's attacks on Radio Liberty's American supporters bring more negative Russian media coverage
BBG Watch Commentary Recent attacks in Russian by Masha Gessen, the new head of Radio Liberty’s Russian Service,…
BBG member counters Masha Gessen's spin on Radio Liberty in Russian media
BBG Watch Commentary It used to be the job of the director of Radio Liberty’s Russian Service to…
Steven Korn to leave RFE/RL within 45 days, sources say
BBG Watch Commentary According to sources inside the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) headquarters, at a meeting in…
What future holds for RFE/RL President Korn and his team and for Radio Liberty?
BBG Watch Commentary It’s hard to imagine that Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) President and CEO Steven Korn…
Freedom House President David Kramer highly critical of Steven Korn's leadership at RFE/RL
Sources told BBG Watch that at a panel discussion on Russia held Thursday in Washington by the Broadcasting…