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AFGE: Journalists, Federal Workers, and Unions File Lawsuit to Challenge Closure of U.S. Agency for Global Media

  • March 24, 2025
USAGM Watch Commentary The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), which represents 820,000 government workers, and many U.S.…
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Congress must save the good journalists at VOA, RFE/RL, RFA, Radio TV Marti, MBN | LIPIEN in THE HILL

  • March 17, 2025
President Trump’s decision to shut down the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia, Radio y Televisión Martí in Cuba and other…
Image included in a 2022 message to staff from VOA Acting Director Yolanda Lopez.
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All Voice of America Full Time Employees Put on Paid Administrative Leave, VOA May Survive But Emerge Much Smaller, Future of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia, other USAGM Grantees Uncertain | BREAKING NEWS

  • March 15, 2025
USAGM Commentary Multiple Voice of America (VOA) full-time employees report that they have received e-mails from the U.S.…
Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Florida.
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Diaz-Balart Condemns a Reduction in Force (RIF) at the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB)

  • August 26, 2022
The following press release was issued by the office of Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (R) representing Florida’s 25th Congressional…
VOA Director Amanda Bennett holding a USAGM umbrella for a publicity photo. In 2018, the U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the federal agency in charge of VOA, changed its name to the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM). President Biden nominated Bennett to be USAGM CEO and she was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in a 60-36 vote. She faces accusations of mismanagement and security lapses in her previous U.S. government position as the Voice of America (VOA) director.
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Mismanagement Charges Against USAGM CEO Nominee Amanda Bennett

  • June 6, 2022
Former Voice of America director Amanda Bennett, a nominee for U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) CEO position,…
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Members of Congress Criticize USAGM Management Over Cuts for OCB Cuba Programs

  • January 6, 2022
Cuts for OCB Cuba programs, proposed by the senior management of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM)…
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Cubans desperately need a strong Radio Television Martí, says former OCB director Jeffrey Scott Shapiro

  • May 11, 2021
USAGM Watch Commentary Former director of the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB) Jeffrey Scott Shapiro published an op-ed…
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Voice of America Delayed For Five Days Posting Story on Senator Menendez Criticism of USAGM CEO OCB Appointment

  • April 12, 2021
USAGM Watch Commentary It took the Voice of America (VOA), U.S. tax-funded broadcaster, five days after Senator Bob…
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Voice of America Not Posting Story on Senator Bob Menendez’s Criticism of USAGM CEO’s Choice for OCB Director

  • April 11, 2021
USAGM Watch Commentary UPDATE: Five days after Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) issued his statement on Wednesday April 7,…
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Senator Bob Menendez questions USAGM acting CEO’s decision to appoint Sylvia Rosabal as Director of the Office of Cuba Broadcasting

  • April 9, 2021
New Announcement from USAGM Watch Citizen Journalists Citizen journalists working as unpaid volunteers for non-partisan and independent USAGM…
In 2016 Voice of America (VOA) produced this graphic to illustrate reports on Fidel Castro’s death. It was used as the VOA Spanish Service Facebook Cover image.
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Biden’s USAGM Transition Leader Richard Stengel Pushed Normalization with Castro’s Cuba for OCB and VOA EXCLUSIVE

  • November 16, 2020
USAGM Watch Commentary According to two individuals who attended closed meetings of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…
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USAGM CEO Michael Pack Selected Temporary Acting Managers at VOA, OCB, RFA, MBN and RFE/RL

  • June 30, 2020
USAGM Watch Commentary U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) Chief Executive Officer Michael Pack issued a press release…
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Menendez Demands Answers for Anti-Semitic Segment Aired on TV Marti

  • December 13, 2019
USAGM WATCH MEDIA COMMENTARY Menendez Demands Answers for Anti-Semitic Segment Aired on TV Marti, RANKING MEMBER’S PRESS, November 1,…
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