OPINION Conundrums of Self-Promotion
Commentary BBG Watch offers a wide range of commentaries on current issues in U.S. international media outreach, public…
State Department Lamely Markets Anti-IS Messages to Millennials
BBG Watch Media Much of the same thing has been going on at the Broadcasting Board of Governors’…
Voice of America has news and web issues
BBG Watch Early Wednesday afternoon, new Russsian military offensive in Ukraine was number two news story on BBC…
OPINION The Departure of Voice of America Director David Ensor
Commentary BBG Watch offers a wide range of commentaries on current issues in U.S. international media outreach, public…
House Panel Advances Reforms of US International Media – Voice of America News
VOICE OF AMERICA COVERAGE OF HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE VOTE BBG Watch Commentary The VOA News report…
No rebuttal on Voice of America to ex-CIA official calling Seymour Hersh’s Osama bin Laden report ‘rubbish’
BBG Watch Commentary In an apparent violation of the VOA Charter and Journalistic Code, U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of…
‘Coolest’ videos from Voice of America and RT – MUST SEE
BBG Watch Some say that the United States is losing the information war to Russia. What would be…
WATCH: Veteran VOA correspondents Jim Malone, Andre de Nesnera react to flyover
BBG Watch At the end of its today’s report, “US, Europe Mark 70th Anniversary of VE Day,” Voice…
Voice of America can’t get news of its own reform right
BBG Watch Media It is unlikely in the extreme that Voice of America (VOA) director David Ensor (who…
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.…
Washington Post quote: ‘Ensor accomplished more…’
BBG Watch Media The Washington Post “In the Loop” column by Colby Itkowitz reports on the resignation of…
Russian RT beats Voice of America 1,500 to 1 in Facebook ‘Likes’ on S. Carolina murder
BBG Watch Media Russia’s state media outlet RT beat U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA), which departing VOA…
Times on resignation of Voice of America director David Ensor
BBG Watch Media The New York Times reported in an article by Ron Nixon that “David Ensor, who…
Voice of America Director David Ensor stepping down
BBG Watch At today’s Town Hall meeting at the Voice of America (VOA) in Washington, DC, Director David…
Op-Ed: Voice of America can learn from State Dept. about social media
BBG Watch Media “When it comes to a few important journalistic new media skills, such as speed of…
Voice of America Persian v DW Persian on Facebook 301 – 3,800
BBG Watch Media The Voice of America Persian Facebook post on President Obama statement on the nuclear…
Voice of America Persian v BBC Persian on Facebook 301 – 6,900
BBG Watch Media Voice of America Persian slide into irrelevance on social media While most…
Dismal Voice of America social media stats on big Iran – U.S. news day
BBG Watch Commentary Members of the bipartisan Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) should hold top Voice of America…
Voice of America and RT – Will VOA Newsroom reform work?
BBG Watch Media RT, which used to be called Russia Today, is “Putin’s weapon of choice in the…
U.S. media agency BBG leagues behind BBC and RT in web traffic
BBG Watch Commentary The troubled U.S. media agency, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), released Tuesday its detailed…
VOA improves Boris Nemtsov coverage but fails to give White House statement a headline
BBG Watch Commentary After being late and behind Russia’s RT, Al Jazeera, BBC, Radio Free Europe / Radio…
Voice of America late with Boris Nemtsov murder story, beat by RT, BBC, DW, Al Jazeera, RFE/RL
BBG Watch Commentary VOA Screen Shot 2015-02-27 at 5:36 PM ET As of 5:36 PM ET, Friday, February…
No confusion over Voice of America social media numbers, popularity of lost VOA TV show to Iran
BBG Watch One of our readers, Doug, seemed confused about our statement that the Voice of America (VOA)…
Some senior Voice of America correspondents have less than 100 Twitter Followers, one VOA reporter has 10
BBG Watch Commentary Most reporters who regularly tweet news on the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) main…
Voice of America seeks help with finding positive news
BBG Watch Commentary Link to VOA Talk to America Video on YouTube U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice…
Voice of America Facebook still shows President Obama with a turkey 12 days after Thanksgiving
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America news, Facebook posts and Tweets are not the only ones…
Voice of America needed leaders and an editor for Obama immigration story
BBG Watch Commentary On such an important news story as President Obama’s speech Thursday evening on immigration…
Voice of America Information War Lost: Pants On Fire
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America Information War Lost: Pants On Fire By The Federalist We…
Voice of America report on Putin at G20 shows only pro-Putin readers’ comments
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) is either completely ineffective in audience engagement…
Voice of America homepage shows 6 hours old news Tweet alerts
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch looked at the Voice of America (VOA) English news homepage and discovered that…
Voice of America – Information War Lost: Beyond Dysfunctional and Defunct
BBG Watch Commentary A new commentary from our regular contributor The Federalist deals with the Voice of America…
RT and VOA U.S. elections social media outreach: Facebook RT 4.2K – VOA 208
BBG Watch Commentary RT and VOA social U.S. elections social media outreach: Facebook RT 4.2K – VOA 208…
11:45 PM – BBC, CNN, FOX, CNBC and RT reported Republican Senate Majority – Voice of America has not
BBG Watch Commentary 11:45 PM – BBC, CNN, FOX, CNBC and RT reported Republican Senate Majority – Voice…
Voice of America fumbles on a breaking space rocket explosion story
BBG Watch Commentary Mismanaged U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) was once again “out to lunch” after business…
Voice of America executives still not reading VOA website
BBG Watch Commentary by Another Backbencher As of Friday, Oct 3 at 1:54am, the Voice…
White House on VOA-RFE/RL Russian TV, controversial VOA – Russia TV project not mentioned
BBG Watch Commentary In the “FACT SHEET: U.S. Support for Ukraine,” the White House has announced a…
Voice of America: social media or ‘old state broadcaster model’?
BBG Watch Commentary Will VOA embrace change with social media or ‘old state broadcaster model’ of censored program…
Under Secretary Stengel: U.S. needs to harden its ‘soft power’
BBG Watch Commentary How does the U.S. harden its “soft power”? According to a Voice of America (VOA)…
Digital Last at Voice of America with John Kerry – Good Enough for Government Work
BBG Watch Commentary This commentary describes how Voice of America was “Digital Last” in its handing of an…
VOA Interview with Kerry — no video, no audio*, no photo, no Facebook** — SKYPE interview with VOA reporter instead
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America executives have once again shown how unable they are to manage a…
Russia’s RT has more on Obama statement on Ukraine than Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) devoted only 138 words on its English news website…
Voice of America obliterated by Russia’s RT on Ferguson coverage, social media outreach
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) was not only late in reporting online on the killing of…
Voice of America finally on the scene in Ferguson – No Comment
BBG Watch Commentary After more than ten days of reporting on the Ferguson protests from Washington, without any…
World holding its breath for VOA story on digital drive-in movies, Ferguson can wait
BBG Watch Commentary Sources told BBG Watch that while Voice of America (VOA) executives still haven’t managed to…
On Ferguson, Voice of America top brass shows Rick Stengel why Russia’s RT is better
BBG Watch Commentary At the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) open board meeting on August 13 in Washington,…
Voice of America bosses and staff on vacation, no VOA reporter in Ferguson, Missouri
BBG Watch Commentary The same management of U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA), which provided on-the-scene coverage of…
Resistance to reforms equals not enough reach and respect for Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary Resistance to reforms from the entrenched bureaucracy equals not enough respect for Voice of America…
BBG Shortwave Committee Chair defends himself against criticism by CUSIB, Radio World reports
BBG Watch Commentary Radio World reported that Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Shortwave Committee Chair Matt Armstrong expressed…
The Man Behind the Anonymous Critiques of U.S. International Broadcasting, govexec.com reports on BBG Watch
BBG Watch Commentary Government Executive, govexec.com website, has published a profile of BBG Watch and one of its…
Still no announcements on Voice of America main websites about shortwave cuts
BBG Watch Commentary In an incredible display of insensitivity toward its audiences and its own journalists, Voice of…