FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 17, 2014 Independent Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting Co-Sponsors ‘HOLD ON LIU XIA!’ HOLD ON LIU XIA! Tuesday, March 18, 2014 from 3:00-5:00pm Museum of Tolerance located at 226 East 42nd Street, New York, NY 10017 During Women’s History Month, we celebrate the lives of women who have made outstanding contributions to […]
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CUSIB Offers Support For RFE/RL Ukranian Service Journalists Beaten By Police
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 20, 2014 CUSIB Offers Support For RFE/RL Ukranian ServicesJournalists Beaten By Police The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) is outraged by reports that Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)Ukrainian Service journalists, Dmytro Barkar and Igor Iskhakov, were beaten and detained by police while covering clashes in Kiev […]
U.S. considers VOA and RFE/RL programs to Ukraine ' very valuable' and 'very important'
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 16, 2014 U.S. considers VOA and RFE/RL programs to Ukraine ‘very valuable’ and ‘very important,’ but more funding from Congress and more oversight from BBG are needed The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) applauds a statement by a high-level U.S. State Department official who told a U.S. Senate […]
CUSIB Statement on Denial of Visa by Russia to David Satter
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 14, 2014 CUSIB Statement on Denial of Visa by Russia to David Satter Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) is appalled by the Russian Government’s denial of visa to distinguished American journalist and advisor to Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) David Satter. We share RFE/RL President Kevin Klose’s expressions […]
Statement by CUSIB Executive Director Ann Noonan at BBG Meeting, Dec. 18, 2013
Link to Video on YouTube. Statement by CUSIB Executive Director Ann Noonan BBG Meeting December 18, 2013 Washington, DC I’d like to be sure that everyone here knows that CUSIB is a non-partisan organization that came about at the request of people who work on matters involving journalism for media freedom and human rights. All […]
CUSIB Advisory Board Member Tim Shamble Defends BBG Employees
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 2, 2014 CUSIB Advisory Board Member Tim Shamble Defends BBG Employees Tim Shamble, President of American Federation of Government Employees, AFGE Local 1812, who also serves on the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) Advisory Broad, has written a letter to New York Daily News defending employees of the […]
CUSIB Marks International Human Rights Day
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 10, 2013 CUSIB Marks International Human Rights Day CUSIB marks the date in history, December 10, 1948, when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the UN General Assembly. We also wish to highlight the continuing efforts of our Advisory Board Members who remain dedicated to promoting […]
CUSIB Supports Media Coverage for Tiananmen Massacre Commemoration
CUSIB Supports Media Coverage for Tiananmen Massacre Commemoration On Friday, November 15, 2013, the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting’s Advisory Board Member Jing Zhang and CUSIB Executive Director, Ann Noonan participated in a press conference about the upcoming 25th Commemoration of the Tiananmen Square Massacre. The press conference, held in Flushing, New York, was organized […]
CUSIB Director and BBG Chairman discuss U.S. international media outreach
November 13, 2013 CUSIB Director and BBG Chairman discuss U.S. international media outreach West Coast-based Committee for U.S.International Broadcasting Director Ted Lipien had a meeting in San Francisco Wednesday, November 13, with Broadcasting Board of Governors Chairman Jeff Shell. This continues a dialogue initiated shortly after Chairman Shell’s nomination was confirmed by the U.S. Senate […]
CUSIB’s Ann Noonan in Radio World: U.S. international broadcasting needs new vision and better management
CUSIB’s Ann Noonan in Radio World: U.S. international broadcasting needs new vision and better management In an article, How We Sound to the World, published in the October International Edition of Radio World magazine, the Executive Director of the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org), Ann Noonan, calls for reforms of federally-funded media […]