This evaluation of the published framework of the BBG new strategic plan was published by Free Media Online (FreeMediaOnline.org), a media freedom NGO. FreeMediaOnline.org Washington, D.C – Truckee, CA, November 1, 2011 — Free Media Online Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has released what it calls “the framework of its new strategic plan […]
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LAT's pro-Cuban regime editorial gets a response from CUSIB
Ted Lipien, the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) co-founder, took issue with The Los Angeles Times editorial, Stop spamming Cuba, which was highly critical of the Broadcasting Board of Governors’ (BBG) attempts to send Radio and TV Marti news as text messages to cell phone users in Cuba. The BBG devised the project to […]
U.S. commission documents major crackdown on Internet and press freedom in China
The Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), created by Congress in October 2000 with the legislative mandate to monitor human rights and the development of the rule of law in China, submitted its annual report to the President and the Congress, in which it documents a major crackdown by the Chinese authorities on the Internet and […]
BBG's Victor Ashe raises employee morale issues — BBG Watch Report
The unofficial BBG employee website BBG Watch reported that in a rare move for a member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, a struggling federal agency which oversees U.S. government-funded news and information broadcasts for foreign audiences, BBG Governor Ambassador Victor Ashe raised the issue of employee morale at the Voice of America (VOA), one […]
CUSIB will review BBG's new strategic plan
The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) met on October 13 and announced a new mission statement for U.S. international broadcasting operations. It emphasizes engagement with the audiences targeted by the BBG-managed media entities. The BBG also announced a new strategic plan. The BBG press release describes the plan as calling for the agency “to focus […]
Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting Announces Advisory Board
October 13, 2011 For Immediate Release Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting Announces Advisory Board The Committee for International Broadcasting (CUSIB) is proud to announce the formation of its Advisory Board: Harry Wu, Founder of the Laogai Research Foundation; Tala Dowlatshahi, Senior Adviser and U.S. Representative of Reporters Without Borders; Appo Jabarian, Executive Publisher and […]
NGOs defend media freedom against Kim Jong-Il's regime — Free Media Online
Reporters Without Borders (RSF), an international media freedom NGO, visited the South Korean capital of Seoul in July to evaluate the level of media freedom and freedom of information in North Korea and published the results of this fact-finding visit, Free Media Online (FreeMediaOnline.org) reported. Entitled “North Korea: Frontiers of censorship,” it looks at the […]
BBG Watch compares coverage of North Korea by Voice of America and MSNBC
Two news reports from North Korea, two vastly different accounts. One of the reports, North Korea Kicks Open Press Doors for Taekwon-Do Championship, was produced by the Voice of America (VOA) and paid for by American taxpayers. The agency in charge of VOA — the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) — promoted the report in […]
October 13 BBG open meeting to consider strategic recommendations
The BBG has published a notice under the Sunshine Act about its next open meeting on October 13 in Washington D.C., BBG Watch reported. The notice states that the BBG will receive and consider recommendations regarding the conclusion of the year-long strategic review and the BBG committee membership. BBG Watch points out that it will […]
BBG Watch criticizes press release and VOA video describing Pyongyang as a vibrant city
BBG Watch, an independent website run by former and current Broadcasting Board of Governors employees, wonders who signed off on the press release on the BBG official website, BBG.gov, quoting Voice of America journalist Sungwon Baik, who just completed a rare reporting assignment to North Korea, as saying that the country’s capital city Pyongyang is […]