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 […]
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CUSIB member Robert Reilly on How to Win the War of Ideas
Robert Reilly, member of the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) Advisory Board has published an analysis of U.S. government’s international media outreach: “Information Operations: Successes and Failures.” Reilly wrote: “From my experiences in the Cold War and since 9/11, I have formulated a few brief principles for the conduct of wars of […]
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 […]
CUSIB Director expressed alarm about decline of Voice of America’s ability to cover U.S. and world news
CUSIB Executive Director, Ann Noonan, speaks at BBG Open Meeting in DC, expressing alarm about the decline of the Voice of America’s ability to cover U.S. and world news for international audiences The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) Executive Director, Ann Noonan, spoke as a member of the public at an open […]
CUSIB Advisory Board Meeting with BBG Chair Jeffrey Shell
For Immediate Release August 8, 2013 CUSIB Advisory Board Meeting with BBG Chair Jeffrey Shell On Thursday, August 8, 2013, Members of the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) Advisory Board met in New York City with newly sworn-in Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman Jeff Shell to discuss support for […]
CUSIB Applauds Annette Lantos’ Plea to Save Voice of America Services
April 11, 2012 CUSIB Applauds Annette Lantos’ Plea to Save Voice of America (VOA) Services The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) is honored to learn that Annette Lantos, the wife of the late Congressman Tom Lantos, has joined efforts to oppose the Broadcasting Board of Governors’ (BBG) proposals to cut Voice of America (VOA) services. Mrs. Lantos’s April 4, 2012 letter to the […]
Top China-Watcher Dr. Willy Lam supports continuing Voice of America Chinese broadcasts
China scholar and journalist Dr. Willy Lam has written to the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) in support of continuing Voice of America (VOA) radio and television broadcasts in Cantonese and Mandarin to China. CUSIB is an independent nongovernmental organization which supports broadcasting and other media programs from the United States to countries practicing […]
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen on 70 years of VOA broadcasting to China – BBG Watch
BBG Watch, an independent website managed by former and current employees of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), has released a full transcript of Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen’s special video statement on the 70th anniversary of Voice of America (VOA) broadcasting to China. BBG Watch reported that while her statement did appear on the VOA Chinese […]
Voice of America supporters in China say VOA radio broadcasts are needed
Women’s Rights in China (WRIC) NGO has produced a short video showing that both very young and older persons in China continue to rely on Voice of America (VOA) radio broadcasts for uncensored news and information. These comments, recorded in China, point to the censorship of the Internet by the Chinese authorities and the fact […]
Former Chinese political prisoner says VOA must not retreat from China
VOA Cannot Retreat from China by Jing Zhang President Women’s Rights in China Reposted from the BBG Watch website. I remember an afternoon forty years ago. My father furiously slapped my uncle. The argument was behind closed doors and hushed. I couldn’t make out the reason. Later my sister told me that uncle listened to […]