The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) announced that John Lenczowski, president of the Institute of World Politics, an independent graduate school of national security and international affairs in Washington, D.C., has joined the CUSIB Advisory Board. CUSIB will benefit from Dr. Lenczowski’s public diplomacy expertise and his advice on international broadcasting issues. As President […]
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Strategic Plan from Absentee Board Raises Many Questions — Free Media Online
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 […]
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 […]
Robert R. Reilly, former VOA Director, joins CUSIB
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) is honored to welcome Robert R. Reilly as a member of its Advisory Board. Robert Reilly, Senior Fellow for Strategic Communication at the American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC), has taught at the National Defense University, and served in the Office of The Secretary of Defense, where he was […]
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 […]
Former Voice of America broadcaster Marie Ciliberti joins CUSIB
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) is pleased to announce that former Voice of America broadcaster Marie Ciliberti has agreed to join the Committee and its Advisory Board. Marie Ciliberti was a VOA writer, producer and broadcaster for programs directed to the former Soviet Union. Among her many achievements was her close collaboration with […]
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 […]