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'I've changed my mind' – BBG's Isaacson on reorganization
“I’ve changed my mind” — Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman Walter Isaacson speaking January 13, 2012 about the BBG reorganization plan. In the battle for public control and oversight of U.S. international broadcasting, Isaacson has modified his plan to …
VOA Reporter Killed In Pakistan, BBG Watch urges BBG to do more to take care of contract and overseas-based employees
BBG Watch reporters and contributors, many of us former and current Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employees, are shocked and saddened by the killing in Pakistan of Mukarram
CUSIB’s open letter to BBG urges greater public scrutiny of U.S. international broadcasting
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) has sent an open letter to members of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) warning against a threat of diminished public
Gunmen kill Pakistani journalist who reported on Taliban
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) -
New York, January 17, 2012--Unidentified gunmen killed broadcast journalist Mukarram Khan Aatif in a mosque north of Peshawar today, according to
United States – Reporters Without Borders to close its English-language site for 24 hours in protest against SOPA and…
Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) - In an unprecedented move, Reporters Without Borders will shut down its English-language website for 24 hours from 8 a.m. EST tomorrow,
‘Old white guys’ meet ‘cute young intern’ and First Amendment at the Broadcasting Board of Governors
A commentary by BBG Watch Cute High School Intern Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) officials have gotten so used to running their small federal agency like their own
Under pressure at home, Chinese writer chooses exile
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) -
New York, January 13, 2012--The decision of prominent Chinese writer Yu Jie to seek exile in the United States this week is
In Russia, unknown attacker stabs exiled Tajik journalist – CPJ
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) -
New York, January 13, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Thursday's attack in Moscow on Dododzhon Atovulloyev, exiled publisher and editor-in-chief
BBG Watch launches Public Diplomacy section, warns against diminished public oversight of U.S. international broadcasting
With the unfortunate demise of the United States Diplomacy Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, citizen input into how
Blog: What US can’t accept in Belarus, it supports in Uzbekistan – CPJ
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) -
Last week, President Obama signed into law a bill that expands sanctions against Belarus, whose authoritarian leader Aleksandr Lukashenko continues to
Iran – Death sentences and national Internet – escalating repression in Iran
Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) - The Iranian government's constant repressive policies towards journalists and netizens are being steadily ratcheted up as part of a generalized increase
In Ethiopia, Swedish journalists handed prison terms – CPJ
New York, December 27, 2011--In a highly politicized trial, two Swedish journalists have been sentenced in an Ethiopian court to 11-year jail terms after being convicted of
Chinese writer-dissident given nine years for online posts – CPJ
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) -
New York, December 23, 2011 --- The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns China's harsh sentencing of online journalist and activist Chen
Wukan Protests: Two Worlds, Uneasy Co-Existence – WRIC
Women's Rights in China (WRIC) report. Journalists working for Women's Rights in China (WRIC) wrchina.org report that local authorities in Shanwei, China, have ended the blockade of
Anonymous: They really should dissolve the BBG into one of the other organization...
Anonymous: We can write to our senators and to members of Congress. If they rece...
anonymous: If anything is clear, the BBG is now AT WAR WITH ITS OWN EMPLOYEES. ...
Anonymous2: What an appalling public diplomacy message from a U.S. federal agency ...
Anonymous: The laughter of Broadcasting Board of Governors members and other BBG ...