All posts tagged media
Kazakhstan – Authorities harass independent online TV station, close studio — IFEX
Harassment of Stan TV and the independent news agency Namystan intensified after they covered an unprecedented strike by oil workers in the western province of Mangystau that was violently suppressed by the authorities.
Senate Committee on Appropriations tells BBG: VOA radio and TV to China must continue
The Senate Committee on Appropriations has rejected the Broadcasting Board of Governors’ (BBG) proposal to end Voice of America (VOA) radio and TV broadcasts to China and criticized
Alan Heil remembers Senator Charles Percy, co-sponsor of the VOA Charter
SENATOR CHARLES H. PERCY, 1919-2011 by Alan Heil Senator Percy passed away September 17 at the Washington Home in the District of Columbia after a long battle with
BBG may delay birthday present for PRC; no immediate RIFs of VOA journalists
BBG Watch has learned that due to overwhelming protests, including a full bipartisan rebuke by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Broadcasting Board of Governors may delay
Former Pentagon official’s views on BBG and China are worth re-reading
Today’s Pentagon budget must expend billions to cope with new Chinese weapons systems. But we can fund outlets of freedom like VOA and RFA that can eventually reduce
BBG’s Commission on Innovation holds first meeting in New York as BBG ignores advice on human rights reporting from its own journalists
The BBG is bragging about its commission on innovation, which is great, but what the BBG needs even more is a commission on sensitivity to human rights abuses
BBG Watch comments on VOA in China in IC therefore IM AU blog
BBG Watch has published comments on the IC therefore IM American University blog article A New Take on Public Diplomacy, which discusses “OMG Meiyu.” The author of the
China – Chinese arrest South Korean journalists near North Korean border — RSF
Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) - Reporters Without Borders is worried to learn that the Chinese authorities are holding a group of journalists from the South Korean
BBG’s Commission on Innovation holds first meeting in New York as BBG ignores advice on human rights reporting from its own journalists
The BBG is bragging about its commission on innovation, which is great, but what the BBG needs even more is a commission on sensitivity to human rights abuses
BBG plan for VOA will harm human rights activists in China — Politburo Media Review
BBG Watch — BBG Politburo Media Review (also on BBG Watch Hot Tub Blog) The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) wants to end all Voice of America radio
China – Journalist murdered while covering illegal cooking oil scandal
Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) - Reporters Without Borders is appalled to learn that Li Xiang , a journalist with Luoyang Television in Luoyang (in the eastern
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 ...