BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) Executive Director Ann Noonan has criticized one-sided, anti-U.S. and pro-China message from the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA). Representing her non-partisan, independent NGO, Ann Noonan spoke on Wednesday at the open meeting of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) Board which oversees […]
CUSIB expresses concern to Senator Rubio over USAGM VOA China plans
Photo: June 3, 2018 29th Anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre Memorial in New York. CUSIB Executive Director Ann Noonan. The independent and nonpartisan NGO Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB.org) has appealed to Senator Marco Rubio to investigate any new plans of the management of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) for U.S. […]
CUSIB remains concerned about VOA Mandarin Service
Ann Noonan, Executive Director of the independent NGO Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB.org) spoke in Washington, DC at the U.S. Agency for Global Media’s (USAGM) Board of Governors open meeting on June 5, 2019. She discussed a continuing management crisis at the $800 million federal agency by focusing on the Voice of America (VOA) […]
CUSIB Statement in Response to USAGM Latest Firing of Two “VOA Mandarin 5” Journalists
The Committee for US International Broadcasting (CUSIB.org) has released the following statement in response to the US Agency for Global Media’s (USAGM) latest firing of two “VOA Mandarin 5” Voice of America (VOA) Chinese Branch journalists who for decades have brought uncensored news to China and in the past had been praised and received awards […]
CUSIB Inquires About VOA Mandarin 5
At the open meeting of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) on November 14, Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) Executive Director Ann Noonan once again asked presidentially-appointed Board members who advise CEO John Lansing and other officials of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) to provide answers about the fate of Voice of […]
CUSIB Marks Tiananmen Square Massacre Anniversary
June 3, 2018 For Immediate Release We Must Protect the Memory of the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre Banners calling for peace, freedom and democracy in China waved alongside the road next to the Hudson River as the sun set in New York City Sunday night, where hundreds of Chinese New Yorkers gathered to […]
CUSIB on Voice of America China Service and the Need for a Congressional Investigation
The independent and nonpartisan NGO Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) has a press release on the need for a congressional investigation of Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and Voice of America (VOA) upper management for its handling of the 4-19-2017 Guo Wengui interview and its treatment of VOA Chinese Branch journalists. April […]
CUSIB Statement on the Appointment of Ernie Torriero as China Branch Chief for Voice of America
April 5, 2018 For Immediate Release CUSIB shares the concerns of Voice of America reporters, as well as their audience, about today’s email announcement by Norman Goodman, PhD, Director of Voice of America East Asian and Pacific Division to All Members of the China Branch stating that Ernie Torriero, who served for the […]
CUSIB recognizes Jing Zhang, President of Women’s Rights in China 中國婦權慶祝十週年 再推計生實錄新書
CUSIB recognizes Jing Zhang, President of Women’s Rights in China 中國婦權慶祝十週年 再推計生實錄新書 September 23, 2017 For Immediate Release The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) has recognized its Advisory Board member Ms. Jing Zhang, a Laogai survivor, for her work as co-founder and President of Women’s Rights in China (WRC) which […]
Ann Noonan, CUSIB, on Voice of America and China
Ann Noonan, Executive Director for the independent and nonpartisan NGO Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) spoke at the open BBG board meetingin Washington, DC on Wednesday, August 30, 2017, about the VOA Guo Wengui interview incident and again called for both congressional and Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigations. Good afternoon. CUSIB […]