September 25, 2012 For Immediate Release CUSIB Welcomes Ethan Gutmann to Advisory Board The Committee for U. S. International Broadcasting welcomes Ethan Gutmann to serve as a member of the Advisory Board. Ethan Gutmann, currently at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, was formerly a senior counselor at APCO China and reported from Beijing for […]
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CUSIB's Tala Dowlatshahi featured in The Iranian Women in American Journalism Project (IWAJ)
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – www.cusib.org) board member Tala Dowlatshahi was featured in the Foreign Policy Association‘s (FPA) Iranian Women in American Journalism Project (IWAJ). Tala Dowlatshahi is the Senior Advisor for Reporters sans Frontières (Reporters without Borders). A member of the Overseas Press Club, Tala serves as the Senior Advisor on […]
CUSIB's Ted Lipien asks BBG to respect rights of independent journalist Matthew Russell Lee
Open Letter in Support of Media Freedom to Broadcasting Board of Governors members, International Broadcasting Bureau Director Richard Lobo and Voice of America Director David Ensor As co-founder and director of the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) and Free Media Online, independent journalist and former Voice of America (VOA) acting associate director, I am […]
CUSIB Advisory Board Member Appo Jabarian thanked Congressman Schiff for supporting Voice of America , discussed funding and need for transparency at Broadcasting Board of Governors
Photo by Harout Kelechian, USA Armenian Life magazine. * * * * * PRESS ADVISORY * * * * FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WHAT: Appo Jabarian Meets with Congressman Adam Schiff Regarding the Importance of Voice of America Radio Services and Transparency at Broadcasting Board of Governors WHEN : Monday, July 2, 2012 at 4:30 p.m. […]
CUSIB Calls Upon the BBG to Restore Transparency
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 21, 2012 CUSIB Calls Upon the BBG to Restore Transparency The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) has released the following statement expressing deep concern that the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) is pursuing a strategy of concealment and intimidation rather than respond to oversight by the U.S. Congress and […]
CUSIB's Reggie Littlejohn joined Annette Lantos to honor victims of communism
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – www.cusib.org) Advisory Board member, president of Women’s Rights Without Frontiers Reggie Littlejohn, joined Annette Lantos and other distinguished guests to honor victims of communism at the ceremony at the Victims of Communism Memorial in Washington, DC on June 12. Reggie Littlejohn and Annette Lantos have been outspoken […]
CUSIB supports drive to honor James L. Buckley
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) is proud to join the drive to honor former U.S. Senator from the state of New York James L. Buckley who from 1982 until 1985 was president of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Inc. (RFE/RL). CUSIB Advisory Board member Herb Stupp has proposed that the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge […]
CUSIB Congratulates Two Board Members Who Have Been Honored with the Visual Artists Guild Spirit of Tiananmen Awards
CUSIB Board Members, Jing Zhang and Jianglin Li at the Visual Artists Guild New York Chapter Tiananmen Square Commemoration Event Saturday, June 9, 2012. Jing Zhang was honored at this event for her work. Jianlin Li translated Jing’s speech. June 10, 2012 For Immediate Release CUSIB Congratulates Two Board Members Who Have Been Honored with […]
CUSIB members Ann Noonan and Jing Zhang speak at Tiananmen Memorial in New York City
In a speech delivered Sunday from the top of a tank at the Tiananmen Memorial observance in New York City, the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – www.CUSIB.org) Executive Director Ann Noonan vowed that CUSIB will continue to oppose the annual efforts by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) to crackdown on Voice of […]
CUSIB's Ann Noonan speaks on importance of US radio for women in China
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – www.cusib.org) Executive Director Ann Noonan said that women and their families in China who are victims of human rights abuses need Voice of America (VOA) radio and Radio Free Asia (RFA) broadcasts. She made that comment Tuesday at a conference on family planning policy and population development […]