March 12, 2011 For Immediate Release CUSIB Joins Efforts to Free Gao Zhisheng On Sunday, March 11, 2011 the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) Executive Director Ann Noonan attended the “Global Mission to Free Gao Zhisheng” sponsored by Chinese dissident Tang Baiqiao held at the Democracy University Chamber in Flushing, New York. This […]
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BBG Ready to Drop the Ax on Cantonese and Tibetan Services
This article by CUSIB Executive Director Ann Noonan was published in National Review: BBG Ready to Drop the Ax on Cantonese and Tibetan Services By Ann Noonan March 5, 2012 In December 2011, the Broadcasting Board of Governors issued a proclamation in observance of Voice of America’s 70th anniversary of Mandarin and Cantonese Services, boasting: “Mandarin […]
Washington Times Op-Ed warns about pro-Putin bias in Voice of America Russian programs
Republished from BBGWatch. In a Washington Times Op-Ed, a Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) member Ted Lipien warned about a pro-Putin bias in the Voice of America Russian programs. Lipien reported that a highly respected independent journalist in Russia hired by the Broadcasting Board of Governors to evaluate the VOA Russian website concluded last […]
U.S. international broadcasting needs new leadership, new plan and more public scrutiny
In a guest post on the MountainRunner.us public diplomacy blog, the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting director Ted Lipien makes an argument in favor of reforming the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), starting with changing the composition of the Board. “We should bring in to serve on the Board more foreign policy experts, human rights […]
CUSIB's Ted Lipien warns against diminished public stake in U.S. international broadcasting
In an article published in American Diplomacy, a quarterly electronic journal of commentary, analysis, and research on American foreign policy and its practice, the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) director Ted Lipien warns against diminished public stake in U.S. international broadcasting. Lipien, a former acting associate director of the Voice of America, argues that […]
Chen as Tank Man – Chen Guangcheng: Send a Christmas Card to Blind Chinese Human Rights Activist
Women’s Rights Without Frontiers is launching a Christmas Card campaign in support of Chen Guangcheng. WRWF President, Reggie Littlejohn, stated, “Send a Christmas card to encourage Chen Guangcheng and his family. Let them know that you are thinking about them and support them. Also, let the Chinese Communist Party and the local officials know that […]
CUSIB's Reggie Littlejohn welcomes attempt by Christian Bale to visit Chen Guangcheng
The president of Women’s Rights Without Frontiers Reggie Littlejohn, who is also a member of the Advisory Board for the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB), said that Christian Bale is a hero for trying to visit Chinese human rights advocate Chen Guangcheng who is kept under house arrest in China. “Batman” star Christian Bale […]
Release of report on women's rights abuses in China with statement from CUSIB's Reggie Littlejohn
Women’s Rights Without Frontiers, an organization founded by CUSIB Advisory Board member Reggie Littlejohn, has released a report from Chen Guangcheng’s 2005 investigation into coercive family planning in Linyi County. The 35-page report was drafted by human rights attorney, Teng Biao. WRWF released the report on Chen’s 40th birthday, Saturday November 12. The Chinese authorities […]
Women and Their Families in China Who Are Victims of Human Rights Abuses Need Voice of America Radio
November 7, 2011 For Immediate Release Women and Their Families in China Who Are Victims of Human Rights Abuses Need Voice of America Radio On Sunday, November 6, 2011 the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) Executive Director Ann Noonan joined a panel discussion sponsored by All Girls Allowed, Inc. at New York’s Flushing Sheraton […]
Employee View of BBG Strategic Plan: Weakening America's Message Abroad – CUSIB Member's Comments
A Short Critique of BBG’s Strategic Plan 2011-2016 by Timothy Shamble, AFGE Local 1812 President, member of the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) Advisory Board This “new” plan is anything but. It is for the most part just a continuation of past Strategic Plans with its calls to eliminate broadcaster positions, language services, and […]