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 […]

Scholar of Tibetan history joins CUSIB's Advisory Board

The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) welcomes Jianglin Li, a scholar of Tibetan history, as a new member of its Advisory Board. Jianglin Li is a researcher and writer, focusing exclusively on the history of Tibet after 1950. She has conducted research in Tibetan refugee camps in India and Nepal and interviewed hundreds of […]

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 […]

John Lenczowski to Serve on CUSIB Advisory Board

The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) announced that John Lenczowski, president of the Institute of World Politics, an independent graduate school of national security and international affairs in Washington, D.C., has joined the CUSIB Advisory Board. CUSIB will benefit from Dr. Lenczowski’s public diplomacy expertise and his advice on international broadcasting issues. As President […]

LAT's pro-Cuban regime editorial gets a response from CUSIB

Ted Lipien, the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) co-founder, took issue with The Los Angeles Times editorial, Stop spamming Cuba, which was highly critical of the Broadcasting Board of Governors’ (BBG) attempts to send Radio and TV Marti news as text messages to cell phone users in Cuba. The BBG devised the project to […]

Karl Altau, Managing Director of JBANC, joins CUSIB

The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB)is happy to welcome Karl Altau as its Advisory Board member. We greatly value his experience in representing the interests of various American communities which have always strongly supported U.S. international broadcasting. Karl Altau joined the Joint Baltic American National Committee in 1997 and has served as Managing Director […]

Robert R. Reilly, former VOA Director, joins CUSIB

The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) is honored to welcome Robert R. Reilly as a member of its Advisory Board. Robert Reilly, Senior Fellow for Strategic Communication at the American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC), has taught at the National Defense University, and served in the Office of The Secretary of Defense, where he was […]

CUSIB will review BBG's new strategic plan

The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) met on October 13 and announced a new mission statement for U.S. international broadcasting operations. It emphasizes engagement with the audiences targeted by the BBG-managed media entities. The BBG also announced a new strategic plan. The BBG press release describes the plan as calling for the agency “to focus […]