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 […]
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CUSIB Pays Tribute to Liu Xiaobo
CUSIB News Ann Noonan, Executive Director of the independent and non-partisan Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB –cusib.org) spoke at the memorial service in New York for Liu Xiaobo on Saturday, July 15. Liu Xiaobo Memorial Service New York July 15, 2017 ANN NOONAN, CUSIB: One behalf of the Committee for US International Broadcasting, Ted […]
New York State Assembly Member Opposes Cuts in VOA Albanian Programs
Mark Gjonaj, a New York State Assembly member and Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) Advisory Board member has written a letter to Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman Kenneth Weinstein opposing proposed cuts in Voice of America (VOA) broadcasts to Albania and other proposed cuts to BBG taxpayer-funded news programs to the […]
CUSIB Emphasizes the Need for Congress to Hold Hearings to Protect Voice of America Journalists from Retaliation
For Immediate Release May 1, 2017 CUSIB Emphasizes the Need for Congress to Hold Hearings to Protect Voice of America Journalists from Retaliation The Committee for US International Broadcasting has released the following statement: “The Committee for US International Broadcasting emphasizes our request for the US Congress to hold hearings to investigate who, inside the […]
CUSIB Asks for Investigation About Why VOA China Service Cut Live-Stream Interview with Chinese Billionaire Guo Wengui
April 21, 2017 For Immediate Release CUSIB Asks for Investigation About Why VOA China Service Cut Live-Stream Interview with Chinese Billionaire Guo Wengui The Committee for US International Broadcasting (www.cusib.org) has released the following statement: “In an effort to protect Voice of America China Service from being unfairly influenced or manipulated by outside political sources, […]
CUSIB concerned about partisanship and mismanagement at BBG and VOA
At the April 6, 2017 board meeting of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), Ann Noonan, Executive Director of the independent, non-partisan Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) expressed concern over “blatant one-sided partisanship” and use of vulgarities and sexism in some of Voice of America (VOA) programs. Noonan said that […]
Harry Wu
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 8, 2017 Harry Wu By Ann Noonan, Executive Director, CUSIB Today marks the birthday of my friend, Harry Wu, who would have turned 80 years old. We were planning to hold a great birthday fundraiser for the Laogai Research Foundation to honor this occasion, had Harry lived. While […]
CUSIB Sees RT Criticism of BBG CEO Andy Lack as a Ploy
For Immediate Release January 27, 2015 CUSIB Sees RT Criticism of BBG CEO Andy Lack as a Ploy In the interview with The New York Times, Mr. Andy Lack was asked generally about the tasks he faces as the Broadcasting Board of Governors’ (BBG) new Director and CEO. He discussed the need to refocus the […]
CUSIB Advisory Board member John Lenczowski offers his USIM reform proposal in WSJ op-ed
CUSIB Advisory Board member Dr. John Lenczowski presented in an Wall Street Journal op-ed his proposal to reform U.S. international media (USIM) outreach. Dr. Lenczowski, a public diplomacy expert, criticized numerous cuts in U.S. funded broadcasts in recent years. “Reaching modern audiences requires multiple media: Internet, cell phones, television and radio—using all frequencies: AM, FM […]
U.S. considers VOA and RFE/RL programs to Ukraine ' very valuable' and 'very important'
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 16, 2014 U.S. considers VOA and RFE/RL programs to Ukraine ‘very valuable’ and ‘very important,’ but more funding from Congress and more oversight from BBG are needed The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) applauds a statement by a high-level U.S. State Department official who told a U.S. Senate […]