VOA Burma Service Interview

VOA Covers Burma Migrant Workers

VOA Burmese Service correspondent Thet Su interviews a Burma migrant worker cleaning squid at Talay Thai, Thailand's largest seafood wholesaler.

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VOA Programs on Sky Net Satellite TV to Burma

The BBG partners with Sky Net, a regional direct-to-home satellite provider, to give audiences in Burma new access to VOA television. More

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VOA’s Zindagi 360: Reaching a New Demographic in Pakistan

Zindagi 360 is a fast-paced lifestyle and entertainment show hosted by Raza Naqvi and Annie Ali Khan that focuses on topics that resonate with young people in Pakistan, including music, life in America, even food. More

Aung San Suu Kyi Visits the BBG

Aung San Suu Kyi Meets BBG Members at RFA

Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with Broadcasting Board of Governors members Michael Meehan, Victor Ashe, and Susan McCue at Radio Free Asia headquarters in Washington. More

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BBG Meets With Secretary of State

The Broadcasting Board of Governors met with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Sept. 13 to discuss efforts to restructure and increase the impact of U.S. international broadcasting. More

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Alhurra Show Follows Five Young Egyptians

Alhurra Television brings to life the aftermath of the Egyptian revolution with its new show Rayheen ala Feen? which will follow the day to day lives of five young Egyptians as they respond to political, social and economic changes. More

VOA’s Scott Bobb in Syria

Covering the Fighting in Syria

VOA's Scott Bobb continues his coverage of the Syrian conflict, filming children as they flash peace signs during an anti-Assad demo in Marae. Earlier, he was an eyewitness to a Syrian air attack that killed dozens of people in the rebel held border town of Azaz. More

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Discussions With the Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama meets with Broadcasting Board of Governors member Michael Meehan and Radio Free Asia President Libby Liu to discuss BBG’s plan to strengthen U.S. international broadcasting through the Voice of America’s Tibetan service and RFA. More

Passage of New Law Enhances Our Journalists’ Reach, Improves the Agency’s Use of Resources, Increases Transparency, BBG says

January 3, 2013

Washington, DC – The Broadcasting Board of Governors today hailed a new law that updates one of the founding statutes of public diplomacy in the United States, a change that the Board has long supported and had incorporated into its strategic plan. The defense authorization Read more »

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China Again Tightens Internet; No More Pseudonyms

January 2, 2013
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After a series of embarrassing scandals involving lower level party officials hit the web, the Chinese Communist Party tightened restrictions for bloggers requiring them to register with their real names… Just as it required users of microblogs to register with their real names earlier this Read more »

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Board Accepts Resignation of RFE/RL President and CEO Steven Korn

December 31, 2012

Washington, D.C.  – The Board of Directors of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) today accepted the resignation of RFR/RL’s President and CEO, Steven Korn, to be effective January 25, 2013.  The Board thanked Mr. Korn for his service and noted his work to enhance RFE/RL operations. Read more »

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BBG Journalists Worldwide Honored in 2012 for Skill, Talent and Courage

December 27, 2012
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Washington, DC – Journalists all around the world who work under the direction of the Broadcasting Board of Governors were recognized for their skill, talent and courage with dozens of awards from groups involved with media and the public interest in 2012. BBG journalists received Read more »

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Defiant Turkmen Reporter Wins Free Speech Award

December 26, 2012
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WASHINGTON — Dovletmyrat Yazkuliyev, a correspondent for RFE/RL’s Turkmen language service, received a 2012 Hellman/Hammett grant for his fearless reporting in Turkmenistan, one of the world’s most closed societies. Yazkuliyev was recognized for his reporting, in defiance of an official information blackout, on an explosion in Read more »

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New Shows Build on VOA Music Legacy

December 21, 2012
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Grammy winners, pop legends and Hall of Famers headline two exciting new VOA television programs that showcase the best of American music, and carry on a Voice of America tradition that helped popularize jazz around the world. Hamilton Live, a 30-minute weekly Read more »

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As Deadly Cholera Spreads in Cuba, the Martís Provide Reality-Check on the Extent of the Outbreak

December 20, 2012
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Miami – Radio and TV Martí are covering an alarming number of cases of cholera in Cuba, an outbreak of the sometimes deadly disease that the Havana government is refusing to acknowledge. The Martís are among the only sources the Cuban people can turn to Read more »

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Alhurra Correspondent Missing for Four Months

December 20, 2012
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December 20th marks four months since Alhurra correspondent Bashar Fahmi went missing in Aleppo, Syria. He was reporting on the fighting there when he came under attack and was reportedly shot. “We continue to call on Syrian authorities and others for any information on Bashar, Read more »

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Radio Farda, VOA Morning Programs Make The Leap To Television

December 19, 2012
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Washington D.C.  — Iranians can begin their day with a new, two hour block of live television programming from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) Radio Farda and Voice of America (VOA) Persian Television, through a groundbreaking collaboration between the two international broadcasters. Radio Farda’s Breakfast Read more »

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BBG Product Strategy & Integration Ideas for 2013

December 18, 2012
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Marlene Wright is Manager of Product Strategy & Integration in BBG’s Office of Digital & Design Innovation. Here, she is interviewed about her plans for 2013.

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    • Hillary Rodham Clinton
    • Michael Lynton
    • Susan McCue
    • Michael P. Meehan
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