NPR Selects Voice of America Boss as Its New Leader
September 6, 2019
John Lansing, who started his career as a teenage cameraman in Kentucky, will start his new job as chief of the public broadcaster in October.
By Ben Sisario
New Scandals Rock Government’s Foreign Broadcasting Service
July 8, 2019
The United States Agency for Global Media is facing intensified scrutiny after two new cases raised questions about journalistic and financial management.
By Elizabeth Williamson
Troubled by Lapses, Government’s Voice to the World Braces for New Trump Management
December 8, 2018
The agency that oversees Voice of America and other government broadcasting has endured a series of recent scandals. Soon, a Trump appointee will take over.
By Elizabeth Williamson
LETTERS
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Defends Itself
July 26, 2018
The broadcaster rejects a charge of engaging in propaganda.
U.S.-Funded Broadcaster Directed Ads to Americans
July 19, 2018
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is mostly restricted by law from promoting its content in the United States except on request.
By Kevin Roose
NBCUniversal Executive Is Denied Entry Into Russia
July 13, 2016
Jeff Shell, who oversees the company’s motion picture unit and is chairman of the federal agency that oversees Voice of America and Radio Free Europe, was detained and then sent away.
By Ron Nixon and Andrew E. Kramer