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U.S. Diplomat Peter Van Buren Speaks About American Public Diplomacy

John Brown | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Public Diplomacy, Alec Ross, Iraq, Public Affairs, Foreign Service, Cold War, Facebook, Voice of America, Twitter, Committee on Public Information, Propaganda, PETER VAN BUREN, United States Information Agency, State Department, Edward R. Murrow, Bbg, Haditha Massacre, Hillary Clinton, Afghanistan, World News
John Brown

"Any communications strategy plays second to reality. So as long as deaths from misplaced drone attacks, atrocities by soldiers and videos of Abu Ghraib exist, you are not going to fool anyone regardless of how many tweets you send out."

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¡Q'VIVA! The Chosen: Realism TV

Felix Sanchez | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Marc Anthony, Latinos, Q'Viva the Chosen, Jennifer Lopez, Latinos in Entertainment, Hispanics, Voice of America, Jennifer Lopez Q'Viva!, Marc Anthony Q'viva, Jennifer Lopez Q'viva, Marc Anthony Q'viva!, Entertainment News
Felix Sanchez

¡Q'Viva! The Chosen is a historic media moment in time: the first seamlessly bilingual show that presents entertainment and information to a general audience, not simply to a target audience.

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Alhurra and the Arab Spring

Hussain Abdul-Hussain | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Radio Sawa, Arab Spring, Federal Government, Washington, Alhurra, Public Broadcasting, Walter Isaacson, Voice of America, Media News
Hussain Abdul-Hussain

There is one thing in common between Congress-funded Arabic TV, Alhurra, and countries of the Arab Spring. Both have unaccountable leaders, who have been in place since forever, and who look like they are staying indefinitely.

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Blind Ambition

Alex Belida | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Broadcasting, News Agencies, News, Broadcasting Board of Governors, Voice of America, Walter Isaacson, Media News
Alex Belida

When the Broadcasting Board of Governors unveiled a new Strategic Plan, it set an ambitious goal: "To become the world's leading international news agency by 2016." But based on its latest budget proposal, global news organizations like Reuters and AP have little to fear.

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South Korea's Public Art Blight (VIDEO)

Posted 09.03.2011

Read More: Installation Art, Video, Site Specific Art, Public Art, Seoul Sculpture, South Korea, Public Sculpture, Frank Stella, Sculpture, Gorilla, Los Angeles Times, Amabel, Arts Funding, Slidepollajax, Voice of America, Arts News

Though it may not come as much of a relief, subway commuters and downtown residents should know that Americans aren't the only ones being subjected to...

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American Rival? NBC Launching 'Idol' Challenger

Live Feed | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Idol, Reality TV, Voice of Netherlands, Mark Burnett Productions, Voice of America, Tv, X Factor, Simon Cowell, Nbc, Entertainment News

NBC is teaming with Mark Burnett and John de Mol to launch a new singing competition program that takes aim at Fox's American Idol and its upcoming se...

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Mr. Zenawi Goes to College!

Alemayehu G. Mariam | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ethiopia Free Speech, Nelson Mandela, Ethiopia Double Digit Growth, Noam Chomsky, Birtukan Midekssa, Joseph Stiglitz, Article 19 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Ethiopian Satellite Service, Voice of America, Zenawi-Columbia-University, World News
Alemayehu G. Mariam

Meles Zenawi would rather go blind than face the naked truth about his atrocious record over the past two decades, but we are not afraid to confront his best dressed lies at the World Leaders Forum.

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Open Letter to President Lee C. Bollinger, Columbia University

Alemayehu G. Mariam | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lee Bollinger, Committee on Global Thought, Columbia University?S Committee on Global Thought, European Union Election Observation Mission Ethiopia, Jeffrey Sachs, Lee C. Bollinger, H.R. 2003, Joseph Stiglitz, William Easterly, Human Rights Watch Ethiopia, Earth Institute, Birtukan Midekssa, Meles Zenawi, Voice of America, S.B. 3757, Mahmood Ahmadinejad Columbia, World News
Alemayehu G. Mariam

September 17, 2010 President Lee C. Bollinger Office of the President Columbia University 202 Low Library 535 West 116th Street New York, NY 10027...

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The Fire Next Time

Alemayehu G. Mariam | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congressman Christopher Smith, Ethiopia Medrek, Fire Next Time, Ethiopia Inquiry Commission, Beyene Petros, Ethiopia Election 2010, Ethiopian Opposition Parties, Ethiopia Stolen Elections, Voice of America, Gizachew Shiferaw, Gebru Asrat, Seeye Abraha, Birtukan Midekssa, Ethiopia Meles Zenawi Election, Ethiopia Election Violence, Ethiopia Crackdown on Opposition, World News
Alemayehu G. Mariam

It is all so obvious. Ethiopia's opposition leaders are being set up for a final coup de grâce as they stand helplessly crying out for democracy and the rule of law.

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Lugar Report Honsestly Evaluates U.S. International Broadcasting

Philip Seib | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lugar, Iran, Foldi, China, Al Jazeera, Broadcasting Board of Governors, Al Hurra, Voice of America, World News
Philip Seib

Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN), the ranking Republican member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations has done something remarkable: issued an...

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Aid Agencies In Chile Say Much More Help Is Needed

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marie-Francoise Borel, Chile Earthquake 2010, Red Cross, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Chile Earthquake Relief, Chile Earthquake, International Red Cross, Voice of America, Impact News

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has revised its appeal for emergency aid in Chile, asking for a further $13 milli...

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Foreign Arabic-Language TV: An Exercise in Futility?

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Al Hayat, Trt, Russian, French, An-Nahar, Al Arabiya, BBC Arabic TV, Al Jazeera, Atlantic, Berlin, Al Hurra, Turkish, American, Euronews, Arab World, Cctv, Chinese, Voice of America, France, North Africa, Radio Sawa, Middle East, Deutsche Welle, Moscow, Saudi Arabia, Asharq Al-Awsat, Uncle Sam, British, Russia Today, Al Manar, Arabian Gulf, France 24, Media News
Magda Abu-Fadil

They're tripping over each other. American, British, French, Russian, Chinese and Turkish satellite TV channels want a piece of the Arab viewers' p...

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Iran: Intelligence Ministry Blacklists Yale And Dozens Of Other Western Institutions

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iran, Iran Censorship, Jonbesh Rah Sabz, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, BBC Persian, Voice of America, Yale, World News

Yale University is among 60 "subversive" international organizations stirring up Iran's political discord as part of a plot backed by the United State...

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Only in America: Ambassador Sichan Siv - From the Killing Fields to the White House

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House, Washington, National Republican Women?S? Club, Angkor Wat, United Nations, Slave-Labor Camp, Thought Leaders, Phnom Penh, Thailand, Golden Bones, Global Citizens, Voice of America, Global China Connection, Vietnam, Jim Luce, Jean-Michel Tijerina, Columbia Business School, Making It in America, John Lee, Cambodian Cowboy, Martha Pattillo Siv, Presbyterian, Theravada Buddhist, Cambodia Project, Khmer Rouge, Gavin Newton-Tanzer, Texas, Hollywood Movie, Bangkok, Fall of Saigon, New York City, Mandarin, Columbia University, Care, Pol Pot, Sichan Siv, Cambodia, Killing Fields, New York Times, Refugee Camp, Buddhism, Orphans International Worldwide, Khmer, Takeo, Haiti Earthquake, World News
Jim Luce

I first met Ambassador Sichan Siv in 2004. He spoke on surviving Pol Pot's Killing Fields in Cambodia - and coming to America. He ended up working in the White House and then the United Nations.

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Former Voice Of America Official Tied To Abramoff Indicted On Corruption Charges

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corruption, U.S. Labor Department, Dick Armey, Jack Abramoff, Voice of America, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A former top official for Voice of America was indicted Friday on corruption charges, accused of taking thousands of dollars in con...

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Rahman Bunairee: Pakistani Journalist Detained By US After Militants Bomb Home

AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pakistan, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Journalists, Rahman Bunairee, Voice of America, Voa, Pakistan Militants, Washington-Dulles Airport, World News

WASHINGTON — U.S. officials are holding for undisclosed reasons a Pakistani journalist who works for an American media outlet. Rahman Bunairee,...

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CSM, WSJ Respond to Criticism of Claim of Plurality for Honduran Coup

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Polls, Honduras Coup, Associated Press, New York Times, Honduras, Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Foreign Policy, Voice of America, Media News
Robert Naiman

The discrepancy between the different press reports last week is now explained. But questions remain. Did these outlets rely on La Prensa as their sole source, and if so, why?

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What Should President Obama do? Letter Responses From Iran

Sam Sedaei | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iran Election, Iran, Tehran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Voice of America, The Green Revolution, World News
Sam Sedaei

The best way for us to know what kind of stance Iranians want President Obama to take is to ask them directly.

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Obama Must Speak Up Quickly or Iran Can Become His Rwanda

Sam Sedaei | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iran, Tehran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Voice of America, Iran Election, World News
Sam Sedaei

What ignited the protests may have been Ahmadinejad's hijacking of the election, but what has been fueling the protests and disobedience by millions of Iranians goes much deeper than this election.

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Three Quick Steps to Jump-Start America's Public Diplomacy

Jamie Metzl | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Broadcasting, Public Diplomacy, Hillary Clinton, Diplomacy, Barack Obama, State Department, Foreign Policy, Indigenous Media, Radio Free Europe, Foreign Diplomacy, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Internet Communities, Foreign-Language Broadcast, James Glassman, Voice of America, Online Community, Politics News
Jamie Metzl

We must transform the American government's primary means of public communication from a one-way broadcast model to a two-way dialogue model.

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Time For Regime Change in Zimbabwe

Jirair Ratevosian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Rights, Zimbabwe, News, Politics, Health, Kofi Annan, Raila Odinga, Human Rights Abuses, Condoleezza Rice, Robert Mugabe Zimbabwe, Jimmy Carter, Breaking Politics News, Cholera, Public Health, The Elder Group, W.H.O., Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights, Nicholas Sarkozy, Zimbabwe Cholera, Health Care Infrastructure, Voice of America, World Health Organization, Zimbabwe Health Care, World News
Jirair Ratevosian

In Zimbabwe, the lack of medicine, equipment, services, and staff in public hospitals is resulting in preventable deaths. There is no access to care for those who cannot afford private clinics.

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Restore the Voice

Murray Fromson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq War, Broadcasting, Radio Sawa, Voa, Alhurra, Cold War, Public Diplomacy, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Voice of America, Willis Conover, Politics News
Murray Fromson

The international buzz caused by President-elect Obama earlier in the month offers him an opportunity to revive what had been a valuable American resource for so many years.

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