At the October 13 meeting of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the Board focused on its plans to restructure international broadcasting. The Board considered recommendations based on the year long strategic review as well as other Board operations. The International Broadcasting Bureau Director and broadcast executives updated the Board on programming and coverage issues. There was also discussion of BBG journalists who have been harassed or jailed as a result of their work.
For additional information, please see the BBG’s release on the meeting here.
Minutes of the BBG Meeting of October 13, 2011
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RELATED DOCUMENTS:
Decisions of Board at BBG Meeting of October 13, 2011
Report of the BBG Strategy and Budget Committee on the 2010-2011 Strategic Review
Minutes of the BBG Meeting of September 15, 2011
The Broadcasting Board of Governors is an independent federal agency, supervising all U.S. government-supported, civilian international broadcasting, whose mission is inform, engage, and connect people around the world in support of freedom and democracy. BBG broadcasts reach an audience of 187 million in 100 countries. BBG networks include the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, the Middle East Broadcasting Networks (Alhurra TV and Radio Sawa), Radio Free Asia, and the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (Radio and TV Marti).
For more information, please call the BBG’s Office of Public Affairs at 202-203-4400 or e-mail publicaffairs@bbg.gov.
