by jpitney | Apr 1, 2025 | Foreign Policy, Journalism, Journalists, Voice of America
With the Voice of America falling silent, Rep. Young Kim said she worries the U.S. is ceding the airwaves to foreign dictators. “And we’re not there to counter that disinformation,” she said.https://t.co/FfUHguDH0n — Kris Cheng (@krislc) March 31,...
by jpitney | Mar 17, 2025 | Journalism, Journalists, Russia, Ukraine
Last year, Jay Nordlinger wrote at NRO: Many years ago, as the Soviet Union was expiring and Eastern Europe was shaking free, Lech Wałęsa was asked what the “radios” — Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty — had meant to Poland. He answered, “Would there be an earth...
by jpitney | Mar 16, 2025 | Journalism, Journalists, Reagan, Uncategorized
President Reagan, February 24, 1982: Though born in war, the Voice of America continued in peace and has made enormous contributions. Today as we witness new forms of inhumanity threatening peace and freedom in the world, the Voice of America can perform an even more...
by jpitney | Mar 12, 2025 | Dreier, Freedom of Press, Journalism, Journalists
Minhal Nazeer at The Georgetown Voice: President Trump’s recent attempts to exert greater control over the press come as planning continues for D.C.’s Fallen Journalists Memorial, the design for which was first unveiled by the Fallen Journalists Memorial...
by jpitney | Mar 4, 2025 | California Politics, Interns, Journalism, Journalists, Uncategorized
by jpitney | Feb 6, 2025 | Claremont McKenna College, Journalism, Journalists
We’re delighted to announce that Michael Wilner is joining the Los Angeles Times as its Washington Bureau chief. Wilner has spent more than 12 years covering Washington, D.C. He joins The Times from McClatchy, where he was chief Washington correspondent through the...
