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Steve Herman<p>Updated NPR story: <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/08/13/nx-s1-5500554/kari-lake-ceo-agency-usagm-voice-of-america" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/08/13/nx-s1-55005</span><span class="invisible">54/kari-lake-ceo-agency-usagm-voice-of-america</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/SaveVOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveVOA</span></a></p>
Steve Herman<p>Statement from named plaintiffs in Widakuswara vs. Lake (Patsy Widakuswara, Jessica Jerreat and Kate Neeper) in reaction to Kari Lake’s mandated explanation to a federal judge. <a href="https://journa.host/tags/SaveVOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveVOA</span></a></p>
Steve Herman<p>NPR - Kari Lake today must explain to a federal judge how she intends to ensure VOA fulfills its congressional mandate to serve as a consistently reliable and authoritative source of news overseas despite forcing out nearly the entire workforce. <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/08/13/nx-s1-5500554/kari-lake-ceo-agency-usagm-voice-of-america" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/08/13/nx-s1-55005</span><span class="invisible">54/kari-lake-ceo-agency-usagm-voice-of-america</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/SaveVOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveVOA</span></a></p>
Steve Herman<p>For years, I’ve been pointing out the recent attacks on the Voice of America echo McCarthyism and critics of the international broadcaster wanted its coverage of the US to be pure propaganda. This article articulates my argument far better than I have done. <a href="https://www.cjr.org/analysis/joseph-mccarthy-voice-of-america.php" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cjr.org/analysis/joseph-mccart</span><span class="invisible">hy-voice-of-america.php</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/SaveVOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveVOA</span></a></p>
Steve Herman<p>Amid the self-imposed destruction of USAGM (which oversees government-funded international broadcasting) a number of journalists who worked for RFA, RFE/RL and VOA remain imprisoned by authoritarian regimes. <a href="https://journa.host/tags/SaveVOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveVOA</span></a></p>
Steve Herman<p>The <a href="https://journa.host/tags/SaveVOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveVOA</span></a> campaign has an in-depth report on the dramatic decline of the Voice of America since the Trump administration and Kari Lake shut down most of the 83-year-old US international broadcaster. <a href="https://savevoa.com/data/measuring-the-loss-of-voa-around-the-world.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">savevoa.com/data/measuring-the</span><span class="invisible">-loss-of-voa-around-the-world.html</span></a></p>
Steve Herman<p>Appreciated the opportunity today to have 30 minutes on live television on C-SPAN’s esteemed Washington Journal to discuss with Mimi Geerges the demise of the Voice of America and to respond to viewers’ questions. <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/newsguy/p/c-span-live-appearance?r=1g77q&amp;utm_medium=ios" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/newsguy/</span><span class="invisible">p/c-span-live-appearance?r=1g77q&amp;utm_medium=ios</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/SaveVOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveVOA</span></a></p>
Steve Herman<p>On @cspan this morning extensively discussing with Washington Journal host Mimi Geerges the destruction of the Voice of America. Video: <a href="https://www.c-span.org/program/washington-journal/steve-herman-on-the-impact-of-cuts-to-voice-of-america/662960" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">c-span.org/program/washington-</span><span class="invisible">journal/steve-herman-on-the-impact-of-cuts-to-voice-of-america/662960</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/SaveVOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveVOA</span></a></p>
Steve Herman<p>I will be on C-SPAN (live in studio for 15 minutes) at 08:45 am EDT to discuss the destruction of the Voice of America. We will take questions from viewers. <a href="https://www.c-span.org/event/washington-journal/07-24-2025/434822u" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">c-span.org/event/washington-jo</span><span class="invisible">urnal/07-24-2025/434822u</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/SaveVOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveVOA</span></a></p>
MarkD<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@w7voa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>w7voa</span></a></span> It is hard not to feel despondent about the targeted destruction of these institutions of current affairs.</p><p>Like millions of others, I have listened to the likes of VOA and the BBC World Service from all over the world with a cheap battery-operated SW radio.</p><p>The difference it has made to my life and understanding of the world is immeasurable. I well remember waiting in the wee small hours of the morning for the ionosphere to be just right so I could pick up VOA.</p><p>Without such sources I would have been a total captive to the propaganda of my local government and "news" providers - such as they are.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SaveVOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveVOA</span></a> is more than important.</p>
Steve Herman<p>Details of the four <a href="https://journa.host/tags/SaveVOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveVOA</span></a> briefs filed in support of the mission and independent journalism of the Voice of America. <a href="https://savevoa.com/amicus/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">savevoa.com/amicus/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Steve Herman<p>RCFP, CPJ, PEN America, National Press Club Press Freedom Center and SPJ have filed an Amicus stating they “share an interest in the protection of USAGM networks from political interference, and in safeguarding their editorial independence as news outlets.”<br> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/SaveVOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveVOA</span></a></p>
Steve Herman<p>Eight former VOA directors, who served during presidential administrations of both parties, in support of a preliminary injunction, tell the court that USAGM’s “unlawful, destructive actions” to silence VOA “arbitrarily and capriciously contravened” Congressional directives. <a href="https://journa.host/tags/SaveVOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveVOA</span></a></p>
Steve Herman<p>More than two dozen retired senior US military officers and 22 former US ambassadors are among those telling a federal court that dismantling VOA is “unlawful and unwise,” as it helped achieve important foreign policy goals and confirmed America’s role as a beacon of democracy and freedom. <a href="https://journa.host/tags/SaveVOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveVOA</span></a></p>
Steve Herman<p>More than two dozen retired senior US military officers and 22 former US ambassadors are among those telling a federal court that dismantling VOA is "unlawful and unwise," as it helped achieve important foreign policy goals and confirmed America's role as a beacon of democracy and freedom. <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23SaveVOA" target="_blank">#SaveVOA</a> </p>
Vero Balderas Iglesias<p>(Posting in my personal capacity.) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/savevoa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>savevoa</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> Acting Newsroom Director Barry Newhouse says publishing White House handouts and AI-generated content without balance violates the VOA Charter:<br>“Only the White House’s perspective is represented.”</p><p>Full statement 👉🏼 <a href="https://lnkd.in/evnhSUqS" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lnkd.in/evnhSUqS</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VOACharter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VOACharter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PressFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PressFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SaveVOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveVOA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EditorialStandards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EditorialStandards</span></a></p>
Steve Herman<p>VOA: To Be, or Not To Be <a href="https://issuu.com/fcchk/docs/the_correspondent_july_2025?fr=sM2E5MTg3MDA2OTg" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">issuu.com/fcchk/docs/the_corre</span><span class="invisible">spondent_july_2025?fr=sM2E5MTg3MDA2OTg</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/SaveVOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveVOA</span></a></p>
Steve Herman<p>Speaking out following a final visit to the headquarters of the silenced Voice of America. <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/newsguy/p/turning-in-my-badge?r=1g77q&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=true" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/newsguy/</span><span class="invisible">p/turning-in-my-badge?r=1g77q&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=true</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/SaveVOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveVOA</span></a></p>
Steve Herman<p>WSJ - China's state media has expanded its reach from Indonesia to Nigeria after Trump’s order to dismantle US government-funded outlets, including the Voice of America. <a href="https://www.wsj.com/world/china/voice-of-america-china-russia-65f54e6a" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wsj.com/world/china/voice-of-a</span><span class="invisible">merica-china-russia-65f54e6a</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/SaveVOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveVOA</span></a></p>
Steve Herman<p>WITN - Imagine planning your work week and driving to your building only to not be let in the door. <a href="https://www.witn.com/2025/07/10/federal-funding-cuts-hit-local-voice-america-employees/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">witn.com/2025/07/10/federal-fu</span><span class="invisible">nding-cuts-hit-local-voice-america-employees/</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/SaveVOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveVOA</span></a></p>
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