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Back Issues of PDAA Today

Back issues of PDAA Today, PDAA’s quarterly print newsletter are now online and available for download.

Back Issues of PDAA Today Newsletter Now Online

PDAA Today, January 2017 issue

(Updated 6/1/2022) PDAA is making available in electronic (PDF) format back issues of PDAA Today, its printed members-only newsletter. The newsletter is published four or more times a year and sent to PDAA members by mail. Click on the links below to see issues since September 2013.

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Commission 2015 Report Highlights PD Successes, Shortcomings

(State.gov)

27 September 2015. The U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, an independent panel that reviews U.S. public diplomacy strategy and activities, notes an improvement in the conduct of public diplomacy and international broadcasting since its last report in December 2014, but still highlights the need for better structures and processes to support […]

John Lansing to Become Broadcasting Board CEO

John Lansing (Broadcasting Board of Governors)

22 August 2015. Broadcasting Board of Governors announced John Lansing will become BBG’s chief executive officer and director beginning in September. BBG oversees all U.S. civilian international media including Voice of America , Radio and TV Martí, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia, and the Middle […]

Pew Surveys: Global U.S. Favorability Remains Solid

(Ken Teegardin, Flickr)

27 June 2015. Surveys in 40 countries show publics worldwide continue to hold a favorable opinion of the United States as well as confidence in President Obama. The polls were conducted by the Pew Research Center, largely in the Spring of 2015, that include items on political, economic, military, and […]

Report: Public Diplomacy Needs Better Recruitment, Staffing, Training

Assistant Secretary Roberta Jacobson delivers remarks on re-establishing diplomatic relations with Cuba. Washington, D.C. Foreign Press Center. 22 May 2015 (Department of State)

20 June 2015. A report issued this week by the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy and Meridian International Center recommends strengthening the human resource support for public diplomacy professionals […]

Advisory Commission Questions Closing of American Centers

(Artaxerxes, Wikimedia Commons)

17 May 2015. In a new white paper, the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy expressed concerns about the scheduled closing of 21 American centers over the next 10 years due to security requirements. The commission, a bipartisan panel created by Congress and appointed by the President, published the document […]