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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.

Andrew Lack New Chief Exec at BBG

Andrew Lack (BBG.gov)

24 January 2015. Veteran media executive Andrew Lack was sworn-in this week as Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, the federal agency that oversees the five networks and broadcasting operations of U.S. international media. Those networks include the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio […]

VOA Director to Review International Media Challenges

David Ensor (BBG.gov)

18 January 2015. David Ensor, director of Voice of America, will discuss the challenges facing U.S.-funded international media in the time of growing competition and unique crises. The discussion, hosted by George Washington University’s School of Media and Public Affairs and co-sponsored by GWU’s Institute for Public Diplomacy and Global […]

PD Advisory Committee Annual Report Issued

(U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy)

14 December 2014. U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy (ACPD) issued its annual report for 2014 on 11 December, the first such report since its reauthorization last year. The group’s document aims to provide a benchmark for more analytical reports in the future.

According to the transmittal […]

Russian Propaganda Subject of December First Monday Forum

(Blogs.State.gov)

27 November 2014. Russian Propaganda Along the Western Border is the topic of the next Public Diplomacy Council/USC first Monday lunch forum, on Monday, 1 December 2014 at AFSA’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. Speakers include Jeffrey N. Trimble, Deputy Director of the International Broadcasting Bureau and Alen Mlatisuma, Internet Managing Director of […]

Syracuse Univ Symposium Examines Media in Public Diplomacy

(Richard Masoner/Flickr)

12 October 2014. Three panels of experts from journalism, government and academia will explore multiple issues of how government officials and media interact, the evolving role of media in shaping opinion and public policy and the special role of international broadcasting. The symposium, entitled More as the Story Develops, takes place on […]

Responding to Russian Propaganda Featured at First Monday Discussion

26 May 2014. The next Public Diplomacy Council/USC First Monday Lunch Forum takes place on Monday 2 June at 12:00 pm, where two experts on media in Eastern Europe will tell about efforts by international broadcasters to penetrate Russian media depictions of events in that part of the world. The speakers are Nenad Pejic, Interim […]