Voice of America brings back 50 staffers amid Iran-Israel conflict
Voice of America told more than 50 employees to come back to work immediately Friday amid escalating military action between Iran and Israel.
Most of the staffers restored from months-long administrative leave
#VoiceOfAmerica #VOA #media #journalism #iran #israel #doge
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2025/06/13/voa-staff-iran-israel/
Iran State TV Bombed as USAGM Scrambles to Recall VOA Staff
https://swling.com/blog/2025/06/iran-state-tv-bombed-as-usagm-scrambles-to-recall-voa-staff/
ABD, İran'a karşı tasfiye ettiği 'silah'ını devreye soktu!: Haber7 – ÖZEL
ABD'nin propaganda kuruluşu Voice of America (VOA) Farsça servisinin, Trump yönetimi tarafından askıya alınan çalışanları, İran ve İsrail arasındaki füze çatışmasının ardından acilen göreve çağrıldı. ABD merkezli medya kuruluşu Politico'da yer alan habere göre; ABD Küresel Medya Ajansı (USAGM), taraflar arasındaki gerilim tırmanırken, İran… https://www.eshahaber.com.tr/haber/abd-iran-a-karsi-tasfiye-ettigi-silah-ini-devreye-soktu-233487.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon EshaHaber.com.tr #ABD #İran #İsrail #VOA #Trump
Trump Admin is realizing the importance of #VOA now and has scrambled to get certain staff back on the job due to the current Israeli and Iranian situation. #USPol
🔗 US scrambles to bring back VOA’s Persian service amid Iran-Israel conflict
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/13/voa-persian-service-iran-israel-00406092
#KasimKashgar: “After 6years as #VOA’s only #Uyghur-speaking journalist, today I walked out of its Washington DC newsroom for the last time. Over the years, I filed more than 300 reports…& helped launch VOA’s…Uyghur-language program... [but not] without cost. At least 5 of my former Uyghur colleagues in #China were later imprisoned... I now step away not by choice—but with deep pride in the journalism we produced... That mission continues through #UyghurMonitor….” More: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kasimkashgar_uyghurmonitor-pressfreedom-voa-activity-7338223755036418049--izG
Original post from @w7voa, who just posted about other ways you can help as well, and stories from VOA contributors who are affected: https://journa.host/@w7voa/114654309470827621
#voa #rfa #rfe #VoiceOfAmerica #RadioFreeAsia #RadioFreeEurope #美国之音 #美國之音 #OpenTechFund
I've just donated to this fundraiser to support Voice of America workers and contributors, who are affected by funding cuts and legal battles. Many of the people affected are under actual danger of deportation to hostile foreign regimes, who will attack them because of their journalism work.
VOA / RFA / RFE is, for many places around the world, the only way for people to get real information about their own country. And, now more than ever, the work VOA did is becoming relevant in America as well. The anti journalism playbook used against VOA is also coming to American domestic media.
For techies: the donation here also supports staff from the Open Technology Fund, which sponsors many censorship circumvention technologies (such as Tor) and which also has a FOSS fund. They were also defunded along with VOA.
The fundraiser is just over halfway. Let's get them to their goal.
(And please help me out, Americans; I only have worthless Canadian dollars to donate. cries in CAD exchange rate)
#voa #rfa #rfe #VoiceOfAmerica #RadioFreeAsia #RadioFreeEurope #美国之音 #美國之音 #OpenTechFund
From WTOPNews.com: Congressional letter obtained by AP outlines drastic job cuts expected at Voice of America
Posting in my personal capacity. #savevoa
Statements from Patsy Widakuswara, Jessica Jerreat, and Kate Neeper, plaintiffs in the #VOA lawsuit, in response to the letter sent by #USAGM Senior Advisor Kari Lake to Congress yesterday (6/3) outlining plans for further staff reductions at #VoiceofAmerica (VOA).
⛔️🇺🇸US Court Orders Agency Overseeing RFE/RL To Pay May Funding (more) http://www.rferl.org/a/33429896.html #Ukraine #NPR #PBS #RFE #RL #VoA #NukesForUkraine #Germany #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
⛔️🇺🇸Remaining Voice of America employees expected to receive termination notice this week, Politico reports (more) https://kyivindependent.com/remaining-voice-of-america-employees-expected-to-be-terminated-this-week-politico-reports/ #Ukraine #Mastodon #PBS #NPR #VoA #RFE #RL #NukesForUkraine #Germany #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
https://youtu.be/l3eSLvRKTsQ
⛔️🇺🇸NPR sues Trump over executive order to cut funding to public media (AP VIDEO) #Ukraine #Mastodon #NPR #PBS #VoA #RFE #RadioLiberty #NukesForUkraine #Germany #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
Rollup your pant legs for #cnbc interview with #musk: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/20/cnbc-transcript-elon-musk-sits-down-with-cnbcs-david-faber-live-on-cnbc-today-.html
When dealing with Musk's lies, you need to go over his previous lies: https://newsie.social/@blackburied/114420145136854519
MUSK: ...We just want to see the evidence that the program was doing, actually doing good... please show us pictures of the recipients of the aid... No pictures were forthcoming. They didn’t give us any contact information
#USAID to give patient information? Ask if abandoning that and #VOA improves his position in #China
When trusted and accurate services shrink, they tend to be replaced by well-funded #propaganda.
#trust #bbcworldservice #accurate #news #information #disorder #voa
Voice of America (#VOA) #broadcasters
don’t shy away from controversial topics, but are mandated by law to cover them fairly. As #disinformation spreads, the mission of VOA #journalists to report the facts, with editorial independence, is as important as ever. (Posting in my personal capacity.)
#voa #saveVOA
"We are devastated & concerned that this ruling might lead to further adverse reactions from the administration," Patsy Widakuswara, the lead plaintiff & White House bureau chief for #VoiceOfAmerica tells NPR. "But our day in court is not over yet, & we are committed to fighting until we can return to our congressionally mandated right to broadcast factual, balanced, & comprehensive news."
#Trump #VOA #law #SeparationOfPowers #journalism #FirstAmendment #dictatorship #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy
In the meantime, however, #KariLake has plunged back into slashing the ranks of the workforce, w/hundreds of contract employees let go for a second time over the past weekend. The #VoiceOfAmerica website hasn't posted new stories in >2 months.
On Thurs, the full appellate court made clear it would not intervene, at least for now.
#Trump #VOA #law #SeparationOfPowers #journalism #FirstAmendment #censorship #dictatorship #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy
#Trump's plans to gut #VOA get boost from appeals court
A federal appeals court on Thurs dashed the hopes of #journalists & #FreePress advocacy groups seeking to stave off the near-total dismantlement of #VoiceOfAmerica by the Trump admin.
The admin, led by snr adviser [& crackpot] #KariLake, has iced almost the entire workforce.
#law #SeparationOfPowers #journalism #FirstAmendment #censorship #dictatorship #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/22/nx-s1-5407923/voa-voice-of-america-appeals-court-kari-lake-trump
1. Here is another wave of drone attacks on #Ukraine.
2. #Trump has dismantled #USAID and #VOA, weakening #US soft power. #RadioLiberty gets emergency #EU funding.
3. #Putin - Trump phone call was downplayed in #Russian media, as if Putin had many other important matters, and responded to Trump out of politeness.
4. The EU responded with new #sanctions, but they are unlikely to impact the #war. Trump resists further sanctions, claiming it promotes #peace.
https://moscowmigrant.com/posts/voice-of-america-is-dead-but-liberty-will-live-on-for-now/
