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Voice of America director Michael Abramowitz wrote in a LinkedIn post that “virtually” his entire staff of 1,300 journalists, producers, and assistants had been put on administrative leave ...
About 1,300 journalists at Voice of America, a government-funded broadcaster, were put on leave following Trump's executive order, its director said.
Michael Abramowitz, Voice of America's director, said nearly his entire staff of 1,300 journalists, producers and assistants had been put on administrative leave, crippling a media broadcaster ...
Nearly the entire staff of 1,300 journalists, producers and assistants have been put on administrative leave, according to Voice of America's director, Michael Abramowitz.
More than 1,300 Voice of America employees were placed on leave on Saturday and funding for two US news services that broadcast to authoritarian regimes was terminated, a day after President ...
Chinese state media has expanded its reach from Indonesia to Nigeria after President Trump’s March order to dismantle U.S.
The Trump administration on Friday sent out termination notices to hundreds of employees at Voice of America. Included in that group are employees working for the network’s Persian-language ...
Widespread layoffs took place Friday at VOA and its parent agency, the US Agency for Global Media, or USAGM for short, which has led America’s efforts to broadcast information a ...
Trump senior advisor Kari Lake envisions the agency that includes the international broadcaster Voice of America with 81 staffers after mid-August — down from about 1,300 full-time employees and ...
The Trump administration fired around 600 employees at Voice of America, approximately one-third of its staff. The layoffs targeted contracted journalists and some administrative employees.
Majority of staff axed at Voice of America Some affected employees worked for the Persian- language service and were called back to work just last week in light of the Middle East conflict.