Voice of America (VOA), once a global symbol of U.S. public diplomacy, is nearing its end as the U.S. Agency for Global Media ...

Voice of America is the largest US government-funded international broadcaster and hundreds of employees have been laid off ...

“This move follows USAGM’s firing of more than 500 contractors last month. It spells the death of 83 years of independent journalism that upholds US ideals of democracy and freedom around the world,” ...

The layoffs were expected after a top advisor to its parent agency, United States Agency for Global Media, Kari Lake, called for Voice of America to be gutted.

The parent agency of Voice of America said on Friday it had issued termination notices to over 639 more staff, completing an ...

The U.S. Agency for Global Media has issued termination notices to over 639 staff members, completing an 85% reduction since ...

Kari Lake's media agency will lay off over 600 journalists from Voice of America, reducing personnel by 85% since March. Lake ...

More than 630 workers were let go between the start of the month and Friday, when the final termination notices were sent.

Kari Lake announced a reduction of the U.S. Agency for Global Media workforce by 85 percent.  There's been a call for the elimination of 1,400 positions at USAGM by Lake, senior advisor to USAGM, ...

Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. The reported government requests for belt-tightening at the World Service come after Keir Starmer, the prime ...

On May 6, Kari Lake, senior adviser at the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), posted an announcement on X that might’ve been laughable — if it didn’t signal a five-alarm fire. She wrote ...

FIRST IN PI — USAGM HIRES GOVERNMENT RELATIONS FIRM FOR AGENCY AUDIT: The U.S. Agency for Global Media, under the direction of senior adviser Kari Lake, recently gave a sole-source $250,000 ...