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COMMITTEE FOR U.S. INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING WELCOMES APPO JABARIAN AS NEW ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER
http://www.armenianlife.com/2011/10/24/committee-for-u-s-international-broadcasting-welcomes-appo-jabarian-as-new-advisory-board-member/
October 24, 2011
Recently, Appo Jabarian, Executive Publisher and Senior Editor of
USA Armenian Life Magazine, joined Committee for U.S. International
Broadcasting (CUSIB) Advisory Board. He is also President of HYE
Media Group and Calencorp Calendar Company of Glendale, California., A
grassroots political activist for more than 25 years, Appo Jabarian
has broad experience in multi-ethnic media marketing and community
organizing in minority communities on several continents., As a
public speaker, a publisher, a writer, and professional actor, Appo
Jabarian reads, writes, and speaks fluently five languages and is
conversational in at least four more.
CUSIB Advisory Board is consisted of Harry Wu, Founder of the Laogai
Research Foundation; Tala Dowlatshahi, Senior Adviser and U.S.
Representative of Reporters Without Borders; Appo Jabarian, Executive
Publisher and Senior Editor of USA Armenian Life Magazine; Jing Zhang,
President of Women's Rights in China; Reggie Littlejohn, Founder and
President of Women's Rights Without Frontiers; Joe Brown, President
of the Pasadena Chapter NAACP; Herbert W. Stupp, Adjunct Professor,
Graduate School of Public Affairs at Baruch College C.U.N.Y.; Robert
A. Senser, Editor/Publisher of Human Rights for Workers website; Manny
Papir, Media Consultant and Human Rights Campaigner; Timothy Shamble,
President of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE)
Local 1812; Gary Marco, retired employee of the Voice of America
and former President of Local 1418, American Federation of State,
County and Municipal Employees; Marie Ciliberti, former Voice of
America writer, producer and broadcaster for programs directed to
the former Soviet Union; Karl Altau, Managing Director of the Joint
Baltic American National Committee and Robert Reilly, Senior Fellow
for Strategic Communication at the American Foreign Policy Council.
"We are honored to welcome such a diverse group of men and women
who bring experience from journalism and human rights advocacy
to our Advisory Board as we analyze the policies and plans of the
Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the Federal agency in charge of
U.S. international broadcasting. The CUSIB has been formed in response
to the belief that the BBG lacks transparency especially after such
a serious rebuke by the U.S. Congress," stated Ann Noonan, Executive
Director of CUSIB. "Last month we were encouraged to learn that the
U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations rejected the Broadcasting Board
of Governor's plan to pull the plug on Voice of America's uncensored
radio and television broadcasts to China and rely instead solely on
the vulnerable internet. With this Advisory Board in place, we hope
to assist the BBG's transparency goals and avoid future mistakes."
CUSIB co-founder Ted Lipien stated: "The CUSIB reviews U.S.
international broadcasting operations in an effort to develop solutions
for restoring U.S. broadcasting's emphasis on freedom of the press
and on human rights. Some of our most recent concerns have included
censorship of the Voice of America's news broadcasts to Ethiopia as
well as reporting from North Korea that covered local conditions,
notably the ongoing the food shortage, only in passing, while giving
extensive airing to the North Korean regime's propaganda.
We hope our Advisory Board will be welcome in the BBG's discussions."
U.S. international broadcasting includes the Voice of America, which
provides international news as well as explaining U.S. policies and
providing information on American culture, society and politics,
and the surrogate broadcasters - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, the
Middle East Broadcasting Networks (Alhurra TV and Radio Sawa), Radio
Free Asia, and the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (Radio and TV Martí)-
which focus more closely on internal news in countries without free
media. CUSIB believes both VOA and the surrogate broadcasters serve
very important functions and deserve support of all Americans.
CUSIB is a nonpartisan, nongovernmental organization working to
strengthen free flow of uncensored news from the United States to
countries with restricted and developing media environments. CUSIB
supports journalism in defense of media freedom and human rights
by the Voice of America (VOA), Radio Free Asia (RFA), Radio Free
Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), Radio and TV Marti, Radio Sawa, Alhurra
TV and other U.S. taxpayer-funded media programs for international
audiences produced by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG). CUSIB
is working to make these programs more effective and better managed.
CUSIB also advocates for better working conditions for broadcasters
delivering news to countries without media freedom and defends their
journalistic independence. For further information, please visit
www.cusib.org.
http://www.armenianlife.com/2011/10/24/committee-for-u-s-international-broadcasting-welcomes-appo-jabarian-as-new-advisory-board-member/
October 24, 2011
Recently, Appo Jabarian, Executive Publisher and Senior Editor of
USA Armenian Life Magazine, joined Committee for U.S. International
Broadcasting (CUSIB) Advisory Board. He is also President of HYE
Media Group and Calencorp Calendar Company of Glendale, California., A
grassroots political activist for more than 25 years, Appo Jabarian
has broad experience in multi-ethnic media marketing and community
organizing in minority communities on several continents., As a
public speaker, a publisher, a writer, and professional actor, Appo
Jabarian reads, writes, and speaks fluently five languages and is
conversational in at least four more.
CUSIB Advisory Board is consisted of Harry Wu, Founder of the Laogai
Research Foundation; Tala Dowlatshahi, Senior Adviser and U.S.
Representative of Reporters Without Borders; Appo Jabarian, Executive
Publisher and Senior Editor of USA Armenian Life Magazine; Jing Zhang,
President of Women's Rights in China; Reggie Littlejohn, Founder and
President of Women's Rights Without Frontiers; Joe Brown, President
of the Pasadena Chapter NAACP; Herbert W. Stupp, Adjunct Professor,
Graduate School of Public Affairs at Baruch College C.U.N.Y.; Robert
A. Senser, Editor/Publisher of Human Rights for Workers website; Manny
Papir, Media Consultant and Human Rights Campaigner; Timothy Shamble,
President of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE)
Local 1812; Gary Marco, retired employee of the Voice of America
and former President of Local 1418, American Federation of State,
County and Municipal Employees; Marie Ciliberti, former Voice of
America writer, producer and broadcaster for programs directed to
the former Soviet Union; Karl Altau, Managing Director of the Joint
Baltic American National Committee and Robert Reilly, Senior Fellow
for Strategic Communication at the American Foreign Policy Council.
"We are honored to welcome such a diverse group of men and women
who bring experience from journalism and human rights advocacy
to our Advisory Board as we analyze the policies and plans of the
Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the Federal agency in charge of
U.S. international broadcasting. The CUSIB has been formed in response
to the belief that the BBG lacks transparency especially after such
a serious rebuke by the U.S. Congress," stated Ann Noonan, Executive
Director of CUSIB. "Last month we were encouraged to learn that the
U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations rejected the Broadcasting Board
of Governor's plan to pull the plug on Voice of America's uncensored
radio and television broadcasts to China and rely instead solely on
the vulnerable internet. With this Advisory Board in place, we hope
to assist the BBG's transparency goals and avoid future mistakes."
CUSIB co-founder Ted Lipien stated: "The CUSIB reviews U.S.
international broadcasting operations in an effort to develop solutions
for restoring U.S. broadcasting's emphasis on freedom of the press
and on human rights. Some of our most recent concerns have included
censorship of the Voice of America's news broadcasts to Ethiopia as
well as reporting from North Korea that covered local conditions,
notably the ongoing the food shortage, only in passing, while giving
extensive airing to the North Korean regime's propaganda.
We hope our Advisory Board will be welcome in the BBG's discussions."
U.S. international broadcasting includes the Voice of America, which
provides international news as well as explaining U.S. policies and
providing information on American culture, society and politics,
and the surrogate broadcasters - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, the
Middle East Broadcasting Networks (Alhurra TV and Radio Sawa), Radio
Free Asia, and the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (Radio and TV Martí)-
which focus more closely on internal news in countries without free
media. CUSIB believes both VOA and the surrogate broadcasters serve
very important functions and deserve support of all Americans.
CUSIB is a nonpartisan, nongovernmental organization working to
strengthen free flow of uncensored news from the United States to
countries with restricted and developing media environments. CUSIB
supports journalism in defense of media freedom and human rights
by the Voice of America (VOA), Radio Free Asia (RFA), Radio Free
Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), Radio and TV Marti, Radio Sawa, Alhurra
TV and other U.S. taxpayer-funded media programs for international
audiences produced by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG). CUSIB
is working to make these programs more effective and better managed.
CUSIB also advocates for better working conditions for broadcasters
delivering news to countries without media freedom and defends their
journalistic independence. For further information, please visit
www.cusib.org.