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Radio Svaboda, the Belarusian outlet for Radio Free Europe, was labeled extremist more than a year after it covered the country's August 2020 election protests.
Today, PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger announced the results of the PBS Board elections, in which six individuals were elected to serve as General Directors on the PBS Board.
When I worked for VOA — actually the International Broadcasting Bureau, later called the Broadcasting Board of Governors and then the U.S. Agency for Global Media — I believe upper management thought people in Djibouti had high-speed internet and laptop computers. In reality they lived largely in small huts made from corrugated roofing iron. They were lucky to have a radio.
In summer 1966, Marc Nathanson joined DU professor Robert Eckelberry on an adventure to Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands and more, as part of a course on Scandinavian government. To this day, he considers the Norwegian fjords the most beautiful place on Earth. Now he’ll have the opportunity to return to the country in a new capacity. Nathanson recently was nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as ambassador to Norway. Though the appointment has not yet been confirmed by the Senate, Nathanson is honored to have been tapped and grateful to see his DU journey come full circle. “It's...