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Broadcasting Board of Governors 2013 Annual Report bbg.gov | @BBGgov BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS 2013 ANNUAL REPORT 1 BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS 2013 ANNUAL REPORT TABLE OF CONTENTS LETTER FROM THE BOARD 4 OVERVIEW AND IMPACT 6 EXEMPLIFYING FREE PRESS 10 Overcoming Jamming & Censorship 10 Serving as a Model of Free Press 12 China 12 Egypt 13 Cuba 14 Russia 15 Threats to Our Journalists 16 COMBATTING VIOLENT EXTREMISM 18 Pakistan/Afghanistan Border Region 18 Nigeria 19 Burma 20 Middle East 21 FOSTERING GREATER UNDERSTANDING AND ENGAGING AUDIENCES 22 Environmental Issues in Asia 23 News of the U.S. 24 English Learning & Business Skills 26 Giving Voice to the Voiceless 27 INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING BUREAU 28 NETWORKS Voice of America 34 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 38 Office of Cuba Broadcasting 42 Cover: Alhurra’s correspondent Radio Free Asia 46 Khaled Khairy reporting from Egypt. Middle East Broadcasting Networks 50 AWARDS 54 Right: Children in Pakistan’s Swat Valley send their thanks BOARD HIGHLIGHTS 56 to VOA’s Deewa Radio. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 59 2 bbg.gov | @BBGgov 3 4 Letter from the Board To the President and the Congress of the United States It was due to VOA Deewa On behalf of the Broadcasting Board of Governors In a prolonged period of declining press freedom, our “ that Pashtun women in the and pursuant to Section 305(a) of the International journalists have faced numerous threats. In spite of these Broadcasting Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-236), I am hazardous conditions, the BBG’s networks have met far-flung areas came out pleased to submit the BBG’s annual report for 2013. critical strategic challenges with special programming and to vote. We are thankful to broadcasts in response to the war in Syria, democratic Deewa Radio for mobilizing This report summarizes the 2013 activities and transitions in Egypt and Iraq, the rise of Islamist accomplishments of the BBG, the independent federal fundamentalism in Mali and northern Nigeria, the political the otherwise ignored government agency that oversees all U.S. civilian opening in Burma, and unrest and protests in Tibet. communities ... international media. This includes the Voice of America, ” Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, the Office of Cuba I am proud to report the achievements of the BBG for SHAD BEGUM Broadcasting, Radio Free Asia, and the Middle East 2013 and recognize that challenges remain as we strive to 2012 recipient of the International Broadcasting Networks with transmission and serve the global need for objective news, analysis and free Women of Courage Award technical support provided by the International debate. We are grateful to the Administration, Congress Broadcasting Bureau. and the public for their support and the resources entrusted to us to achieve this critical mission. As detailed in the following pages, BBG networks have played a critical role by exemplifying free press and free Respectfully submitted, expression and, in this way, help to foster and sustain free, democratic societies. In addition, the networks have BOARD OF GOVERNORS: developed greater understanding and helped combat Jeffrey Shell, Chair violent extremism by engaging audiences on issues Matthew C. Armstrong important to them and by providing trusted news Jeffrey Shell Ambassador Ryan Crocker and information. Chair Susan McCue Broadcasting Board of Governors Michael Meehan Kenneth Weinstein Providing reliable, fair coverage of elections, like the 2013 election in Pakistan, is a focus for all of the BBG networks. John F. Kerry, Secretary of State Left: Pakistani women line up to enter a polling station and cast their ballots, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, May 11, 2013. ex-officio (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) 5 “Impact is ultimately about whether we make a difference in the lives of our audience in ways that correspond to the larger aims of our efforts.” BBG STRATEGIC PLAN 2012-2016 6 BBG Overview and Impact Leading News Coverage The BBG networks often break stories that are picked up or cited by other news outlets The BBG’s media services include two federal it is tightly controlled. IAC initiatives circumvent that value their reporting. Find more examples networks, the Voice of America (VOA) and the government firewalls, secure safe communication at: bbg.gov/presscitations Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB); and three channels, and distribute objective news and NPR non-profit grantees: Radio Free Europe/Radio information in repressive environments like Cuba used RFE/RL’s investigative reporting on the Boston Liberty (RFE/RL), Radio Free Asia (RFA), and and China. Marathon bombing to provide context on the the Middle East Broadcasting Networks (MBN). All BBG networks adhere to the standards and Tsarnaev brothers and their homeland. In addition to these five networks, the BBG also principles mandated by the International oversees the International Broadcasting The New York Times Broadcasting Act of 1994, as amended. This Bureau (IBB). Radio Free Asia’s exclusive reports on ethnic unrest incorporates the VOA Charter, which was signed continuing to erupt in China’s northwest shaped BBG networks are news leaders, into law in 1976, and requires broadcasts to international coverage on the tensions involving the uncovering stories left untold in include accurate, reliable, objective and minority Uyghurs. The New York Times cited RFA’s environments that lack press freedom. comprehensive news, balanced presentations of reports prominently throughout a major piece on the Local, regional and international media frequently United States’ institutions and policies, and aftermath of the tensions. cite their trustworthy reporting. In 2013, BBG information about developments throughout the networks told the stories of Syrians during their world. To see full text of the principles guiding The Wall Street Journal civil war, broke stories about self-immolations in BBG news coverage, visit: cited an exclusive interview landed by VOA’s Somali Tibet, covered mass protests in hotspots across bbg.gov/legislation Service journalist Harun Maruf, who spoke with the broadcasting regions, and provided the U.S.-born terrorist Omar Hammami, about his break By exemplifying free media and free essential voice of free, objective, comprehensive, with al-Shabab. Days later the group took credit for expression, the BBG helps foster and and uncensored news to people in countries that killing him. sustain free, democratic societies. Such lack a free press. societies have proven to be more peaceful CNN Freedom and access to news and information is and stable and are less likely to threaten their used exclusive Alhurra TV video footage of the a right that the BBG holds in the highest regard. neighbors or offer safe havens for terrorists. car chase and shooting outside of the U.S. Capitol Through its Internet anti-censorship (IAC) tools Nurturing them is a national security imperative. in October 2013. That footage proved to be the and programs, the BBG has also helped many clearest image of the Capitol Hill car chase that people access information in countries where led to the temporary shutdown of the Capitol and surrounding office buildings. Left: BBG networks have developed programming to meet the demand for mobile news throughout Africa. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File) 7 61 languages The mission of the Broadcasting Board of Governors is to inform, engage and connect people around the world in support of freedom and democracy. GLOBAL EASTERN/ English CENTRAL EUROPE (including Albanian Learning English) Bosnian Each of the BBG networks pursues a shared mission, Nigeria (20.7 million), Mexico (14.9 million), and Iran Croatian collectively reaching a record worldwide audience in 61 (14.5 million). These are all countries in which the Greek AFRICA languages on their media of preference—from satellite TV BBG has made strides in innovative delivery, including Afaan Oromoo Macedonian Amharic Montenegrin to mobile phones to radio programs. affiliate-based strategies, SMS mobile distribution, and Bambara Romanian platform-agnostic programming. French to Moldova Programming reached an estimated 206 million Serbian Hausa people per week in 2013, including large The accomplishments of the networks draw from a Kinyarwanda Kirundi EURASIA audiences in countries that are strategically diverse, multi-cultural and multi-talented workforce. Ndebele Armenian critical for U.S. foreign policy. The figure, which The 2013 Annual Report provides highlights of those Portuguese Avar Shona Azerbaijani reflects the combined audiences of VOA, RFE/RL, Radio achievements based on strategic imperatives spelled out Somali Bashkir and TV Martí, RFA and MBN (Alhurra TV and Radio in the following pages. The leadership of the agency’s Songhai Belarusian Swahili Chechen Sawa), is a net increase of nearly 31 million from board along with the operational and organizational Tigrigna Circassian last year’s total. While impact cannot be measured in support of the IBB and financial highlights for 2013 Crimean Tatar audience reach alone, it is important to note that the are outlined as well. CENTRAL ASIA Georgian Kazakh Russian BBG’s largest audiences are in Indonesia (21.6 million), Kyrgyz Tatar Tajik Ukrainian Turkmen Uzbek LATIN AMERICA Creole Platforms of Delivery BBG broadcasters utilize a wide range of media and delivery strategies to maximize the impact EAST ASIA Spanish of their content production and to reach their audiences on their media of choice. Burmese NEAR EAST/ Cantonese NORTH AFRICA FM AM SW Satellite Terrestrial TV Live Streaming On-Demand Web Mobile Social Media E-mail SMS DVD/Flash Drives Indonesian Arabic Khmer Kurdish Korean Turkish Audio n n n n n n n n n n Lao Mandarin Thai SOUTH ASIA Video n n n n n n n n Tibetan Bangla Uyghur Dari Vietnamese Pashto Text n n n n n n n Persian Urdu 8 Indonesia Weekly Audience Iran Weekly Audience 14.5 million 21.6 million Afghanistan Weekly Reach 57.7% BBG Audience In 2013, BBG broadcasters reached 206 million people weekly in unduplicated audience worldwide — including radio, television and Internet — up from Television Radio Internet Unduplicated Audience 110 million 109 million 22 million Across All Media 175 million in 2012.
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