The U.S. Agency for Global Media is an independent federal agency that seeks to inform, engage and connect people around the world in support of freedom and democracy.

USAGM News

Radio Free Asia Uyghur journalist wins Magnitsky Human Rights Award

November 15, 2019

Radio Free Asia’s (RFA) Uyghur Service journalist Gulchehra Hoja last night received a Magnitsky Human Rights Award at a ceremony in London for her reporting on the ongoing humanitarian and human rights crisis in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR). Read More

Comprehensive reporting of critical events a focus of USAGM board meeting

November 14, 2019

Excellence and personal sacrifice honored at annual Burke Award Ceremony

November 13, 2019

Global Media Matters

The time to end impunity for crimes against journalists is now

Journalists are not criminals, they provide a public good. Reporters expose corruption, provide life-saving information and uncover the truth when those in power try to hide it. High-quality journalism democratizes the world as much as it informs it.

Impact Stories

VOA’s “Let’s Learn English” series aids firefighters in Mexico

February 7, 2018

A team of six firefighters from Chihuahua, Mexico, used the VOA Learning English series “Let’s Learn English” (LLE) earlier this year to improve their spoken and written English language skills. They were preparing to attend a five-month firefighting academy in Albuquerque, New Mexico, that will begin in February 2018, and found that the series prepared them well for their entrance exam. Read More

This Year

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Celebrating USAGM's Anniversary

This week, the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) marks its 20^th anniversary. On October 1, 1999, our organization, known then as the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), became an independent federal agency responsible for all U.S. government-funded civilian international media. Though the history of U.S. international broadcasting goes back to 1942, our 20^th anniversary is a significant milestone in our commitment to independent, strategic coordination of the five networks and to advancing the universal value of a free press.

Learn more about the history U.S. international mediaOur History

Threats to Press

Tajik authorities continue to pressure RFE/RL Dushanbe Bureau

RFE/RL condemns verdict against Ukrainian journalist Aseyev

RFE/RL presses Tajikistan to accredit journalists and cease harassment

RFE/RL Condemns Latest Azerbaijan Ruling Against Ismayilova

RFA Statement on the charges against former RFA journalists in Cambodia

Two years on, RFE/RL presses for Ukrainian journalist’s release

RFE/RL reporter stripped of accreditation in Tajikistan

Entities

Our Networks

Every week, more than 345 million listeners, viewers and internet users around the world turn on, tune in and log onto U.S. international broadcasting programs. The day-to-day broadcasting activities are carried out by the individual USAGM international broadcasters.