United States Agency for Global Media

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

Arab-Americans share their stories on Alhurra TV

August 21, 2019

Alhurra Television highlights the journey of Arab-Americans in U.S. on the new 11 part limited series My Story. The weekly series profiles Arab-Americans who left their homeland to start a better life in the U.S., offering viewers first-hand accounts of the challenges and triumphs they faced as they left their family and friends behind to seek opportunities in a new country that offered them refuge and opportunity from a turbulent Middle East. Read More

VOA launches Rohingya language program

July 29, 2019

MBN launches new program ‘Huna America’

July 15, 2019

Global Media Matters

Countering Chinese Censorship

Today, over two thirds of the world’s population lives in a country where internet access is restricted, and repressive regimes are investing more than ever before in censorship and surveillance technology. This is especially true in China, home to both the world’s largest online population and, in many ways, the most censored internet.

Impact Stories

RFE/RL Armenian Service’s political reporting draws audiences, prompts change in country

July 23, 2019

An RFE/RL Armenian Service report led to a pledge by the Armenian government to follow through on the promise that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian gave to residents of a local village more than two months ago. Read More

Alhurra Facebook video shared by Kurdish government

August 11, 2017

A video produced as part of the Raise Your Voice campaign features the account of a Yazidi teen who was abducted by ISIS and forced to become a sex slave before her eventual escape. Read More

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.