{"id":12924,"date":"2015-04-08T07:06:09","date_gmt":"2015-04-08T11:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=12924"},"modified":"2015-04-08T07:06:09","modified_gmt":"2015-04-08T11:06:09","slug":"voa-director-david-ensor-steps-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/voa-director-david-ensor-steps-down\/","title":{"rendered":"VOA director David Ensor steps down"},"content":{"rendered":"

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David Ensor, who as director of the Voice of America has presided over significant growth in the news agency\u2019s audience despite budget cuts, announced Tuesday that he was stepping down.<\/p>\n

Mr. Ensor, who joined the Voice of America in June 2011, said he would leave the government-funded broadcaster at the end of next month. He did not explain his decision or discuss his plans.<\/p>\n

The Broadcasting Board of Governors, which oversees the Voice of America, credited Mr. Ensor with creating new television programming in Russian, Ukrainian, Persian, Mandarin, Burmese and Creole, among other languages. It also said he had led a digital transformation of the agency\u2019s newsroom and expanded media programs in Africa.<\/p>\n

[…]His time at the news agency has not been without controversy. Dan Robinson, the former chief White House correspondent for the Voice of America, said its central news operation had been devastated by staffing cuts, and he and other former employees said a number of veteran correspondents had resigned or retired in frustration. [Continue reading…]<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: NY Times) David Ensor, who as director of the Voice of America has presided over significant growth in the news agency\u2019s audience despite budget cuts, announced Tuesday that he was stepping down. Mr. Ensor, who joined the Voice of America in June 2011, said he would leave the government-funded broadcaster at the end of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,960,3,43],"tags":[2635,569,10,182],"class_list":["post-12924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-dan-robinson","tag-david-ensor","tag-voa","tag-voice-of-america"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3ms","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2681,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/voa-looks-to-future-on-70th-anniversary\/","url_meta":{"origin":12924,"position":0},"title":"“VOA Looks to Future on 70th Anniversary”","author":"Thomas","date":"February 1, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Voice of America Press Release) Washington, D.C. \u2014 February 1, 2012 \u2014 Voice of America turned 70 on Wednesday, and VOA Director David Ensor says the international broadcast agency is aggressively moving forward with new programs that ensure it remains an \u201cinformation lifeline to people in closed societies like\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Broadcasters"","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/voaat70-300x187.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1781,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/npr-voice-of-americas-role-in-internet-age\/","url_meta":{"origin":12924,"position":1},"title":"NPR: Voice Of America’s Role In Internet Age","author":"Thomas","date":"September 3, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: NPR) Host Scott Simon speaks with David Ensor, who took over directorship of Voice of America last month. 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