{"id":24094,"date":"2017-02-10T08:59:40","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T12:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=24094"},"modified":"2017-02-10T08:59:40","modified_gmt":"2017-02-10T12:59:40","slug":"npr-voa-chief-on-the-future-of-the-news-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/npr-voa-chief-on-the-future-of-the-news-service\/","title":{"rendered":"NPR: VOA Chief On The Future Of The News Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/VOAlogo-e1486731209910.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-24095\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/VOAlogo-1024x640.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"391\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2017\/02\/10\/514458676\/voa-chief-on-the-future-of-the-news-service\" target=\"_blank\">NPR<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>John Lansing is the CEO of the governing body in charge of the government-funded Voice of America news service.<\/p>\n<p>He talks with Steve Inskeep about the agency&#8217;s operations under the new administration.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NPR embedded audio player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/player\/embed\/514458676\/514458680\" width=\"100%\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2017\/02\/10\/514458676\/voa-chief-on-the-future-of-the-news-service\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for the full story at NPR.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source: NPR) John Lansing is the CEO of the governing body in charge of the government-funded Voice of America news service. 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