{"id":44356,"date":"2020-07-15T08:46:58","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T12:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=44356"},"modified":"2020-07-15T08:47:36","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T12:47:36","slug":"dan-robinson-takes-critical-look-at-usagm-as-pack-enters-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/dan-robinson-takes-critical-look-at-usagm-as-pack-enters-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Robinson takes critical look at USAGM as Pack enters scene"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dan Robinson is a former White House correspondent for the VOA.<\/p><\/div>\n

SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Dan Robinson, has recently written a series of opinion articles for the BBG-USAGM Watch website. Dan worked 34 years with the Voice of America, most recently serving as the senior White House correspondent from 2010 to 2014 before his retirement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dan’s Op-Ed pieces (in five parts at time of posting) take a critical look at the USAGM as Michael Pack CEO takes charge.<\/p>\n

Click here to view all of Dan’s articles at USAGM-BBG Watch.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, has recently written a series of opinion articles for the BBG-USAGM Watch website. Dan worked 34 years with the Voice of America, most recently serving as the senior White House correspondent from 2010 to 2014 before his retirement. Dan’s Op-Ed pieces (in five parts at time of posting) take a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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":[960,3],"tags":[406,1090,7100,7246,10,182],"class_list":["post-44356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","tag-bbg","tag-bbg-watch","tag-michael-pack","tag-usagm","tag-voa","tag-voice-of-america"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-bxq","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36710,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/bbg-watch-former-analyst-challenges-usagm-audience-measurement-methods-claims-of-sharp-increases\/","url_meta":{"origin":44356,"position":0},"title":"BBG Watch: Former Analyst Challenges USAGM Audience Measurement Methods, Claims of Sharp Increases","author":"Thomas","date":"March 28, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"As a follow-up to our previous post featuring Kim Elliott's commentary, check out the following article by Dan Robinson in BBG Watch: Former Analyst Challenges USAGM Audience Measurement Methods, Claims of Sharp Increases By Dan Robinson A former analyst for the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which oversees taxpayer-funded broadcast\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\/2019\/03\/USAGM-BBG-logo-horiz-RGB-hires-1024x312.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/USAGM-BBG-logo-horiz-RGB-hires-1024x312.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/USAGM-BBG-logo-horiz-RGB-hires-1024x312.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":33775,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/broadcasting-board-of-governors-bbg-rebranded-as-u-s-agency-for-global-media-usagm\/","url_meta":{"origin":44356,"position":1},"title":"Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) rebranded as U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM)","author":"Thomas","date":"August 27, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: BBG\/USAGM Press Release) WASHINGTON, Aug. 22, 2018 Effective immediately, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), an independent U.S. government agency that employs thousands of talented journalists, storytellers, and media professionals, is now the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM). 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