VOA Correspondent Wins International Broadcasting Award for Sri Lanka Coverage

Voice of America (VOA) correspondent Steve Herman was recognized by the Association for International Broadcasting (AIB) for his coverage of Sri Lanka’s civil war. Herman’s reporting was called "highly commended" in...

VOA Special Coverage of 30th Anniversary of U.S. Embassy Takeover in Iran

As fresh demonstrations erupted across Iran, Voice of America’s (VOA) Persian News Network (PNN) marked the 30th anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran with exclusive interviews...

VOA Looks Back at the Fall of the Berlin Wall

The Voice of America (VOA) will broadcast this week a radio, television and Internet series on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Reports from the United...

Redstone Foolishly Selling CBS and Viacom

By Jeffrey Jolson – Mogul Sumner Redstone is doing something very crazy in a recession. He is selling off valued entertainment stock, when everyone knows that the harder the economy, the...

Special VOA Series Marks September 11 Anniversary

To mark the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the Voice of America’s (VOA) Spanish Service is airing online stories that examine how people are coping after eight...

NATO Troops Free Reporter Kidnapped in Afghanistan

NATO forces in Afghanistan Wednesday freed a New York Times reporter held hostage by militants, though his interpreter and a British soldier were killed in the operation. Stephen Farrell, a dual...

The New ABC: Diane Sawyer to Take over Nightly News

Will replace retiring Gibson By Jeffrey Jolson ABC News President David Westin confirmed he will place Diane Sawyer as the anchor of its nightly news. The “Good Morning America” co-anchor will replace...

Freed Reporters Describe North Korean Ordeal

The two American reporters who were jailed for illegally entering North Korea have spoken out about their ordeal for the first time and said they never intended to cross a...

VOA Statement on Rahman Bunairee

WASHINGTON, D.C. (RPRN) 8/14/2009-The Voice of America (VOA) and its parent agency, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), hope for a speedy resolution of whatever issues led to the detention...

NFL News: Michael Vick Lands Deal With Eagles

Quarterback Michael Vick has signed a two-year deal with the Philadelphia Eagles, his agent Joel Segal, confirmed to ESPN.com. By Bryan Mongeau-Eastmond, staff writer PHILADELPHIA (RPRN) 8/14/2009– All the rumors and all...