Voice of America Launches Somali Language Sesame Street
Voice of America has started re-broadcasting Sesame Sheeko Sheeko, the Somali language radio edition of the children’s educational television series, Sesame Street.
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Myroslava Gongadze Appointed VOA’s Eastern Europe Chief
The Voice of America has named Myroslava Gongadze as the network’s first ever Eastern Europe Chief.
VOA’s Global Audience Grows by 33 million in a Year
Voice of America’s journalism now reaches 311.8 million people per week across broadcast and digital platforms, according to the latest research from the U.S. Agency for Global Media.
Ayesha Tanzeem Named VOA’s South and Central Asia Division Director
Voice of America has promoted its Afghanistan and Pakistan Bureau Chief, Ayesha Tanzeem, to South and Central Asia Division Director, bringing her back from Islamabad to the VOA headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Burke Award for VOA’s Hong Kong Team
Voice of America journalists in Hong Kong have received a Burke Award for their reporting on the pro-democracy protests taking place throughout 2019.
VOA Wins Award for Hong Kong Reporting
Voice of America’s Hong Kong reporting team comprised of more than a dozen journalists from VOA’s China Branch and News Center received the David Burke Distinguished Journalism Award on December 2nd.
VOA Remains a Trustworthy Global News Source
The Voice of America’s weekly unduplicated audience reached 278 million in Fiscal Year 2020, according to the new performance and accountability annual report released by the US Agency for Global Media.
VOA Wins Social Media Award for “The Worth of a Girl”
VOA's multimedia project, “The Worth of a Girl,” about the practice of child marriage and how it affects women’s lives around the globe, has won a 2020 national award from the Radio Television Digital News Association.
VOA Wins Gabriel Award for Yazidi Girls Documentary
The Voice of America won a Gabriel Award for its documentary Hell and Hope about the plight of Yazidi girls abducted by ISIS terrorists in 2014 from Sinjar province in Iraq.