Vero Balderas Iglesias

VOA reporter

“Whether I reported in English or Spanish, the VOA Charter required that I present both sides of every debate no matter how controversial.”

Aline Barros

VOA Immigration Correspondent

Ken Bredemeier

VOA writer

“I am often writing on deadline when speed is important, but it is never more important than accuracy.”

Jeff Custer

VOA journalist

“For the past 83 years, we've been a trusted source for news and information where tyrants control the media.”

Braca Djordjevic

Managing editor, VOA Serbian

“Deep down, we hope that the countries where we were born will stop needing VOA. ... Unfortunately Serbia has not gotten better. Without VOA, the influence of Russia and China will grow.”

Begum Donmez Ersoz

VOA Turkish reporter

“VOA was silenced when the Turkish people needed us the most, as police detained more than 2,000 for speaking their minds.”

Virginia Gunawan

VOA Indonesia journalist

Steve Herman

VOA chief national correspondent

Herman is supporting the legal battle to restore VOA to TV, radio and the internet after it was suddenly silenced by the administration.

Jessica Jerreat

VOA press freedom editor

“'A free press matters' is more than just a tagline at VOA. We broadcast to the most censored countries, and many of our journalists report at great risk to their safety.”

Ingyin Naing

VOA Burmese reporter

Farkhunda Paimani

VOA Afghan reporter

Paimani is a multimedia journalist with the Dari team at Voice of America’s Afghan Service. She reports on U.S.–Afghanistan affairs, focusing on Afghan women’s rights under Taliban rule.

Ruslan Petrychka

Chief, VOA Ukrainian service

Khin Phyu Htway

VOA Burmese reporter

Patsy Widakuswara

VOA White House bureau chief

Widakuswara is leading the legal battle against the administration’s silencing of VOA News because for her, it’s more than just a job. It's personal.

Alexander Yanevskyy

VOA reporter