Voices supporting VOA

VOA/USAGM journalist

More than 1,300 journalists and support staff were working at VOA when it was silenced in March 2025. All but a small number have either been fired on placed on administrative leave and prohibited from reporting the news. Those who remain at work are largely instructed to report only the administration’s point of view, which is a violation of federal law that requires VOA’s news to be “accurate, objective, and comprehensive.”