Matt Armstrong served as the Executive Director of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy in 2011. From August 2013 through January 2017, Matt served as a Governor on the Broadcasting Board of Governors, since renamed the U.S. Agency for Global Media. He is an MPhil/PhD candidate at King’s College London in the Defence Studies Department (since January 2020), an Associate Fellow at King’s Centre for Strategic Communication at King’s College London, and an Adjunct Lecturer for the Joint Special Operations University.
Voice of America, forbidden from competing with US media though it is apparently doing just that, is subject to oversight and guidance in using its scarce resources to empower the ill-informed and under-informed abroad. Congress is failing to do so. https://t.co/7Sy62NS1MM
— Matt Armstrong (@mountainrunner) April 16, 2020
The issue at USAGM (formerly BBG) and VOA is one of management and oversight. My thoughts (below is part 2 of 2): https://t.co/7Sy62NS1MM https://t.co/GIKEYEatoK
— Matt Armstrong (@mountainrunner) April 16, 2020
Read my official statement in response to a White House press release that says VOA has “amplified” China’s propaganda on coronavirus. #FreePress #afrepressmattershttps://t.co/FvwoqXQut4
— Amanda Bennett (@abennett) April 10, 2020