November 22

Tuesday, November 22nd 2011

The date will always stick in my mind for the assassination of John F. Kennedy, who made perhaps the strongest impact on America's image of any president in the 20th Century.  Council Member Leonard Baldyga has found on the Web the U.S. Information Agency's film Years of Lightening/Day of Drums, which the Congress excepted from the Smith-Mundt Act provisions for viewing in the United States.  Always worth a look, and especially on this day.

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Joe B. Johnson consults on government communication and technology after a career in the United States Foreign Service.  He is an instructor for the National Foreign Affairs Training Center, where he teaches strategic planning for public diplomacy.

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Defining Voice of America

Friday, July 8th 2011

Voice of America is:

A. A tool of American public diplomacy.
B. An editorially independent news organization.
C. A strategic asset.
D. All of the above.

You may be surprised to hear that these descriptions are controversial, and even hotly debated. But I think the right answer is D, and I’ll explain why.

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David Jackson is the executive editor of The Washington Times. A veteran journalist, he is also a former U.S. government official with extensive multimedia communications experience in domestic and international markets.

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Cybersecurity and Freedom to Connect -- a New Global Topic

Sunday, May 22nd 2011

Did you notice that the Administration’s cyber security strategy released last week was not framed as protection of national infrastructure?  That’s what I thought cybersecurity was all about.

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White House Changes Include Communication

Saturday, January 29th 2011

Yesterday's Politico Playbook reported that the newly announced press secretary, Jay Carney, will answer to Dan Pfeiffer, President Obama's communications director.  Carney will be more visible to the public, appearing daily on TV, but Pfeiffer (who will report up to newly-arrived David Plouffe) may matter more for the Administration's success.

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Joe B. Johnson consults on government communication and technology after a career in the United States Foreign Service.  He is an instructor for the National Foreign Affairs Training Center, where he teaches strategic planning for public diplomacy.

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