Organizations Filed Purposes:
RADIO FREE ASIA'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE ACCURATE AND TIMELY NEWS AND INFORMATION TO ASIAN COUNTRIES WHOSE GOVERNMENTS PROHIBIT ACCESS TO A FREE PRESS. GUIDED BY THE CORE PRINCIPLES OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND OPINION, RFA SERVES ITS LISTENERS BY PROVIDING INFORMATION CRITICAL FOR INFORMED DECISION-MAKING.RFA IS MANDATED TO BROADCAST TO CHINA, TIBET, NORTH KOREA, VIETNAM, CAMBODIA, LAOS, AND MYANMAR. RFA'S PROGRAMMING PRIMARILY COMPRISES DOMESTIC NEWS AND INFORMATION OF UNIQUE AND SPECIFIC INTEREST TO ITS LISTENERS. ALL BROADCASTS ARE SOLELY IN LOCAL LANGUAGE(S) AND DIALECTS. EACH RFA LANGUAGE SERVICE IS DISTINCTIVE, REFLECTING THE PARTICULAR CULTURE, LANGUAGE, AND PREFERENCES OF ITS LISTENERS.RFA ADHERES TO RIGOROUS JOURNALISTIC STANDARDS OF OBJECTIVITY, ACCURACY, AND FAIRNESS. RFA AIMS, IN TURN, TO RETAIN THE GREATEST CONFIDENCE AMONG ITS LISTNERS AND TO SERVE AS A MODEL ON WHICH OTHERS MAY SHAPE THEIR OWN EMERGING JOURNALISTIC TRADITIONS.
PROVIDE NEWS AND INFORMATION TO ASIAN COUNTRIES WHOSE GOVERNMENTS PROHIBIT ACCESS TO A FREE PRESS.
BROADCASTING AND PROGRAMMING OPERATIONS: RADIO FREE ASIA BROADCASTS TO CHINA IN MANDARIN, CANTONESE AND UYGHUR LANGUAGES. IT ALSO BROADCASTS TO CAMBODIA, LAOS, NORTH KOREA, TIBET, VIETNAM AND MYANMAR. ITS PROGRAMMING DEPARTMENT OVERSEES THE REPORTING AND EDITING DONE BY ALL THE LANGUAGE SERVICES, AS WELL AS THE WORK OF ITS OVERSEAS BUREAUS, OUTSIDE CONTRIBUTORS AND CONSULTANTS. THE DEPARTMENT ALSO OVERSEES WIRE ROOM EDITORS AND RESEARCHERS.
BENARNEWS & NEASP: ON MARCH 1, 2015, BBG LAUNCHED PROJECT BENARNEWS WHICH PUBLISHES IN FIVE LANGUAGES - BENGALI, THAI, BAHASA MALAYSIA, BAHASA INDONESIA, AND ENGLISH. IN APRIL 2016, RFA WAS GRANTED AN AWARD TO DEVELOP MULTI-MEDIA COUNTER TERRORISM PRODUCTS DESIGNED TO ADDRESS TERRORISM CONCERNS IN THE INDO-ASIA REGION.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Libby Liu | PRESIDENT | 40 | $185,215 |
| David Baden | CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER | 40 | $179,521 |
| Patrick Taylor Jr | CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | 40 | $179,133 |
| John Estrella | COO / VP EXT. AFFAIRS | 40 | $176,173 |
| Paramesian Ponnudrai | EXECUTIVE EDITOR | 40 | $170,240 |
| Ton-Ming Fang | EXECUTIVE EDITOR | 40 | $157,051 |
| Susan Rodgers | PROGRAM DIRECTOR (RESIGNED 12/12/18) | 40 | $152,006 |
| Daniel Meredith | PROGRAM DIRECTOR | 40 | $150,641 |
| Bernadette M Burns | SECRETARY | 40 | $135,757 |
| Karen Kornbluh | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Michael Kempner | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Leon Aron | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Ryan Crocker | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Kenneth Weinstein | CHAIRMAN/DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
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