Organizations Filed Purposes:
THE MISSION OF RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY (RFE/RL) IS TO PROMOTE DEMOCRATIC VALUES AND INSTITUTIONS BY REPORTING THE NEWS IN COUNTRIES WHERE A FREE PRESS IS BANNED BY THE GOVERNMENT OR NOT FULLY ESTABLISHED.
RFE/RL PROMOTES DEMOCRATIC VALUES BY REPORTING THE NEWS IN COUNTRIES LACKING A FREE PRESS.
CURRENT TIME: CURRENT TIME, A 24/7 TV AND DIGITAL NETWORK, PROVIDES RUSSIAN SPEAKERS ACROSS RUSSIA, UKRAINE, CENTRAL ASIA, THE CAUCASUS, THE BALTICS, AND EASTERN EUROPE WITH ACCESS TO FACTUAL, ACCURATE, TOPICAL, AND TRUSTWORTHY INFORMATION, AND SERVES AS A REALITY CHECK ON DISINFORMATION THAT IS DRIVING CONFLICT IN THE REGION. CURRENT TIME SERVES AS A BIAS-FREE NEWS SOURCE FOR ALL RUSSIAN SPEAKERS, WHO ARE OFTEN LIMITED TO KREMLIN-CONTROLLED MEDIA OPTIONS EVEN WHEN LIVING FAR BEYOND RUSSIA'S BORDERS. ACROSS THE TARGET AREA, 6.9 MILLION ADULTS USE CURRENT TIME EACH WEEK ACCORDING TO THE USAGM-SPONSORED RESEARCH CONDUCTED IN THOSE MARKETS TO DATE. ON TV, CURRENT TIME PROVIDES A FULL-FLEDGED 24/7 CHANNEL STREAM WITH MORE THAN 200 DISTRIBUTORS IN 22 COUNTRIES. ONLINE, CURRENT TIME DIGITAL ENGAGES AUDIENCES WITH ITS REPORTING VIA ITS WEBSITE, FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE, VKONTAKTE, TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, ODNOKLASSNIKI AND TELEGRAM. IN FY 2019, CURRENT TIME RECEIVED MORE THAN 740 MILLION VIDEO VIEWS ACROSS DIGITAL PLATFORMS.
RADIO FARDA: RFE/RL'S RADIO FARDA IS ONE OF THE FEW REMAINING SOURCES OF UNCENSORED NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE IN IRAN. RADIO FARDA BREAKS THROUGH GOVERNMENT CENSORSHIP TO DELIVER ACCURATE NEWS, INFORMED DISCUSSION, AND CULTURAL PROGRAMMING TO IRANIAN AUDIENCES. ALTHOUGH RFE/RL'S WEBSITE IS OFFICIALLY BLOCKED WITHIN IRAN, IN FY 2019, RADIO FARDA RECEIVED 159 MILLION VISITS TO ITS WEBSITES AND NEWS APP, AS WELL AS 75 MILLION VIDEO VIEWS ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKS. IN ADDITION TO CONSUMING FARDA'S REPORTING, AUDIENCES ENGAGE BY SENDING IN VIDEOS AND OTHER USER GENERATED CONTENT FROM ACROSS IRAN. FARDA'S EXTREMELY HIGH LEVEL OF AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT DURING MAJOR EVENTS UNDERSCORES BOTH ITS CRITICAL ROLE IN THE COUNTRY AND THE TRUST THAT AUDIENCES HAVE IN ITS NEWS COVERAGE.
RUSSIAN LANGUAGE SERVICE: RFE/RL'S RUSSIAN SERVICE, KNOWN LOCALLY AS RADIO SVOBODA, IS ON THE FOREFRONT OF REPORTING ON THE SOCIO-POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT INSIDE OF RUSSIA, COVERING NEWS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE MISSING FROM THE MARKET AND SERVING AS A FACT CHECKER FOR DISINFORMATION PROPAGATED BY THE STATE-CONTROLLED MEDIA. AS THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION WITNESSES INCREASING MEDIA RESTRICTIONS, THE RUSSIAN SERVICE IS A KEY FORUM FOR THOSE WHO LACK ACCESS TO OTHER MEANS OF FREE EXPRESSION. THE SERVICE REGULARLY FEATURES INTERVIEWS WITH OPPOSITION FIGURES IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, IN-DEPTH POLITICAL ANALYSIS OF CURRENT EVENTS AND POLICIES WITHIN THE COUNTRY, AND LIVE VIDEO REPORTING FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY. ACCORDING TO RESULTS FROM A NATIONWIDE SURVEY IN 2018, 3.8% OF ADULTS IN RUSSIA CONSUME RADIO SVOBODA CONTENT EACH WEEK.
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 |
|---|
| Nenad Pejic | VP/EDITOR-IN-CHIEF (THROUGH 07/19) | 40 | $195,129 |
| Marylin Keating | HEAD OF HUMAN RESOURCES | 40 | $193,526 |
| Employee 2 | SENIOR EDITOR | 40 | $189,969 |
| Guy Genovese | DIRECTOR, CORPORATE SECURITY | 40 | $181,648 |
| Thomas Kent | FORMER PRESIDENT | 40 | $180,495 |
| Employee 3 | JOURNALIST | 40 | $179,836 |
| Employee 4 | EXECUTIVE EDITOR CTTV | 40 | $175,538 |
| Benjamin Herman | GENERAL COUNSEL & SECRETARY | 40 | $172,130 |
| Stephanie Schmidt | ACTING CFO AND ASSISTANT TREASURER | 40 | $166,748 |
| Sardy Bernard | CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER | 40 | $165,718 |
| Scott Baker | DIRECTOR OF FINANCE | 40 | $163,941 |
| Susan Reed Jackson | DIR. OF TV AND VIDEO PRODUCTION | 40 | $157,275 |
| Luke Springer | FORMER KEY EMPLOYEE-SPECIAL ADVISOR | 40 | $148,688 |
| Daisy Sindelar Vp Eic Trans To | ACTING PRES. (FROM 12/18-07/19) | 40 | $147,450 |
| Pamela Goodnow | FORMER VP, CFO AND TREASURER | 40 | $144,032 |
| Mike Pompeo | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Jeffrey Shell | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Michael Kempner | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Leon Aron | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Karen Kornbluh | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Ryan Crocker | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Kenneth Weinstein | CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
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