Steven Springer
@stevenaspringer.bsky.social
News Standards Editor - Yankees fan - Classic film fan - Bronx born and bred
After nearly 8 months of being furloughed, I was notified today that my last day of employment with @rfa.org will be this Sunday, November 9.
Hours later I received an email that I've been named to the Board of a new website, Independence Avenue Media (indavemedia.com). Looking forward to it!
Hours later I received an email that I've been named to the Board of a new website, Independence Avenue Media (indavemedia.com). Looking forward to it!
November 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM
After nearly 8 months of being furloughed, I was notified today that my last day of employment with @rfa.org will be this Sunday, November 9.
Hours later I received an email that I've been named to the Board of a new website, Independence Avenue Media (indavemedia.com). Looking forward to it!
Hours later I received an email that I've been named to the Board of a new website, Independence Avenue Media (indavemedia.com). Looking forward to it!
I've been going through some old photo boxes and transferring pix to digital. Today I came across this one, taken in June 1982 at the Kennedy Center when my mother and brother were visiting. It seems to be worth posting at the current time.
October 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I've been going through some old photo boxes and transferring pix to digital. Today I came across this one, taken in June 1982 at the Kennedy Center when my mother and brother were visiting. It seems to be worth posting at the current time.
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Sinclair's ABC stations will stop preempting "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" starting Friday evening.
Sinclair ABC stations to air Jimmy Kimmel show again after pause
Sinclair's ABC stations will stop preempting "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" starting Friday evening.
bit.ly
September 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Sinclair's ABC stations will stop preempting "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" starting Friday evening.
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BREAKING: CBS is canceling "The Late Show," Stephen Colbert tells studio audience. It will end in May 2026.
Stephen Colbert says CBS is ending his 'Late Show' in May 2026
CBS is axing “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” in May 2026. The announcement on live air Thursday came two days after Colbert spoke out against CBS Global settling with President Donald Trump over a “60 Minutes” story.
bit.ly
July 18, 2025 at 12:03 AM
BREAKING: CBS is canceling "The Late Show," Stephen Colbert tells studio audience. It will end in May 2026.
I met Jeff Trimble in 2008, when I joined Voice of America. Jeff had a long career in U.S. international broadcasting, and his take on the issues currently facing VOA and its partner news organizations is worth reading.
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The Sound of Silence
The rest of the world will no longer be able to hear America’s voice, and silence like a cancer grows.
johnwalcott.substack.com
July 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I met Jeff Trimble in 2008, when I joined Voice of America. Jeff had a long career in U.S. international broadcasting, and his take on the issues currently facing VOA and its partner news organizations is worth reading.
johnwalcott.substack.com/p/the-sound-...
johnwalcott.substack.com/p/the-sound-...
This is insane. (Gift article)
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/u...
Supreme Court Clears Way for Mass Firings at Federal Agencies
www.nytimes.com
July 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM
This is insane. (Gift article)
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/u...
Yes, he is.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/a...
He’s Ringo. And Nobody Else Is.
www.nytimes.com
July 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Yes, he is.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/a...
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Michael Corelone had his faults, but he would've made an outstanding media lawyer for ABC or CBS
July 2, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Michael Corelone had his faults, but he would've made an outstanding media lawyer for ABC or CBS
The Voice of America died a second time today. https://open.substack.com/pub/newsguy/p/zombie-version-of-voa-slain-again
June 20, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Kari Lake (USAGM 'special adviser') is emailing ‘reduction-in-force’ (termination) notices to many VOA staffers who’ve been on paid leave since mid-March. She's also axing some who were brought back to implement her Potemkin Village VOA (reaching only 0.2% of our prior audience).
June 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Kari Lake (USAGM 'special adviser') is emailing ‘reduction-in-force’ (termination) notices to many VOA staffers who’ve been on paid leave since mid-March. She's also axing some who were brought back to implement her Potemkin Village VOA (reaching only 0.2% of our prior audience).
First Sly, now Brian.
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Brian Wilson, singer-songwriter who created the Beach Boys, dies at 82
His early hits — “Surfer Girl,” “I Get Around,” “All Summer Long,” “Help Me, Rhonda” and “California Girls” — evoked a fantasy world of fast cars, beautiful youth, eternal surf and sunshine on an imm...
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June 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
First Sly, now Brian.
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"For example, RFA is no longer broadcasting to Tibetan or Uyghur audiences. Beijing has added 26 new Tibetan language frequencies and 16 new Uyghur language frequencies since the end of March, the same period when RFA began pulling back."
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Chinese propaganda surges as the U.S. defunds Radio Free Asia
Beijing expanded its state propaganda, including to the persecuted Tibetan and Uyghur minorities, as RFA pulled back.
wapo.st
June 6, 2025 at 12:51 PM
"For example, RFA is no longer broadcasting to Tibetan or Uyghur audiences. Beijing has added 26 new Tibetan language frequencies and 16 new Uyghur language frequencies since the end of March, the same period when RFA began pulling back."
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With the talk from the defense secretary about "warfighting," and with the 81st anniversary of D-Day approaching, I'm reminded that President Franklin D. Roosevelt said of the U.S. forces that day, "They fight not for the lust of conquest. They fight to end conquest." Worth remembering.
May 28, 2025 at 7:21 PM
With the talk from the defense secretary about "warfighting," and with the 81st anniversary of D-Day approaching, I'm reminded that President Franklin D. Roosevelt said of the U.S. forces that day, "They fight not for the lust of conquest. They fight to end conquest." Worth remembering.
It looks like this is the start of the end of U.S. international broadcasting.
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
Termination notices expected to go out to all remaining Voice of America employees this week
The move would add to the grueling battle between the network and Trump administration.
www.politico.com
May 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
It looks like this is the start of the end of U.S. international broadcasting.
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
Damn, damn, damn.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/a...
Billy Joel Announces Brain Disorder and Cancels All Concerts
www.nytimes.com
May 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Damn, damn, damn.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/a...
A stunning and much-needed statement.
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Across the world, we’ve seen democracy in retreat,” writes A.G. Sulzberger, the publisher of The New York Times. “This anti-press playbook is now being used here in this country — and it could not come at a more difficult time for the American press.”
“Across the world, we’ve seen democracy in retreat,” writes A.G. Sulzberger, the publisher of The New York Times. “This anti-press playbook is now being used here in this country — and it could not come at a more difficult time for the American press.”
Opinion | A.G. Sulzberger: A Free People Need a Free Press
www.nytimes.com
May 13, 2025 at 10:55 PM
A stunning and much-needed statement.
Posting without comment. Feel free to express yourself:
Kari Lake says Voice of America to rely on pro-Trump OAN
www.npr.org/2025/05/07/n...
Kari Lake says Voice of America to rely on pro-Trump OAN
www.npr.org/2025/05/07/n...
Kari Lake says OAN's far-right coverage will fuel Voice of America
Senior presidential adviser Kari Lake says Voice of America will rely on coverage from the far-right OAN network. OAN has offered unwavering support of President Trump.
www.npr.org
May 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Posting without comment. Feel free to express yourself:
Kari Lake says Voice of America to rely on pro-Trump OAN
www.npr.org/2025/05/07/n...
Kari Lake says Voice of America to rely on pro-Trump OAN
www.npr.org/2025/05/07/n...
Official announcement from @radiofreeasiapr.bsky.social - www.rfa.org/english/abou...
RFA announces mass layoffs, shutdown of major language services
Uyghur, Tibetan, Burmese will halt content production, programming on May 9
www.rfa.org
May 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Official announcement from @radiofreeasiapr.bsky.social - www.rfa.org/english/abou...
Editorial interference by owners, whether in the private or public sector, is unacceptable.
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‘60 Minutes’ Calls Out Paramount for Executive Producer’s Exit in Rare On-Air Rebuke
'60 Minutes' correspondent Scott Pelley took CBS News owner Paramount Global to task Sunday for the exit of the show's executive producer, Bill Owens
variety.com
April 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Editorial interference by owners, whether in the private or public sector, is unacceptable.
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
This statement appears at the top of the RFA English website. You can visit the site here: rfa.org/english
March 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This statement appears at the top of the RFA English website. You can visit the site here: rfa.org/english
Keeping this story front and center: Chinese media, Hun Sen celebrate White House order to close US-funded news outlets
www.rfa.org/english/asia...
www.rfa.org/english/asia...
www.rfa.org
March 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Keeping this story front and center: Chinese media, Hun Sen celebrate White House order to close US-funded news outlets
www.rfa.org/english/asia...
www.rfa.org/english/asia...
I worked for Voice of America for 14-1/2 years before joining our partner news organization @radiofreeasiapr.bsky.social two years ago. This is the story RFA published about the events of the last 24 hours; I hope you'll read it.
www.rfa.org/english/chin...
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www.rfa.org
March 16, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I worked for Voice of America for 14-1/2 years before joining our partner news organization @radiofreeasiapr.bsky.social two years ago. This is the story RFA published about the events of the last 24 hours; I hope you'll read it.
www.rfa.org/english/chin...
www.rfa.org/english/chin...