Article in The Guardian by Marian Dunbar, Maya Yang, and Tom Ambrose, 6/20/25
Headline: “Trump administration lays off hundreds of Voice of America employees”
Subhead: “The layoffs will reduce the staff at the agency to fewer than 200, around one-seventh of its total at the start of 2025”
“The Trump administration sent layoff notices today to more than 600 employees at Voice of America, a federally funded news organization that provides independent reporting to countries with limited press freedom, the New York Times reports.
“The layoffs will reduce the staff at the agency to fewer than 200, around one-seventh of its total at the start of 2025. The notices put journalists and support staff on paid leave until they are officially let go on 1 September.
“In March, Donald Trump accused Voice of America of spreading ‘anti-American’ and partisan ‘propaganda’ and called it ‘the voice of radical America’. . .”