John Lansing, former executive director of the US Global Media Agency, dies

John Lansing, who served as executive director of the US Global Media Agency, died Wednesday at his lakeside home in Wisconsin at the age of 67. The cause of his death was not immediately known. John Lansing took over as executive director of the US Agency for Global Media, USAGM, in 2015. As executive director, he led all US media outlets for government-funded international broadcasts. Voice of America is the largest agency in this group, which also includes Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia, Middle East Broadcasting Network and Radio-Television Marti. In a written statement, the executive director of the US Global Media Agency, Amanda Bennett, called the former head of the agency “a strong supporter of freedom of the press, safety of journalists and connecting people around the world in support of freedom and democracy.” . When he was head of the US Global Media Agency, he created a committee made up of the heads of each of the agency's bodies “so we could regularly talk about the state of the world together”, Ms Bennett said. “John did a lot to modernize this agency. From adopting the strategy to prioritize presence on digital platforms, to adding internet freedom …

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