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With bureaus and reporters around the world producing original content for web, radio, television, mobile apps and social media, VOA’s News Center serves as the agency’s 24/7 news hub, supplying more than 40 language services with the core of their programming. It also offers its own programming roster, including weekly television programs such as “The Inside Story” and “VOA Connect,” top-of-the-hour radio newscasts updated around the clock, daily and weekly podcasts “Flashpoint Global Crisis” and “Flashpoint Iran,” and award-winning documentaries on topics rarely approached elsewhere. Combined with comprehensive coverage of major news events, enlightening investigations, detailed fact checking, balanced analysis and extensive beat coverage, the output of VOA’s News Center results in a wide-ranging catalogue of trustworthy journalism brought to global audiences estimated to exceed 325 million viewers, listeners and readers.

Quick Facts

Established: February 1942

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Programs

The VOA News Center provides 1 total hour of live TV broadcasts each week.

The Inside Story -- a 30-minute TV program exploring all aspects of U.S.policy through interviews with policy makers and opinion shapers.

VOA Connect – a 30-minute TV program that brings together stories of people across the U.S. and around the world, from a virtual reality brain surgeon to a Vietnam War vet connecting to the daughter he never knew.

The VOA News Center provides 20 hours of live radio and on-demand podcasts each week.

International Edition: A 25-minute news program airing on weekdays that delivers insight into world news through eye-witnesses, correspondent reports and analysis from experts and newsmakers.

Flashpoint Global Crises: A 25-minute podcast airing on weekdays that examines the most recent developments in current crisis ranging from the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East to the latest flare-ups in Africa, Asia and elsewhere, while featuring the stories of those most affected. Hosts speak with experts from around the world to deliver in-depth analysis.

Flashpoint Iran: A 25-minute weekly podcast that features news and analysis about the Islamic Republic's suppression of domestic dissent, sensitive nuclear activities, and involvement in regional and international conflicts. Host Michael Lipin speaks with newsmakers, researchers, activists and journalists who share insights about Iran's situation.

Issues in the News: A 25-minute weekly radio program that focuses on the biggest news stories of the week. The program’s in-depth analysis provides the inside story on both domestic and international news.


Top-of-the-hour 5-minute English radio newscasts.

Bureaus

Washington:
The White House, State Department, Pentagon, Congress

The United Nations Headquarters

Domestic:

New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco/Silicon Valley, Denver

International:
-Africa:
Nairobi
-Asia: Bangkok, Beijing, Islamabad, Seoul
-Europe: London, Warsaw, Moscow, Istanbul

Coverage Beats

National Security, U.S. Politics, Economics, Diplomacy, Education, Health, Science, Lifestyle, Immigration and Diaspora, Investigations and Fact-Checking, Women’s Issues, Native American Affairs, Uyghur Affairs, Technology, Press Freedom, Courts and Law Enforcement.

The News Center oversees “Special Events” programming and coordination and is responsible for agency-wide news coverage planning.

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