About

Notebook offers a behind-the-scenes look at the day-to-day work in U.S. international broadcasting. Here one may find stories from U.S. international broadcasting history, stories and photos from the field, profiles of individuals working at the agency, and other behind-the-scenes looks at the BBG. Through Notebook, the BBG hopes to offer broader public access to information about the agency, as well as a place for discussion about U.S. international media.

Comment Policy

The best way to comment on a post is to respond via the “Leave a Comment” link at the bottom of each individual post.

All comments will be reviewed before posting. We encourage thoughtful discussion, and will not censor comments based on ideology or political points of view. We will not edit comments — we will either post them or not. All comments must follow these rules:
  • Stay on topic.
  • No obscenity or profanity.
  • No personal attacks.
  • No comments that harm or defame any person or organization.
  • No unsupported accusations.
  • No inflammatory language.
  • Comments that contain off-topic content, are repetitive (copied and pasted), contain gratuitous links, advertising, promotion, or contain personal information such as phone numbers or email addresses will be treated as spam.

If you have a miscellaneous comment, use the contact form here.

Privacy Policy & Legal Notices

We will collect no personal information about you when you visit our web site unless you choose to provide that information to us.

Information Collected and Stored Automatically

If you do nothing during your visit but browse through the web site, read pages, or download information, we will gather and store certain information about your visit automatically. This information does not identify you personally. We automatically collect and store only the following information about your visit:

  • The internet domain (for example, “xcompany.com” if you use a private Internet access account, or “yourschool.edu” if you connect from a university’s domain) and IP address ( an IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you are surfing the Web) from which you access our web site
  • The type of browser and operating system used to access our site
  • The date and time you access our site
  • The pages you visit
  • If you linked to this web site from another web site, the address of that other web site.

If You Send Us Personal Information

If you choose to provide us with personal information by sending an e-mail to us, or by filling out a form with your personal information and submitting it through our web site, we use that information to respond to your message and to help us get the information you have requested.

We do not collect personal information for any other purposes. Moreover, we do not create individual profiles with the information you provide or give this information to any private organizations. Nor do we collect information for commercial marketing.

We would share your e-mail with another federal government agency only if your inquiry related to that agency or if we were required to do so by law. In addition, we would release documents, including e-mails, if required to do so by a congressional or judicial subpoena.

Disclaimer

We may link to external sites that help us perform our mission or illustrate news reports. Links to external servers do not imply any official endorsement of the opinions or ideas expressed therein, or guarantee the validity of the information provided. Links to commercial sites are in no way an endorsement of any vendor’s products or services. The Broadcasting Board of Governors does not control or guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness or completeness of this outside information. Further, the inclusion of links to particular items is not intended to reflect their importance, or intended to endorse any views expressed or products or services offered on these outside sites or the organizations sponsoring the sites.