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Latest News and Campaign
You can go here to donate directly to the USAGM Employee Association’s current campaign to support the most pressing needs of staff and contributors under threat, including legal help for staff at risk of reprisals by foreign regimes, medical bills, and other major financial hardships.
Why is it important?
March 15, 2026 marked one year since Voice of America went dark, and since Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia, Middle East Broadcasting Networks, and other U.S. Agency for Global Media grantees received letters seeking to terminate their grant agreements.
That action did not just dismantle vital news operations. It upended lives.
More than 4,000 employees and over 2,000 stringers, contractors, and freelancers were directly affected. These are journalists, producers, and support staff who dedicated themselves to advancing press freedom around the world — often at significant personal risk.
Even as we celebrate recent court orders to restore VOA, we know the road back will be long and uncertain. Meanwhile, the Employee Association will continue to provide critical support to staff and contractors facing urgent legal expenses, medical needs, detention and incarceration support, and many other hardships. And with so much still uncertain, the need has not gone away.
Between now and World Press Freedom Day on May 3, 2026, we are asking for your help. Our goal is to raise at least $6,000 — one dollar for every person affected.
Please give what you can to show these individuals that their sacrifice is seen, their service mattered, and they have not been forgotten.
USAGM Employee Association is an employee support network for fallen and injured journalists
Our purpose
Journalism is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. We help threatened, injured, and fallen colleagues at US-funded media and their families worldwide. Many USAGM-affiliated reporters have suffered for their work. Please donate to help them.
Helping families
Your donations provide financial assistance to the families and survivors of USAGM journalists, stringers, or support personnel who die in the course of their USAGM duties, in order to cover funeral costs, living expenses, and other related financial hardship costs.
Helping colleagues
Your donations fund evacuation, safety, medical, or other related costs in the event any USAGM journalists, stringers, or support personnel are in immediate life-threatening danger or are injured during the course of their USAGM duties.
Raising funds
We are working to raise funds for the purposes described above.
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