Doug Bernard

A U.S. journalist has filed a civil rights complaint against the Department of Homeland Security after a Customs and Border Protection agent delayed his re-entry until he admitted to writing “propaganda.” The incident occurred at Dulles International Airport outside Washington, when Defense One writer and editor Ben Watson was returning from a trip to Denmark. Defense One is an online journal owned by Atlantic Media that covers the defense industry.

WASHINGTON - The announcement of John Lansing’s resignation as CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media is renewing questions about the mission and direction of the broadcasters it oversees. The USAGM directly manages five international news entities, including Radio Free Asia, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and the Voice of America. Combined, the USAGM broadcasters transmit in 61 languages and have an unduplicated weekly audience of 345 million.

WASHINGTON - The One Free Press Coalition has released its August list of the “10 Most Urgent” journalists working under threat or duress. Some of the names on the list are relatively well known. For example, at #1 and #2 are Jamal Khashoggi of Saudia Arabia and Azory Gwanda of Tanzania.