[Swprograms] Fwd: [ODXA] VoA Press Release: Obama Inauguration Coverage

["Richard Cuff" <rdcuff@xxxxxxxxx>]

Speaking of inauguration coverage from an international broadcaster...

Richard C / Allentown, PA  USA


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HISTORIC OBAMA INAUGURATION TO REACH MILLIONS THROUGH SPECIAL VOA PROGRAMS
New and traditional media will cover the story

Washington, D.C., January 15, 2008 - Special interactive television
and radio programs, live video streaming and real-time blogging are
among the programs Voice of America (VOA) is using to reach worldwide
audiences with in-depth coverage of Barack Obama's historic
presidential inauguration.

Nearly 200 VOA journalists and technicians are fanning out across the
city on Tuesday, January 20, 2009 to report - in 45 languages to an
audience of 134 million - on Obama's swearing-in, inaugural speech and
celebratory parade. They'll be stationed on the roof of VOA's
headquarters in the shadow of the U.S. Capitol, on Pennsylvania Avenue
and in front of the White House.

"The eyes of the world will be on Washington for the inauguration of
the first African-American president, and we'll make sure our
international audiences are given the latest, most up-to-date news and
analysis of this event," said Danforth Austin, VOA's Director.

Among the highlights of VOA's coverage:

•   VOA English airs a 90-minute TV/radio simulcast special report
covering the inauguration. Streaming video and audio feeds are
available on www.VOANews.com and www.USAVotes2008.com.
•   VOA, on its YouTube partner channel, www.youtube.com/voavideo, is
asking viewers around the world to submit a videotape telling how they
feel about Barack Obama becoming the 44th president of the United
States.
•   Persian News Network (PNN) will broadcast a four-and-a-half hour
special report, with live coverage of inaugural events and analysis.
PNN produced an eight-part special report covering the transition of
power, which includes U.S.-Iranian relations, Iraq and Afghanistan.
•   VOA's Indonesian service will deliver 15 hours of live interactive
reports for nine of Indonesia's 11 national television stations. Radio
reporters will have question-and-answer programs with Radio 68H
network, with more than 400 affiliates.
•   VOA's Spanish service produced a special inauguration web page
(www.VOANews.com/spanish/obama-toma-de-posesion.cfm) with original
video stories on topics including event security and inauguration
costs. The daily El Mundo al Día television program will be devoted to
inauguration coverage, including man-on-the-street interviews.
•   VOA's Urdu service is partnering with Pakistan Television and
Pakistan Broadcasting Corporations, the state networks, and GEO-TV for
wide distribution of live radio and television programs across the
country.
•   VOA's Afghan TV service begins its countdown to the inauguration
before the celebration with a package of interviews with an array of
experts. Radio will have wall-to-wall coverage with a call-in show and
guests in Washington and Kabul.
•   VOA's Swahili service plans a two-hour special as well as coverage
of an inaugural party hosted by the Embassy of Kenya, the home of
Obama's late father.
•   VOA's Portuguese service will host a live program with Angolan
National Radio.
•   VOA's Russian service will have live video streaming at
www.VOANews.com/Russian/ as well as real-time blogging, reports from
New York and California, and a video blog on advice for Obama from
VOA's Russian audience.

The Voice of America, which first went on the air in 1942, is a
multimedia international broadcasting service funded by the U.S.
government through the Broadcasting Board of Governors.  VOA
broadcasts approximately 1,500 hours of news, information,
educational, and cultural programming every week to an estimated
worldwide audience of more than 134 million people.  Programs are
produced in 45 languages.

For more information, call VOA Public Relations at (202) 203-4959, or
e-mail askvoa@xxxxxxxxxxxx

To those of you who seek lost objects of history, I wish you the best
of luck. They're out there, and they're whispering. - Clive Cussler

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Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA  USA

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