Abstract
Peter Vaselopulos, now retired, is the former Deputy Chief Information Officer and Deputy Director of Information Technology at the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM).
Recommended Citation
Gharabagh, Hadi and Vukoder, Bret
(2022)
"Peter Vaselopulos in Conversation with Hadi Gharabaghi and Bret Vukoder,"
The Journal of e-Media Studies: Vol. 6:
Iss.
1, Article 13.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1349/PS1.1938-6060.A.486
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/joems/vol6/iss1/13
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Figure 1: America Today (1987), title screen Designed to serve a similar function of shows like NBC's Today and ABC's Good Morning America, America Today was a daily feature of Worldnet programming. [NARA 306-WNTDY-870807] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMvZ3xmsKN0&t=102s&ab_channel=TransdiffusionBroadcastingSystem]
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Figure 2: "A Critique of the Stanton Report on Information" (May 17, 1975), USIA, cover page While many within USIA sought vast institutional changes in 1975 and agreed with some general suggestions of the Stanton Report, they expressed concern regarding how they went about structural change. In essence, the found the report to misunderstand the nuance of agency operations and intricacies of budgeting. ["United States Information Agency," Box 42, John Marsh Files, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library, https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/document/0067/1563224.pdf]
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Figure 4: voanews.com (November 9, 2000), image capture of homepage [https://web.archive.org/web/20001109172200/http://www.voanews.com/]
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Figure 5: Charles Wick Laughing with President Reagan in the Yellow Oval Room (September 29, 1982) Reagan and Wick were close friends long before either of them reached Washington. Wick's long tenure as USIA Director was very polarizing, but his relationship with Reagan afforded him a large amount of influence relative to former directors. Pictured from left to right: William Wilson, Ronald Reagan, William French Smith, Walter Annenberg, and Charles Wick. [NARA C10382-15A]
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Figure 6: American Illustrator (1962), title screen [NARA 306.1769]
Figure 1: America Today (1987), title screen Designed to serve a similar function of shows like NBC's Today and ABC's Good Morning America, America Today was a daily feature of Worldnet programming. [NARA 306-WNTDY-870807] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMvZ3xmsKN0&t=102s&ab_channel=TransdiffusionBroadcastingSystem]
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Figure 2: "A Critique of the Stanton Report on Information" (May 17, 1975), USIA, cover page While many within USIA sought vast institutional changes in 1975 and agreed with some general suggestions of the Stanton Report, they expressed concern regarding how they went about structural change. In essence, the found the report to misunderstand the nuance of agency operations and intricacies of budgeting. ["United States Information Agency," Box 42, John Marsh Files, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library, https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/document/0067/1563224.pdf]
radiozidlogo.jpg (52 kB)
Radio Zid Logo Source: discogs.com
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Figure 4: voanews.com (November 9, 2000), image capture of homepage [https://web.archive.org/web/20001109172200/http://www.voanews.com/]
C10382-15A.jpg (1961 kB)
Figure 5: Charles Wick Laughing with President Reagan in the Yellow Oval Room (September 29, 1982) Reagan and Wick were close friends long before either of them reached Washington. Wick's long tenure as USIA Director was very polarizing, but his relationship with Reagan afforded him a large amount of influence relative to former directors. Pictured from left to right: William Wilson, Ronald Reagan, William French Smith, Walter Annenberg, and Charles Wick. [NARA C10382-15A]
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Figure 6: American Illustrator (1962), title screen [NARA 306.1769]
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