by mountainrunner | Feb 19, 2015 | Monitor
Updated February 19, 2015. Originally published December 24, 2008. This 1953 Journalism Quarterly article by Burton Paulu entitled “Smith-Mundt Act- A legislative history” (3.7mb PDF) is a good read for anyone interested in the subject of public diplomacy,...
by Matthew Wallin | Sep 13, 2013 | Monitor
Richard Stengel. Image Credit: David Shankbone News has broken that the new nominee for the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs at the State Department will be Richard Stengel, who is leaving his position as Editor of Time Magazine. If confirmed,...
by Matt Armstrong | May 31, 2012 | Monitor
Read my post this morning at the Public Diplomacy Council website about the lack of serious debate over the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act. What is it about U.S. public diplomacy that we must hide it from Americans? Is it so abhorrent that it would embarrass the...
by Matt Armstrong | May 17, 2012 | Monitor
Last week, Representatives Mac Thornberry (R-TX) and Adam Smith (D-WA) introduced a bill to amend the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 to “authorize the domestic dissemination of information and material about the United States...