United Nations Radio today
launched UN Radio News/USA, a new source
of audio feeds for radio broadcasters
about the world organization and the issues
that affect the American people. UN Radio
News/USA is updated as news breaks and
is available free to radio stations at
www.un.org/radio/newsusa.
"This service is a ‘one-stop
shop’ for broadcasters in the United
States.” said Susan Farkas, the
Chief of the Radio and Television Service.
"They have quick and easy access
to news that affects all Americans.”
Through the service, broadcasters enjoy
access to a selection of actualities as
well as complete, unedited audio of the
day's meetings, speeches, news conferences
and media stakeouts, making it possible
for stations to cover the UN as never
before. Spanish news and special reports
will also be posted.
UN Radio News/USA offers broadcasters
several short bulletins each day on news
and events at the United Nations, as well
as slightly longer features on UN issues
with an American angle. These segments
are designed to fit into local newscasts
or to stand alone as international and
current affairs programming.
UN Radio News/USA is produced by Jerry
Piasecki, a Michigan-born award-winning
radio reporter with extensive experience
in broadcast journalism, marketing and
international organizations. He has 18
years of experience as a radio news director
and reporter in the United States. His
novel, Marie–In the Shadow of the
Lion, has been used successfully in schools
in 15 states and in more than 17 countries
as part of a curriculum to teach children
about humanitarian work.
For more information on UN Radio News/USA,
please contact Ms. Takako Nagumo, UN Radio
Promotion and Distribution, at (917) 367-5007
or nagumo@un.org.
UN Radio News/USA is supported by the
United Nations Foundation.
For more information, please visit the
Foundation's website, at www.unfoundation.org.
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The UN Foundation was created
in 1998 with businessman and philanthropist
Ted Turner’s historic $1 billion
gift to support United Nations’
causes. The UN Foundation promotes a more
peaceful, prosperous, and just world through
the support of the UN. Through its grant
making and by building new and innovative
public-private partnerships, the UN Foundation
acts to meet the most pressing health,
humanitarian, socioeconomic, and environmental
challenges of the 21st century. (www.unfoundation.org)
