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Alvin Snyder
Senior Fellow
Author and Former Executive of USIA


Snyder has been a senior news executive at CBS News, New York and WMAQ-TV, NBC, Chicago; White House special assistant to Presidents Nixon and Ford; and Director of the U.S. Information Agency's global TV and Film Service for 8 years during President Reagan's administration. He is the author of Warriors of Disinformation (Arcade Publishing, New York), and his numerous articles have appeared in major publications in the US and abroad.

Recent Publications by Alvin Snyder
June 23, 2009 - May Bad-Mouthing Continue: Iran and the Voice of America CPD Blog

June 17, 2009 - Public Diplomacy's Glass Ceilings CPD Blog

June 9, 2009 - Passing the Day at Guantanamo Bay: A Video Game is on the Way CPD Blog

June 5, 2009 - Breaching the Firewall CPD Blog

May 29, 2009 - Is Public Diplomacy Journalism Dead? CPD Blog

May 26, 2009 - The Widening Public Diplomacy Chasm CPD Blog

February 18, 2009 - Part Two: Clocking Government Internet Traffic: Let the Races Begin CPD Blog

February 10, 2009 - Clocking Government Internet Traffic: Let the Races Begin CPD Blog

January 27, 2009 - Obama Interview Underscores the State of Mid-East Television CPD Blog

January 7, 2009 - Alhurra Locates the "Arab Street" CPD Blog


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