Nicholas J. Cull

Quoted on #voiceofamerica in Sunday's New York Times: nytimes.com/2025/10/26/us/… VOA and its audiences deserve better that to be a political football.

US Pentagon orders 700 Marine Corps troops to Los Angeles as unrest spreads | South China Morning Post — ⁦@PublicDiplomacy⁩ Prof quoted… not a great moment for #reputationalsecurity or #softpower scmp.com/news/world/uni…

Glad the word is getting out —thanks for the repost @JessicaJerreat

Speaking out to @savevoanow — so shocked that this is happening to a vital element of US public diplomacy.

The silencing of VOA is “un-American and outrageous”, says Nicolas Cull, historian, pioneer scholar and educator in the field of public diplomacy. He also warns about the dangers posed by VOA not communicating American ideals of press freedom around the world. #SaveVOA @NickCull

Proud to be part of this excellent podcast on the crisis @VOANews. I do the history bit… Thanks @kirstimelville for the invite…

@kirstimelville invited @pwidakuswara, Dr @NickCull and Dr Kate Wright to discuss the decision to dismantle the Voice of America, as well as the implications of this decision in the U.S. and globally. abc.net.au/listen/program…

My attempt to push back against the proposed 93% cut to the U.S. cultural diplomacy budget… @GlobalTiesUS @MeridianIntl @StateIVLP and others theconversation.com/the-hidden-pow…

#AnnenbergQuoted: I made it into this Hollywood Reporter piece back when the tariff on non-US made film was the headline. The story was shorter-lived than my will to update X: hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-…

So glad that the great music scholar Joe Horowitz and #UniversityofMichigan can conduct #culturaldiplomacy in South Africa. So sad that the State Department's version of this work is headed for a 93% budget cut artsjournal.com/uq/2025/05/ame…

@JessicaJerreat As they say at USC ‘fight on’ (although the university has just retreated from its DEI policy so we are really not a good example).

Today’s order is an ‘important first step towards reinstatement and reopening’ VOA and ‘a decisive victory for press freedom and the First Amendment.’ whistleblower.org/press/new-york…

The end of @VOANews is a blow to freedom of the press…

@JessicaJerreat @liamjscott So sad. I’d been following his work.

This is a huge loss, for VOA, for the press freedom team, for me personally, and for all the journalists targeted overseas whose cases @liamjscott reported on. Liam is one of the most remarkable reporters I’ve ever worked with. Tireless energy, amazing contacts and the sort of copy that I look forward to editing. Never misses a beat, worked non stop for 48 hours to lead VOA coverage on the release of @AlsuKurmasheva and @evangershkovich ... Oh and did I mention all the awards? Anyone out there who would value this talent should move quickly and get him on your team. Liam, you’ve been outstanding. We stand with you.

@JessicaJerreat @globalfreemedia So shocked by what has happened Jessica. An insane act of self immolation in the global struggle for reputation and truth.

From ⁦@globalfreemedia⁩ - ‘This move will strengthen autocrats around the world and deprive millions of alternative, reliable sources of news and information’ ipi.media/ipi-condemns-d…

A sad day for @VOANews. We wouldn’t sit by if the marines or the carriers were treated this way. Imagine #WorldPressFreedomDay with the U.S. government treating its own this way.

Today I was notified that I’m being fired from my job as a press freedom reporter at Voice of America.

@USCAnnenberg Prof Nick Cull quoted in #NewYorkTimes on America First foreign policy nytimes.com/2025/03/04/us/… @USC_CCLP and @PublicDiplomacy at work. I suspect Luke Broadwater's analysis was abbreviated. The story needs more than 500 lines. #AnnenbergQuoted

@ISAICOMM @CBjola Sorry I couldn’t be with you as planned @CBjola

Congratulations to @CBjola as #ISA2025 #Icomm’s distinguished scholar!

@PaulBrummell That’s rather a good likeness.

Churchill in Copenhagen. 🇬🇧🇩🇰

@PaulBrummell @UKinLatvia May you receive zero hard stares Mr Ambassador.

Packing of marmalade sandwiches @UKinLatvia in full flow as we prepare for a special screening of Paddington in Peru this evening. 🇬🇧🇱🇻🇵🇪