Kasim Kashgar is one of roughly 35 journalists in the first cohort of the Freedom Media Innovation Lab, a program launched this year by American University’s Kogod School of Business to help former VOA staffers build sustainable media ventures of their own.
“It’s hard to overstate the impact on individuals,” said VOA director Michael Abramowitz, who helped set up the program. “These are people who worked for the government for years and they were dumped out into a job market that frankly is just terrible.” Abramowitz, a former Washington Post journalist, has been suing the government while himself on paid administrative leave.
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