President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice of Kari Lake to serve as the director of the federally funded broadcaster Voice of America sent a chill through the ranks of the organization, where journalists expressed anxiety about Ms. Lake and what the future could hold.
Several of them said they were concerned about this statement in particular: “Under my leadership, the VOA will excel in its mission: chronicling America’s achievements worldwide,” Ms. Lake wrote on social media late Wednesday evening.
There is one problem, they noted: That is not the mission of Voice of America...
Frank Sesno, a professor at George Washington University and a former Washington bureau chief at CNN, got his start as an intern for Voice of America, working on a news feature for listeners who were still learning English. Mr. Sesno said in an interview that the appointment of someone like Ms. Lake, who has called reporters “monsters,” undermined the work of professional journalists who have come from all over the world to gather news for Voice of America.
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