is executive editor for Voice of America, functioning as the organization's chief operating officer. He is responsible for VOA's news, programming, broadcast operations, and Internet departments. VOA broadcasts news and information in 45 languages, with a weekly TV and radio audience of more than 134 million. Redisch came to VOA in January 2008 after a 20-year career at CNN as an executive producer and deputy bureau chief in Washington. He has won two Emmy Awards and led the team honored with a Best Newscast National Headliner Award for “The World Today.”

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