David Ensor, director of the Voice of America, will exit the government-bankrolled broadcaster at the end of the month.
The 30-year veteran of NPR, ABC, CNN was director of communications & public diplomacy at the US Embassy in Afghanistan before taking the VOA post.
He's credited with stepping up VOA's digital push and expanding Russian, Persian and Ukrainian programming.
During his four-year stint, Ensor bolstered online audience by 49M people to 172M, according to the Broadcasting Board of Governors, which is parent of VOA.
“We are grateful for the leadership David Ensor brought to VOA,” said BBG chair Jeff Shell in a statement. “His deep journalistic roots and rich knowledge of world events were tremendous assets he enthusiastically invested in this venerable organization."
Ensor, who is 64, said despite shrinking budgets during each of his years at VOA, the service "found creative ways to respond to the lies of Vladimir Putin and to the threats of ISIS. "And it will be ready to do much more under its next director, if resources can be identified.”
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