Former Arizona newscaster Kari Lake is President-elect Donald Trump's choice to become the next director of Voice of America, the federal government funded media outlet aimed at an international audience. It was not immediately clear how Lake's role at the ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to tap Kari Lake to lead Voice of America, a federally funded foreign broadcast organization that prides itself on political independence and objectivity, has sparked concern among media watchers about how the organization can adhere to its mission with Lake—a staunch election denier who frequently demonizes the media—at its helm.

Ms. Lake, a former TV news anchor turned right-wing firebrand who has called journalists “monsters,” would be in charge of a federally funded news outlet with a huge global audience.