''Al Jazeera America News'', also referred to as ''Al Jazeera America Newshour'' or simply (''Weekend'') ''News'', is a news program that aired on Al Jazeera America. The program aired several times a day on

Al Jazeera America Al Jazeera America was an American pay television news channel owned by the Al Jazeera Media Network. The channel was launched on August 20, 2013, to compete with CNN, HLN, MSNBC, Fox News, and in certain markets RT America. It was Al Jazeera' ...

and was supplemented with

Newshour ''Newshour'' is BBC World Service's flagship international news and current affairs radio programme, which is broadcast twice daily: weekdays at 1400, weekends at 1300 and nightly at 2100 (UK time). Each edition lasts one hour. It consists of ...

from Al Jazeera English. The two programs often shared international correspondents. The program, featured national, international news, weather, technology and sports reports, was known to carry more international news items per broadcast than any other domestic news program. It aired largely in one-hour blocks at 7 pm Eastern/4 pm Pacific, 8 pm Eastern/5 pm Pacific and 10 pm Eastern/7 pm Pacific. 30 minute blocks aired around the clock at various other times. There was also a morning block from 8am until 12pm Eastern time. All news broadcasts were live, something largely uncommon among most U.S. cable news outlets. It was modeled after Newshour on Al Jazeera English, however unlike its sister channel, all of Al Jazeera America's news broadcasts originated from New York.

Past Anchors

New York

Anchors

* Jonathan Betz *

Richelle Carey Richelle Carey (born October 13, 1976) is an American broadcast journalist. She is currently an anchor on Al Jazeera English and was previously an anchor for Al Jazeera America. Carey was previously a news anchor for HLN and correspondent for ...

Imran Garda Imran Garda (born 7 August 1982) is a South African of Indian descent journalist, presenter, and award-winning novelist. He was the host o''The Newsmakers''on TRT World. He was formerly the host o''Third Rail''on Al Jazeera America based in New ...

– fill-in anchor * Tony Harris * Adam May – fill-in anchor *

Antonio Mora Antonio Mora (born December 14, 1957, Havana, Cuba) is a multiple Emmy Award winning journalist and television news anchor. He is best known for his years at ABC News, including his four years as the news anchor and chief correspondent for '' ...

John Seigenthaler John Lawrence Seigenthaler ( ; July 27, 1927 – July 11, 2014) was an American journalist, writer, and political figure. He was known as a prominent defender of First Amendment rights. Seigenthaler joined the Nashville newspaper ''The ...

David Shuster David Martin Shuster (born July 22, 1967) is an American television journalist and talk radio host. He most recently served as principal anchor and managing editor for i24 News, previously serving as an anchor for MSNBC and worked for Fox News, ...

– fill-in anchor * John Henry Smith *

Stephanie Sy Stephanie Sy (born January 16, 1977) is an American television news anchor and reporter for the ''PBS NewsHour''. Youth and education Sy was born and raised in southern California. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania cum laude ...

- Morning News * Del Walters - Morning News *

Morgan Radford Morgan Kelly Radford (born November 18, 1987) is an American television news anchor & reporter employed by NBC News as a New York-based correspondent. Early life and education Radford is originally from Greensboro, North Carolina. Her mothe ...

Barbara Serra Barbara Serra (; born 19 August 1974) is an Italian-born British-based broadcast journalist and TV newsreader. Serra studied at the London School of Economics, before becoming a journalist. Serra has worked for the BBC, Sky News and was a pr ...

Meteorologists

* Nicole Mitchell – meteorologist

Other

Randall Pinkston Randall Pinkston was a correspondent/anchor for Al Jazeera America. Previously he was with CBS News. After a stint as a White House Correspondent in CBS's Washington Bureau, Pinkston became a general assignment reporter, contributing to CBS bro ...

– newsroom correspondent *

Jacob Ward Jacob Ward (born 1974) is an American science and technology journalist. In 2018, he became a technology correspondent for NBC News, reporting on technology's social implications. He was the editor-in-chief of ''Popular Science'', and from 2013 t ...

– science & technology

References

{{Al Jazeera America programming 2013 American television series debuts 2016 American television series endings Al Jazeera America original programming 2010s American television news shows English-language television shows