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) is an international 24-hour English-language

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owned by the

Al Jazeera Media Network Al Jazeera Media Network (AJMN) (Arabic: الجزيرة‎, romanized: al-jazīrah, IPA: �l (d)ʒæˈziːrɐ , referring to the Qatar Peninsula) is a Qatari international state-owned public media conglomerate headquartered at Qatar Radio and T ...

, which is owned by the monarchy government of

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. It is the first English-language

to be headquartered in the

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. Instead of being run centrally, news management rotates between broadcasting centres in

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and

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History

The channel was launched on 15 November 2006, at 12:00 PM

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. It had aimed to begin broadcasting in June 2006 but had to postpone its launch because its

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technology was not yet ready. The channel was due to be called ''Al Jazeera International'', but the name was changed nine months before the launch because one of the channel's backers argued that the original Arabic-language channel already had an international scope. The channel was anticipated to reach around 40 million households, but it far exceeded that launch target, reaching 80 million homes. By 2009, the service could be viewed in every major European market and was available to 130 million homes in over 100 countries via cable and satellite, according to a spokeswoman for the network in Washington. The channel, however, has poor penetration in the American market, where it has been carried by only one satellite service and a small number of cable networks. Al Jazeera English later began a campaign to enter the North American market, including a dedicated website. It became available to some cable subscribers in New York in August 2011, having previously been available as an option for some viewers in Washington, D.C., Ohio and Los Angeles. The channel primarily reaches the United States via its live online streaming. It is readily available on most major Canadian television providers including

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and

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after the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission approved the channel for distribution in Canada on 26 November 2009. Al Jazeera English and Iran's state-run

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were the only international English-language television broadcasters with journalists reporting from inside both Gaza and Israel during the 2008–2009 Israel-Gaza conflict. Foreign press access to Gaza has been limited via either Egypt or Israel. However, Al Jazeera's reporters

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and

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were already inside Gaza when the conflict began and the network's coverage was often compared to

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's initial coverage from inside Baghdad in the early days of the

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. The channel may also be viewed online. It recommends online viewing at its own websiteLIVE - Al Jazeera English
Al Jazeera English or at its channel on

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.Al Jazeera English's Channel
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on 26 November 2013, and began streaming in HD on YouTube in 2015. On 1 January 2020, Al Jazeera English debuted a new major graphics package for the first time since the channel launched to coincide with remodeled main Doha studio, the last main studio of the channel's three in Doha, London, and Washington D.C. to receive an upgrade since the channel's launch in 2006.

Al Jazeera America

On 3 January 2013, Al Jazeera Media Network announced that it had purchased

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in the United States and would be launching an American news channel. 60% of the channel's programming would be produced in America while 40% would be from Al Jazeera English. That was later changed at the request of pay-television providers to almost 100% American programing. Regardless, Al Jazeera America maintained a close working relationship with Al Jazeera English. The channel aired ''Newshour'' in the morning and midday hours and cut to live Al Jazeera English coverage of large breaking international news stories outside of that. Al Jazeera English programmes ''

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'', ''Earthrise'', '' The Listening Post'', ''Talk To Al Jazeera,'' ''Al Jazeera Correspondent'' and '' 101 East'' along with ''

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'' regularly aired on Al Jazeera America. On 13 January 2016, Al Jazeera America announced that the network would be terminated on 12 April 2016, citing the "economic landscape".

Al Jazeera UK

In 2014, Al Jazeera moved its UK London operations including its newsroom, studios and shows from Knightsbridge to its new space on floor 16 of

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. The last day of broadcasting from the Knightsbridge studios was September, 12th 2014. The space was officially opened on 3 November 2014, with the first Newshour broadcast on 10 October 2014. The new facility is capable of running an entire channel, independently of the Doha hub. In 2013

began planning a new channel called ''Al Jazeera UK''. If launched, the British channel would broadcast for five hours during prime time as cut-in UK content aired on Al Jazeera English.

Programmes

In addition to those listed below, Al Jazeera English runs various programmes that are either entirely non-recurrent or consist of just a limited number of parts ( miniseries format known as Special Series). All self-owned programmes, including former shows are shown in their entirety on Al Jazeera's website and YouTube. Licensed documentaries are available only on the website for a limited period of time, however. Currently running programmes on the channel are: *'' 101 East'' – the weekly documentary strand for issues of particular importance across Asia and for people of Asian origins elsewhere. Presenters or hosts have included

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and Fauziah Ibrahim *'' Al Jazeera Investigations'' – documentaries arising from the work of the Al Jazeera Investigative Unit. *''Counting the Cost'' – the weekly look at business and finance.Counting the Cost
Al Jazeera English Previously hosted by Kamahl Santamaria. *''

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'' – a monthly programme exploring global powers and their policies. A discussion with host

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and his guests *''

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'' – the documentary series focused on the forgotten and the unreported aspects of life in the United States. Presented by: Josh Rushing, Sebastian Walker,

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''

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. *''Head To Head'' – A tough questioning interview programme presented by

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. Mostly filmed at

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. *'' Inside Story'' – the daily investigation and analysis of a topical issue, with the aid of three guests from within and outside of the country in question.

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and

Shiulie Ghosh Shiulie Ghosh ( bn, , /ʃjuli ghɔːʃ/, born 28 September 1968) is a freelance television journalist, conference moderator, author and director of a media services company. Shiulie formerly worked for the BBC, ITN and Aljazeera. She moderates d ...

are regular hosts, but most of the Doha-based news-presenters have also taken the chair, including: Dareen Abughaida, Stephen Cole, Adrian Finighan,

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, Divya Gopalan, Veronica Pedrosa, Kamahl Santamaria, Folly Bah Thibault. *'' The Listening Post'' – analysis of how the other news organizations are covering the stories of the week, plus examination of viewer-submitted news. Created, showrun, and presented from London by Richard Gizbert. *''My Zimbabwe'' - series about people living in the country such as Elias Libombo and writer Petina Gappah. *''News'': ** World news live from Al Jazeera's Doha broadcast centre ** World news live from Al Jazeera's London broadcast centre ** '' Newshour'' – an hour of world news and sport hosted from both of Al Jazeera's broadcast centres. **''Newsgrid'' − an interactive news and live post. Launched on 14 November 2016 as part Of Al Jazeera English's 10 Year Anniversary of broadcast. Also airs on

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, aljazeera.com and the channel's

Channel. *'' People & Power'' – a biweekly programme, originally presented by Dr. Shereen El Feki. *'' TechKnow'' – weekly show showcasing bright spots and innovations in the world of science and technology in the United States and how they are changing lives. Segments are recorded in the field by a group of young, tech-savvy contributors with diverse backgrounds in science and technology. *''The Bottom Line'' - a weekly discussion show moderated by

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Steve Clemons at the Al Jazeera's studios in Washington, DC. With different guests each week, the show delves into "the big issues" facing American society. *'' The Stream'' – a discussion programme focused on

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, daily from Monday to Thursday. Hosted by

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and Malika Bilal, usually with one guest in the studio and a couple on Skype. An issue, itself often viewer-generated, is discussed by the team and viewers can contribute with comments on Twitter or Facebook, with some occasionally invited to join in on Skype. *''Talk to Al Jazeera '' – extended studio interviews with people of influence from around the world: **Prime Minister

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of Thailand talked to: ''Veronica Pedrosa'' *''Viewfinder'' – Fresh perspectives through the lens of local filmmakers from around the globe. *''

'' – the daily-turned-weekly documentary-slot for films by the best of the world's independent film-makers. The strand aims to shine a light on the events and people long-forgotten by the global media and on those that never merited a mention in the first place. *'' UpFront'' – hosted by Marc Lamont Hill, discussion, debate and analysis programme from Washington, D.C. *''AJ Go : Digital Series''- To have their grip on changing landscape of media and journalism Al Jazeera has introduced a bunch of mini series on social media platform. It basically focuses on analysis of social trends happening in different parts of world. They offer a humane view of seeing things rather than some hardcore political and dogmatized perspective. The objective is to extract some meaningful insight from raw stories taking place everyday which the mainstream media would have ignored otherwise. They include programmes like- ''Start Here'', ''Close Up'', ''Fork The System'', ''All Hail'', ''Media Theorised'', ''NewsFeed'', ''Between Us'', ''Project Force'', ''Fly On The Wall'', ''We Need To Talk'' etc.

Former programmes

These include programmes that have not had a new episode announced since 2014. *''48'' – weekly show hosted by

; Asian politics, business and current affairs *''Everywoman'' – hosted by

*''Inside Iraq'' – coverage of the Iraq War, hosted by Jasim Al-Azzawi *''Riz Khan'' – daily (Mon-Thu) viewer participation show, hosted by Riz Khan. Similar to CNN's ''

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'' **''Riz Khan One on One'' – Riz Khan sits down with a single guest for an extended interview *''Africa Investigates'' – African journalists risk their lives in order to reveal the truth about corruption and abuse across the continent *''Sportsworld'' – a daily

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programme hosted on rotation by members of Al Jazeera's sports team *'' The Café'' – a discussion programme, hosted by

. * ''Inside Story America'' – version of Inside Story focused on the United States. *'' The Fabulous Picture Show'' – hosted by Amanda Palmer, offers some interviews and reports on movies, actors and directors. *''The Frost Interview ''(previously

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) – this was hosted by David Frost. Frost died in 2013, and show still aired posthumously with the family's consent.

International bureaux

In addition to its two main broadcast centres, Al Jazeera English itself has 21 bureaux around the world that gather and produce news. It also shares resources with its

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-language sister channel's 42 bureaux, Al Jazeera Balkan's bureaux and Al Jazeera Turk's bureaux for 70 bureaux. This is a significant difference from the present trend: Al Jazeera presenter may also alternate between broadcast centres. All channels also share English-speaking correspondents with

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, Al Jazeera Turk and

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and vice versa.

Middle East and the Maghreb

Broadcast Centre: ''Doha:'' Al Jazeera English Headquarters
Anchors: Dareen Abughaida,

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, Adrian Finighan, Martine Dennis, Darren Jordon, Laura Kyle, Raheela Mahomed, Rob Matheson, Sohail Rahman, Folly Bah Thibault
Sports Desk: Andy Richardson
Weather Team: Richard Angwin,

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, Steff Gaulter
Correspondents & Reporters: Stan Grant (Principal Presenter); Hoda Abdel-Hamid,

Zeina Khodr Zeina Khodr ( ar, زينة خضر) is a Lebanese people, Lebanese broadcast journalist for the Al Jazeera English channel. Career Khodr has been a news correspondent, in national and international news, for over 15 years. She has worked for sever ...

(Lebanon), Imran Khan (Palestine), Jamal Elshayyal, Clayton Swisher
Countries and Bureaux:

Sub-Saharan Africa

Correspondents:
''West Africa:'' Nicolas Haque (Senegal); Ahmed Idris &

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(Nigeria);
''East Africa:'' Catherine (Wambua-)Soi;
''Southern Africa:'' Haru Mutasa; Tanya Paige; Countries and Bureaux:

Europe

Broadcast Centre: ''London:''

Anchors: Felicity Barr, Julie MacDonald, Maryam Nemazee,

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, Lauren Taylor
Programme presenter: Richard Gizbert Correspondents & Reporters: Neave Barker, Natacha Butler (Paris), Paul Brennan, Rory Challands (Moscow), David Chater, Dominic Kane (Berlin), Robin Forestier-Walker (former CIS), Sonia Gallego, Emma Hayward, Laurence Lee (UK), Barnaby Phillips, John Psaropoulos (Greece), Jacky Rowland
Countries and Bureaux:

Americas

Broadcast Centre: ''Washington, D.C.:'' 1200 New Hampshire Avenue, NW
Programme Hosts:

& Malika Bilal; Marc Lamont Hill; and Josh Rushing, Sebastian Walker &

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''

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, Kimberly Halkett, Daniel Lak, Shihab Rattansi, Rob Reynolds, Kristen Saloomey,

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''South America:'' Lucia Newman
Countries and Bureaux *

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, New York *

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, Canada *

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* Caracas,

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Indo-Pacific

Correspondents & Reporters: Jamela Alindogan (Philippines), Katrina Yu (China), Steve Chao, Rob McBride (Korea & Japan),

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(Afghanistan), Divya Gopalan (Hong Kong), Wayne Hay, Kamal Hyder (Pakistan), Florence Looi (Malaysia), Jessica Washington (Indonesia), Shamim Chowdhury Countries and Bureaux: *

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(AJMN Asia-Pacific headquarters) *

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, Sri Lanka *

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, China *

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* Jakarta,

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* Ho Chi Minh City,

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* Sydney, Australia *

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Staff

Management

;Managing director: * 2004–2008 Nigel Parsons * 2008–2010:

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* 2010–2015: Al Anstey *2015–present: Giles Trendle

On-air staff

Al Jazeera English uses a combination of full-time 'staffers' and local freelancers. So long as the journalists are appearing – or are providing credited commentaries – regularly on-air, no distinction has been made as to their contractual arrangements. However, those who have received a recent on-air profile and whose names therefore appear in bold, may well be assumed to be on the staff.

Current

On-air staff currently working for the station (previous employer in brackets) include: ;A * Hoda Abdel-Hamid (

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) – correspondent: ''Arab states'' * Dareen Abughaida (

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) – presenter: ''Newshour: Doha'' * Richard Angwin (

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) – weather-presenter: Doha ;B * Neave Barker ( RT) – correspondent: ''Europe'' * Felicity Barr ( ITN) – presenter: ''Newshour: London'' * Malika Bilal – co-host: '' The Stream'' *

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) – host: ''

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– presenter: ''Newshour: Doha'' * David Chater (Kanal Pik) – correspondent: ''Europe'' * Stephen Cole (

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, Sky News) – presenter: ''Newshour: Doha'' ;D * Martine Dennis (BBC World) – presenter: ''Newshour: Doha'' *

(

, CNBC, BBC) – news-presenter (Doha) & presenter: '' Inside Story'' & ''Inside Syria'' ;E * Jamal Elshayyal – correspondent: Doha, & presenter * Farrah Esmail – sports presenter: Doha ;F * Adrian Finighan (CNN) – presenter: ''Newshour: Doha'' *

( GMTV) – correspondent: ''USA – Washington, DC'' * Robin Forestier-Walker – presenter & correspondent: ''former-USSR states'' *

(BBC World) – weather-presenter: Doha *

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– Cairo Bureau Chief: ''Egypt'' ;G * Steff Gaulter (Sky News, UK Met Office) – weather-presenter: Doha *

(ITN) – presenter: ''Newshour: Doha'' & '' Inside Story'' * Richard Gizbert (ABC News) – creator, showrunner & presenter: '' The Listening Post:'' London *

– correspondent: ''Afghanistan'' * Divya Gopalan (BBC World,

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, CNBC) – presenter: ''Newshour: Doha'', & host (''&:'' correspondent: ''Tajikistan'') *

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(BBC) – correspondent: ''Africa'' ;H * Kimberly Halkett (

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) - correspondent: ''The White House'' * Marc Lamont Hill (CNN,

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, BET News) – host: '' UpFront'' ;I * Fauziah Ibrahim (Straits Times Television, CNBC) – presenter: ''Newshour: Doha'' ;J * Darren Jordon (BBC World) – presenter: ''Newshour: Doha'' ;K *

– correspondent: ''USA'' *

– correspondent: ''Lebanon'' ;L *

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– correspondent: ''Europe & Near East'' ;M * Julie MacDonald (ITV, BBC World, GMTV) – presenter: ''Newshour: London'' * Anita McNaught ( TVNZ,

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, CNN) – correspondent: ''Turkey'' * Rob Matheson (BBC) – presenter: ''Newshour: Doha'' * Haru Mutasa – correspondent: ''Africa'', & host * Mohamed Vall - Senior Correspondent ''MENA REGION'' ;N *

– correspondent: ''West Africa'' * Maryam Nemazee – presenter: ''Newshour: London'' * Lucia Newman (CNN) – presenter & correspondent: ''South America'' ;O *

– co-host: '' The Stream'' * Marga Ortigas (

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, CNN) – correspondent: ''East Asia'' ;P * Verónica Pedrosa (

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, BBC World, CNN International) – news-presenter (Doha) and correspondent: ''East Asia'' * Barnaby Phillips (BBC) – correspondent: ''Europe'' *

Elizabeth Puranam Elizabeth Puranam is an Al Jazeera anchor, journalist and India correspondent. Biography Puranam worked at TVNZ (Television New Zealand) and the news desk at TV3 (now Three). She can read and write in Arabic and can speak Hindi and Telugu. Pura ...

– correspondent: Doha, & presenter ;R * Rob Reynolds – correspondent: ''Bangladesh'' * Andy Richardson (Sky News, ITN) – sports-presenter: Doha * Jacky Rowland – correspondent: ''Europe'', & presenter * Josh Rushing (

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) – presenter: ''

'', & host ;S * Shakuntala Santhiran (BBC World, CNN) – presenter: ''Newshour: Doha'' *

(Sky News) – presenter: ''Newshour: London'' *

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– correspondent: ''East Africa & Near East'' * Clayton Swisher – presenter & correspondent: Doha – AJI Unit ;T *

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) – presenter: ''Newshour: Doha'' * Lauren Taylor (ITN, Sky News) – presenter: ''Newshour: London'' (& ''Doha'') * Folly Bah Thibault (

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) – presenter: ''Newshour: Doha'' ;V * Step Vaessen – correspondent: ''Indonesia'' ;W * Sebastian Walker – presenter: ''

'', & correspondent: ''Libya'' *

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– science correspondent ;''Also:'' * Shamim Chowdhury – producer & correspondent: ''Bangladesh'' *

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) – presenter ;''Strands:'' *'' 101 East:'' *'' People & Power:'' ** Sorious Samura – presenter *''

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- presenter ;''And:'' *

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(Sky News, ITV, Five) * Dorothy Parvaz: Doha * Phil Rees – correspondent (AJI Unit) * Fred Weir (Christian Science Monitor) – Moscow ;

''correspondents also appearing on AJE:'' * Dena Takruri – With AJ+

Key

AJI Unit – Al Jazeera Investigative Unit

Former presenters and correspondents

Those who have retired, died, left, or resigned from Al Jazeera Media Network completely. * Jasim Al-Azzawi * Laila Al Shaikhli *

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* Melissa Chan * Stephen Cole *

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* Franc Contreras * Dr. Shereen El Feki *

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* ''Sir'' David Frost (1939–2013) *

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* Tony Harris *

– now at

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Avi Lewis Avram David "Avi" Lewis (born May 1967) is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, former host of the Al Jazeera English show '' Fault Lines'' and former host of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) current-affairs programs ''CounterSpin'' and ...

* Hamish Macdonald *

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* Dave Marash *

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* Arthur Neslen *

* Shahnaz Pakravan * Amanda Palmer *

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* Mark Seddon * Mónica Villamizar ;''

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:'' * Chris Bury * Joie Chen * Ash-har Quraishi * Roxana Saberi *

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* Raheela Mahomed

Recruitment

The late veteran British broadcaster David Frost joined Al Jazeera English in 2005 to host his show ''Frost Over the World''. Former

...

and CNN anchor Riz Khan, who previously had been the host of the CNN talk show '' Q&A'', also joined. He hosts his shows ''Riz Khan'' and ''Riz Khan's One on One''. Former

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Josh Rushing joined Al Jazeera in September 2005. He had been the press officer for the

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during the

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, and in that role had been featured in the documentary ''

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''. When subsequently joining Al Jazeera, Rushing commented that "In a time when American media has become so nationalized, I'm excited about joining an organization that truly wants to be a source of global information...." Rushing worked from the Washington DC broadcasting centre until the formation of Al Jazeera America, he now works from AJAM's San Francisco hub. Former CNN and BBC news anchorwoman and award-winning journalist Veronica Pedrosa also joined the team, along with CNN producer James Wright, and Kieran Baker, a former editor and producer for CNN, who had been acting general manager, Communications and Public Participation for ICANN. On 2 December 2005, Stephen Cole, a senior anchor on BBC World and '' Click Online'' presenter, announced he was joining Al Jazeera International. The network announced on 12 January 2006 that former '' Nightline'' correspondent Dave Marash would be the co-anchor from their Washington studio. Marash described his new position as "the most interesting job on Earth". On 6 February 2006, it was announced that the former BBC reporter Rageh Omaar would host the weeknight documentary series, ''Witness''. The managing director for Al Jazeera English was previously

, who replaced Nigel Parsons in May 2008. The current managing director is Al Anstey. In mid 2014 Al Jazeera English froze employment of both permanent and freelance staff for its Qatar network and cut freelance pay rates by 30-40% without warning, while at the same time Al Jazeera lodged a $150 million claim for compensation against Egypt, arguing that by arresting and attacking Al Jazeera journalists, seizing the broadcaster's property and jamming its signal, the Egyptian government has violated its rights as a foreign investor in the country and put the $90 million it has invested in Egypt since 2001 at risk.

Al Jazeera Investigative Unit

Formed in 2010, in its own words: ''the role of Al Jazeera Investigations is not to report the news, but to make the news''. The Unit, is based at the Network headquarters in

, but also has representation in

and

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. The unit is an

asset and its reports appear equally on the other channels, tailored appropriately for the relevant language and audience. The documentaries are presented as specials under their own strand: ''

''. The Unit's investigations have included the documentary ''What Killed Arafat?'' which explains how

Yasser Arafat Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf al-Qudwa al-Husseini (4 / 24 August 1929 – 11 November 2004), popularly known as Yasser Arafat ( , ; ar, محمد ياسر عبد الرحمن عبد الرؤوف عرفات القدوة الحسيني, Mu ...

died. This film won a

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Golden Eagle Award and was nominated for a BAFTA. In 2013, Al Jazeera released a follow-up named "Killing Arafat" which revealed findings of scientific analysis of the exhumed remains of the Palestinian leader that discovered traces of polonium in his bones. The Arafat findings led news agendas globally. Other major investigations have included: * ''How to Sell a Massacre'', in which concealed cameras record an Australian political party promising to soften anti-gun laws while seeking millions in political funding from America's gun lobby. * ''Generation Hate'', which exposes secret links between one of France's largest political parties and a movement calling for the expulsion of Muslims from Europe. * ''Football's Wall of Silence'', which investigates the deadly scandal of long-term sexual abuse of young players in British football. * ''Broken Dreams'': The

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, which revealed that Boeing's workers feared to fly the plane they build, citing quality concerns and alleging drug use on the job. * ''The Labour Files'', a four-part series based on what it claimed to be the "largest leak of documents in British political history" which aims to show that "a coup by stealth" was conducted against the

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's elected leader,

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. The current manager of Investigative Journalism for the Al Jazeera Media Network is Phil Rees. Before that, it was Clayton Swisher. Other leading figures include: Peter Charley, Will Thorne, Deborah Davies, Will Jordan, Simon Boazman, David Harrison, Kevin Hirten, James Kleinfeld and Jason Gwynne.

Availability

The channel is available in many countries, mostly via satellite, sometimes via cable. The channel is also available online. Al Jazeera English provides a free HD stream on its website for unlimited viewing. It is available free worldwide. They also provide a free stream on their YouTube page. Previously, before Al Jazeera provided an official stream, a low quality RealVideo stream was available for viewing. Al Jazeera news segments are frequently included on the American public television program Worldfocus. Al Jazeera can also be streamed on any

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or Android device with an

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using a free application. Al Jazeera English is also available on connected TV and OTT streaming services like

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and

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. Along with a free unlimited high-quality stream on the official Al Jazeera English website, Online subscriptions allowing unlimited viewing may be purchased from Jump TV, RealPlayer, and VDC. Headlines from Al Jazeera English are available on

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. Al Jazeera English's website also contains news reports and full episodes of their programs that can be viewed for free on their website. The videos are hosted by YouTube, where viewers can also go to find the videos.

Europe

Al Jazeera English is available in the UK and Ireland on

channel 235,

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channels 513 and 880,

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channel 203 and

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channel 622. The channel initially began test streaming Al Jazeera English (then called "Al Jazeera International") in March 2006 on Hot Bird,

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, Hispasat,

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3S, Eutelsat 28A and Panamsat PAS 10. Telenors Thor, Türksat and Eutelsat 25A were added to the satellites carrying it. Eutelsat 28A carried the test stream on frequency 11.681 under the name "AJI".

Africa

Al Jazeera English is available in Sub Saharan Africa mainly via DStv and StarTimes' satellite and terrestrial TV platforms. It is also available FTA on satellites like Belintersat 51.5°E and Nilesat 201. In Northern Africa, Al Jazeera English is available on telcos like Etisalat. It is also available via satellite, on Badr°26E and various local cable operators.

Oceania

In New Zealand, Al Jazeera English is available 24 hours a day on

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channel 16 and Sky (New Zealand) channel 90. From October 2013, Freeview (New Zealand) broadcast on the

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operated free-to-air DVB-T terrestrial network. Prior to the December 2012

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re-broadcast various Al Jazeera programmes in Auckland on its free-to-air UHF channel. TV One was going to replace BBC World with this service during their off-air hours of 01:30 to 06:00 from 1 April 2013, however opted to run infomercials instead.

Asia

In April 2010, Al Jazeera English was taken off air in Singapore

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with unspecified reasons, according to the official Al Jazeera English website. On 7 December 2010, Al Jazeera said its English language service has got a downlink license to broadcast in

. Satellite and cable companies would therefore be allowed to broadcast Al Jazeera in the country. The channel launched on

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in November 2011, and is considering a Hindi-language channel.

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satellite service broadcasts this on Channel 637 (SD) in India.

Americas

On 26 November 2009, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission approved "a request to add Al Jazeera English (AJE) to the lists of eligible satellite services for distribution on a digital basis and amends the lists of eligible satellite services accordingly". Al Jazeera English became available on Rogers Cable, Videotron and

on 4 May 2010. Al Jazeera English is available via satellite across all of North America

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via

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on the Ku band in

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format. As of 2011, only a small number of Americans were able to watch the channel on their televisions. Among the markets where it was available were

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, Toledo and Sandusky, Ohio, Burlington, Vermont, Houston, Texas, and Washington, DC. Industry giant Comcast originally planned to carry Al Jazeera English in 2007, but reversed its decision shortly before the channel's launch, citing "the already-saturated television market". The two major American satellite providers,

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and Dish Network, had similar plans but also changed their minds, with speculation that the decision may have been influenced by allegations by the Bush

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of "anti-American bias" in the channel. With Al Jazeera's coverage of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, the channel drew acclaim and received renewed attention. ''The New York Times'' reported on 1 February 2011 that 1.6 million U.S. viewers had tuned in via Internet stream, and stated that new discussions were underway with carriers. The following month, it was announced that Al Jazeera entered carriage negotiations with Comcast and

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described the channel's English-language coverage as "mandatory viewing for anyone interested in the world-changing events currently happening in Egypt", while '' Huffington Post'' contributor

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claimed it was "un-American" for operators to not carry the network. When Al Jazeera covered the

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, U.S. Secretary of State

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noted an increasing American audience for the network, saying that "viewership of Al Jazeera is going up in the United States because it's real news. You may not agree with it, but you feel like you're getting real news around the clock instead of a million commercials and—you know—arguments between talking heads and the kind of stuff that we do on our news which—you know—is not particularly informative to us, let alone foreigners." On 1 February 2011, Internet appliance

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posted on its Facebook page that the English-language Al Jazeera Live would be streaming on Roku devices through a private channel called Newscaster and also through the BBC channel. It permitted the announcement following unrest in Egypt so American viewers can watch the latest events going on in the Middle East. A Roku user must add the private channel Newscaster from the Roku website. On 1 August 2011, Al Jazeera English began airing 23 hours a day in New York City as part of a sublet agreement with cable channel RISE, a former Spanish-language network, which is carried on

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's DT2 subchannel (the other hours were used to meet FCC E/I and local programming guidelines). The network aired on

on channel 92 and on Verizon FiOS on channel 481. On 2 January 2013, Al Jazeera announced that it had acquired the U.S.-based cable TV channel

for a reported $500 million. With this acquisition, Al Jazeera launched a new channel, called

, with a heavy dose of U.S. domestic news along with Al Jazeera English programming and news, to an estimated 40 million U.S. households—putting it in direct competition with

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and Fox News Channel. Due to contracts with U.S. cable and satellite carriers for

the official Al Jazeera English live stream was geo-blocked in the United States on 18 August 2013. With the launch of Al Jazeera America, Al Jazeera English was excluded from all US services carrying or providing the channel, including YouTube, with Al Jazeera America material replacing all Al Jazeera English video content and live streams. Most Al Jazeera English video content was no longer officially available in the United States. In April 2014 the Al Jazeera English show ''Empire'' wasn't geo-blocked in the United States. Shortly after the programs ''Indian Hospital'', ''Viewfinder'', ''Lifelines: The Quest for Global Health'' and ''Head to Head'' were available also. These programs were the only AJE shows officially non-geoblocked for American viewing during the time that Al Jazeera America was in existence. With the closure of Al Jazeera America in April 2016 it was expected that the official live stream of Al Jazeera English and access to its programmes would eventually be restored to the United States. The online live stream of Al Jazeera English was made available to viewers in the United States once again in September 2016.

Controversies

Al Jazeera English journalists Egyptian detainment

In December 2013, three Al Jazeera English journalists (

and Baher Mohamed) were arrested in their Cairo

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hotel rooms and detained on charges of delivering "false news" and "aiding a terrorist organization" in Egypt following the

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. Al Jazeera was one of several websites to which the Egyptian government blocked access after accusing the network of ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, which was removed from power during the 2013 coup. Egypt has been accused of limiting freedom of expression in an attempt to suppress opposition to President

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