ABOUT Al Jazeera English
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ABOUT AL JAZEERA ENGLISH Clockwise From Top Left Al Jazeera English is a truly global, 24-hour news Kamal Hyder, Pakistan / Monica Villamizar, Chile and current affairs channel. With strategically placed Fauzia Ibrahim, India / Mohamed Adow, Kenya James Bays, Afghanistan / Sherine Tadros, Israel broadcast centers in Doha, London, Washington DC and Kuala Lumpur and more than 70 bureaus around the world, Al Jazeera English is dedicated to putting the human story at the forefront of the news agenda. The channel’s mandate is to deliver journalism that has depth and to provide context for the transformative changes taking place across the globe. Al Jazeera English’s reporters look beyond the centers of power to examine issues that are shaping the world and to highlight stories from underreported regions that are too often overlooked by other media. Al Jazeera English’s international footprint continues to grow, now reaching more than 250 million households on 6 continents in more than 120 countries. AL JAZEERA ENGLISH IN NORTH AMERICA Clockwise From Top Left With more than 100 staff located in North America alone, John Terrett, Alabama / Fault Lines, Race and the Al Jazeera English provides unique coverage of both Recession, Washington DC / Cath Turner, Washington DC Gabriel Elizondo, Gulf of Mexico / Hillary Clinton on mainstream and underreported stories in the United Riz Khan / Steve Chao, Canadian Arctic States and Canada. The network’s broadcast center in Washington DC produces daily news segments and original programming, including long-form documentaries and one live, interactive show. Coverage of North America ranges from hard-hitting interviews with key decision makers to insightful profiles of people living throughout Canada and the United States. Whether it’s the impact of the Gulf Coast spill on local fishermen, wide-spread obesity in West Virginia, mentally ill inmates in U.S. prisons, or the debates surrounding Winnipeg’s aboriginal people, Al Jazeera English provides much needed context to North American stories for audiences at home and abroad. AL JAZEERA ENGLISH BY THE NUMBERS Al Jazeera Network has more than 70 bureaus The Al Jazeera English across the globe—the website receives majority are rooted in the 22 million visits Southern hemisphere. every month. Approximately 50% Imtiaz Tyab, Abbottabad, Pakistan of the Al Jazeera English website traffic comes from North America. The Al Jazeera English Al Jazeera English Al Jazeera is the global footprint has more than 1,000 most watched news continues to grow, highly experienced channel on YouTube, broadcasting to staff from more than receiving 2.5 million more than views per month. 50 nationalities, Launched on April 16, 250 million making Al Jazeera 2007, the Al Jazeera households English’s newsroom English YouTube site in more than the most diverse in has more than 24,000 120 countries. the world. videos. Teresa Bo, Colombia : Al Jazeera English is AL JAZEERA ENGLISH the only international CONNECTING THE WORLD broadcaster to broadcast from four distinct In January 2011, locations around the The New York globe. Times praised Al Jazeera for covering the In a partnership with Youtube, Al Jazeera unrest in Tunisia English gave out flip cams to Iraqi civilians “long before Seb Walker, Haiti during the 2010 elections to give a “voice to the voiceless”. the Western Al Jazeera English was news media the only international took serious broadcaster to open a notice.” fully-staffed bureau in Al Jazeera was the only Port-au-Prince, Haiti, international broadcaster to document ongoing Al Jazeera English has more inside Gaza during the earthquake relief bureaus in the Southern war in 2009. efforts. hemisphere than any other Nick Clark, Washington DC international broadcaster. Al Jazeera English Al Jazeera English replaced BBC World was the first on Yes, Israeli international news satellite television in channel to open a January 2007. permanent bureau Ayman Mohyeldin, Gaza in Zimbabwe in 2006. Haru Mutasa, Zimbabwe PRAISE FOR AL JAZEERA “There was a plainspoken clarity and a depth to Al Jazeera English’s coverage… ENGLISH’S COVERAGE OF Americans have fallen for THE ARAB UPRISINGS Al Jazeera English’s authenticity” “Audiences are flocking “ —The New Yorker to Al Jazeera English’s Even the website, which some President of the people consider to be one of the most dependable United States news sources” is watching —USA Today Al Jazeera” —Business Insider “Al Jazeera English’s reporting on the unrest in Egypt was the envy of broadcasters Tony Birtley, Libya the world over” Ayman Mohyeldin, Egypt —Kansas City Star “In many ways, it is “The most Al Jazeera’s moment” comprehensive —The New York Times coverage of any network in Jacky Rowland, Libya any language “An absolute life line for the rest of the world” hands-down.” —Rachel Maddow, MSNBC —The Nation Nazanine Moshiri, Tunisia AL JAZEERA ENGLISH PROGRAMS Al Jazeera English’s award-winning programming takes viewers inside the stories surrounding global news, providing rich context to today’s important issues. Combining current affairs, business, arts and entertainment this unique and diverse range of programming is hosted by both household names and acclaimed new talent. FAULT LINES WITNESS Fault Lines takes you Through insightful beyond the U.S. headlines, documentaries, Witness putting a face to those presents the stories of the who are falling through people at the center of the the cracks of society while world’s significant events. holding the powerful to account. THE FabULOUS PEOPLE & POweR PIctURE SHOW This investigative show The only international looks at how political and film show dedicated to corporate powers are cinemaphiles around abused – and who the world, FPS brings is ultimately affected. filmmakers face-to-face with a studio audience. THE RaGEH OmaaR THE STREAM RepORT The Stream is a social Host Rageh Omaar travels media community with the globe to revisit stories its own daily television that others have forgotten program on Al Jazeera but which continue to English. The show is shape our world. an aggregator of online sources and discussion, seeking out unheard voices and untold angles related to the most compelling stories of the day. ONE ON ONE THE LISteNING POST Interviewing major Al Jazeera English’s weekly newsmakers and thought media watch program casts leaders, Riz Khan gets to a critical eye over global know the person behind media and dissects the the personality, with media’s coverage of events One on One. and non-events. INSIDE StORY EmpIRE This daily discussion Host Marwan Bishara show dissects the day’s gathers international top story while offering scholars and experts to a frank assessment of analyze key issues and current events. discuss the global powers behind major stories. 101 EAST FROST OVER Produced in Kuala Lumpur, THE WORLD 101 East is a weekly Sir David Frost interviews discussion program that famous political leaders, highlights Asia-Pacific artists, movie stars current events. and other international newsmakers in this weekly program. ONLINE JOURNALISM AwaRDS Breaking News Coverage, Large Site 2011 HUFFINGTON POST AL JAZEERA ENGLISH Game Changers Awards 2011 AWARDS NatIONAL ASSOCIatION OF BLack COLUMBIA UNIveRSIty JOURNALIST AwaRDS Columbia Journalism Award 2011 Excellence in Documentary 2011 TIME MAGAZINE MONTE-CARLO TV FESTIVAL 100 Most Influential People 2011 Winner Best Television News Item 2010 Winner Best 24-Hour News Program 2008 ROyaL TELevISION SOCIety Nominee Best News AMNESty INteRNatIONAL Channel of the Year 2010 Winner International Television and Radio 2010 Winner Young Journalist Winner Best International TV Documentary 2008 of the Year 2008 Winner Best 24-Hour News Program 2008 INteRNatIONAL EmmyS FOREIGN PRESS Finalist in News 2010 / 2009 ASSOCIATION (FPA) Finalist in Documentary 2009 Winner News Story of the Year 2008 Finalist in Current Affairs 2009 / 2008 Nominee for Non-Fiction 2009 ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTERS (AIB) (Digital Emmy) Winner Editors Award 2008 FReeSat (UK) News Channel of the Year and CONCENTRA News Events Coverage of the Year 2011 Winner Breaking News 2010 / 2009 Winner Best News Channel of the Year 2010 / 2009 AL JAZEERA BUREAUS WORLDWIDE Abidjan Havana Nairobi Abuja Hong Kong Ndjamena Almaty Islamabad New York City Amman Istanbul Nouakchott Ankara Jakarta Oslo Arbil Jerusalem Paris Baghdad Johannesburg Ramallah Bangkok Juba Sana’a Beijing Kabul Sarajevo Beirut Khartoum Sao Paulo Berlin Kuala Lumpur Seoul Brussels Kuwait City Sydney Buenos Aires London Tehran Cairo Los Angeles Tokyo Caracas Madrid Toronto Casablanca Manila Tripoli Damascas Mexico City Tunis Delhi Miami Washington DC every angle, Doha Mogadishu Gaza Moscow every side of Harare Muscat global events HOW TO WATCH AL JAZEERA ENGLISH IN NORTH AMERICA WASHINGTON DC New MEDIA ADDITIONAL CARRIAGE Comcast - Channel 275 Livestation MHz Worldview Cox - Channel 474 A live stream is available at Al Jazeera English’s morning and Verizon FiOS - Channel 457 www.livestation.com/Al Jazeera English nightly newscasts, as well as One on One with Riz Khan, are shown New YORK YouTube on MHz Worldview, which can be Time Warner Cable - Channel 92 Nearly all Al Jazeera English programs are seen in 30 major US markets. available at www.youtube.com/ OHIO aljazeeraenglish Free Speech TV (FSTV) Buckeye Cable - Channel 269 FSTV airs Al Jazeera English’s Aljazeera.net/English RHODE ISLAND nightly news bulletin, The Riz Khan Watch a live stream of Al Jazeera English and Full Channel TV - Channel 168 Show Tuesday through Saturday, view daily news bulletins on the Al Jazeera and Fault Lines twice weekly. FSTV VERMONT English website is channel 9415 on Dish Network, Burlington Telecom - Channel 132 Mobile and channel 348 on DirecTV. Al Jazeera English mobile apps are available CANADA Link TV Bell TV - Channel 516 at iTunes, and for Blackberry and other Al Jazeera English’s nightly news Rogers - Channel 176 Smartphones. bulletin and Al Jazeera English’s Vidéotron - Channel 173 Shaw - Channel 175 Satellite Witness can be seen on Link TV.