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10 unusual facts about Al Jazeera English


2011 Libyan rebel coastal offensive

Later during the day, Al Jazeera English stated that the rebels had taken control of a key highway running through Zawiya, the one that links Tunisia to Tripoli.

Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings

A documentation on APRIL as part of the 101 East program of Al Jazeera English (video, 25 mins)

Brendan Connor

Brendan Connor is a Canadian journalist with a wide range of broadcasting experience, including recently working for Al Jazeera English TV, based out of Washington, DC, and Doha, Qatar.

Gareth Porter

Porter has also written for Al Jazeera English, The Nation, Inter Press Service, The Huffington Post, and Truthout, and he was the 2012 winner of the Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism, which is awarded annually by the Frontline Club in London to acknowledge reporting that exposes propaganda.

Hillbrow

In January 2013, Al Jazeera English aired a Witness documentary about Hillbrow described as "A personal journey to Hillbrow, where human spirit, hope and enterprise triumph in this crime-ridden melting pot in the heart of South Africa."

Josh Rushing

Josh Rushing is a broadcast journalist who co-hosts Fault Lines, the flagship Al Jazeera English show about the Americas.

Marwan Bishara

Marwan Bishara is Al Jazeera English's senior political analyst and the editor & host of Empire, which examines global powers and their agendas.

Montgomery-Cuninghame baronets

On 9 September 1964, he married Laura Nicholson, the second daughter of Sir Godfrey Nicholson, Bt. and they have three daughters: Christian Elizabeth (b. 1967); Georgiana Rose "Nina" (born 1969), married Al Jazeera English's journalist, Rageh Omaar; Elizabeth Clara (b. 1971).

Step Vaessen

Step Vaessen (born 11 February 1965) is a Dutch broadcast journalist, currently working for Al Jazeera English.

After a decade working NOS in Jakarta, she moved to Al Jazeera English in 2006.


101 East

The show launched in November 2006, at the same time as Al Jazeera English itself, and remains the channel's flagship Asia-Pacific current affairs show.

Abdel Bari Atwan

As editor of Al Quds Al Arabi, Abdel Bari Atwan has become a well-known Arab public figure, and is a regular guest on Dateline London on BBC World, Sky News, Al Jazeera English and CNN World, as well as on several Arabic-language networks.

Anand Naidoo

He joined CCTV America in July 12 after six years as an anchor for Al Jazeera English, and ten years CNN International's World News anchor prior.

Center for Investigative Reporting

Today, the organization's stories regularly appear in news outlets around the country and in California including NPR News, PBS Frontline, PBS NEWSHOUR, The Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Sacramento Bee, The Daily Beast, Al Jazeera English and American Public Media's Marketplace.

CICI-TV

Brendan Connor rejoined the station in 2011, after spending many years as a sportscaster and anchor for national and international networks including TSN, CBC Newsworld and Al Jazeera English.

Maryam Nemazee

Before that, Nemazee spent four and a half years in the Middle East, at the main broadcast-centre of Al Jazeera English, in Doha; during this time, she covered stories such as the Israel-Palestinian conflict and Iran's nuclear negotiations.

Nabila Ramdani

In the UK, Ramdani participates in flagship current affairs programmes, including the BBC's Woman's Hour, Today, You and Yours, PM, Newsnight, Dateline London, BBC Arabic's Sabaat Ayyam (Seven Days), The Sky News Press Preview, Boulton & Co, and Al Jazeera's Inside Story.

Radio Phoenix

Radio Phoenix is the Phoenix area's primary Pacifica Radio affiliate, and carries many of their national news and public affairs programming, including Democracy Now!, Al Jazeera English News, Free Speech Radio News, Sprouts, and The David Pakman Show.

Steve Gaisford

After leaving Sky News Steve became a regular face on ITV presenting the ITV News at 5:30 and still anchors ITV London's London Tonight weekend news programmes and still works alongside former Sky colleague Barbara Serra on Al Jazeera English.

Tarek Shahin

In 2007, he wrote and animated a special feature for Al Jazeera English on its popular show, The Listening Post with Richard Gizbert.

Yang Rui

On 16 May 2012, Yang made comments on Sina Weibo criticising some foreign citizens and journalists in China, including Melissa Chan of Al Jazeera English, who was effectively expelled from the country.