I'm going to ask the same questions I've asked from other Al Jazeera personnel IAMA that went unanswered. Hopefully someone answers this time around.
I probably watch more AJE coverage than any other news network, so I am curious about a few things..
1- Is it true that a lot of the foreign senior editors and staff have been replaced in the last couple of years with local counterparts? If so why do you think that happened? and what impact has it had on the newsroom?
2- Was the decision to hire the new American anchor (don't know his name, black with very American type presentation) and that peroxide Swedish blond an attempt at gaining a bigger audience in the States?
3- What are the ratings for the 'Stream' show compared to other programs on the channel? Is that an attempt at trying to capture a younger audience by using a younger less organized format? (This one probably doesn't concern you as a reporter, but if you can find anyone to answer it, I would be interested in knowing.)
4- While watching an other new channel, I think it was RT, they showed a clip showing Al Jazeera crew in Benghazi Libya coaxing the crowds to chant and animate for the camera. Is this common practice? Was there any negative feedback from that incident??
EDIT:
1a- This cable from wikileaks talks about the difference of views regarding some staff and the channel, however it is not the specific item I was looking for. This FT article also hints at the changes, specifically the replacement of Khanfar by Sheikh Ahmad bin Jassim al-Thani, though of course Khanfar has his own leaks to deal with.
I am fairly certain I read the piece that talked about replacing staff here on Reddit. But the Reddit search is proving a elusive as ever.
4a- Again I couldn't find the specific piece I saw by RT showing the crowds being warmed up by the network, however here is an other piece (starting at 2:10) again by RT claiming the same thing though this may be showing the Arabic Al Jazeera crew and not AJE. The one thing I did notice while searching for the clip, is that RT really doesn't like AJE, and seems to go out of their way to attack the channel's coverage. Of course considering that they both have very different perspectives (to put it nicely) this sort of thing is understandable.
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I'm going to ask the same questions I've asked from other Al Jazeera personnel IAMA that went unanswered. Hopefully someone answers this time around.
I probably watch more AJE coverage than any other news network, so I am curious about a few things..
1- Is it true that a lot of the foreign senior editors and staff have been replaced in the last couple of years with local counterparts? If so why do you think that happened? and what impact has it had on the newsroom?
2- Was the decision to hire the new American anchor (don't know his name, black with very American type presentation) and that peroxide Swedish blond an attempt at gaining a bigger audience in the States?
3- What are the ratings for the 'Stream' show compared to other programs on the channel? Is that an attempt at trying to capture a younger audience by using a younger less organized format? (This one probably doesn't concern you as a reporter, but if you can find anyone to answer it, I would be interested in knowing.)
4- While watching an other new channel, I think it was RT, they showed a clip showing Al Jazeera crew in Benghazi Libya coaxing the crowds to chant and animate for the camera. Is this common practice? Was there any negative feedback from that incident??
EDIT:
1a- This cable from wikileaks talks about the difference of views regarding some staff and the channel, however it is not the specific item I was looking for.
This FT article also hints at the changes, specifically the replacement of Khanfar by Sheikh Ahmad bin Jassim al-Thani, though of course Khanfar has his own leaks to deal with. I am fairly certain I read the piece that talked about replacing staff here on Reddit. But the Reddit search is proving a elusive as ever.
4a- Again I couldn't find the specific piece I saw by RT showing the crowds being warmed up by the network, however here is an other piece (starting at 2:10) again by RT claiming the same thing though this may be showing the Arabic Al Jazeera crew and not AJE. The one thing I did notice while searching for the clip, is that RT really doesn't like AJE, and seems to go out of their way to attack the channel's coverage. Of course considering that they both have very different perspectives (to put it nicely) this sort of thing is understandable.
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