Al Jazeera America, the new American news channel that will launch this year, announced today that veteran journalist Bob Wheelock has been named senior executive producer. Wheelock is moving to Al Jazeera America from Al Jazeera English where he has served as executive producer of newsgathering for the Americas.

Al Jazeera America, the new American news channel that will launch later this year, announced today that a one-hour current affairs magazine program called America Tonight will be at the heart of its daily schedule.

Today we wrapped up our presence at NCTA's "The Cable Show." Everyone we met -- members of the television distribution community, reporters, and veterans attending the Hiring Our Heroes job fair -- couldn't have been more excited about our launch this summer.

Meet Terry Baker, the executive vice president of programming and production at Al Jazeera America.

Al Jazeera America announced today that eight-time Emmy Award-winning journalist Josh Bernstein will be the channel’s on-air investigative reporter based in Washington, D.C.

We kicked off the second day of NCTA’s “The Cable Show” with the Hiring Our Heroes job fair.

It’s a busy week for us at Al Jazeera America. Not only are we welcoming talented new journalists to our team, but we are also hosting a booth at NCTA’s “The Cable Show” in Washington, D.C. “The Cable Show” is the cable television industry’s premier event where distributors can sample the best of the best in content, making this a tremendous first event for Al Jazeera America.