A Short Stint at the Helm HE Ahmed bin Jassim Al Thani | Former Director General
It was only a two-year spell I spent at the helm of Al Jazeera, yet every single day was a completely different experience - new challenges, more achievements. With collective hard work, dedication and watertight planning, we, amid tough competition from the world’s leading media organisations, achieved many milestones along the way. Guided by our values and principles, we had no alternative but to rise up to the challenge. Not only did we have to outperform amid the rapid advancements of a multifold industry, but we also had to inform the public and tell the untold story. Al Jazeera never lost sight of its mission: to be the voice of the voiceless. Even before holding the reins of command of the Network, I had known for a fact that Al Jazeera was a pioneering media enterprise. At that time, I was not well-versed in the minor details behind the compelling content we all view across Al Jazeera’s platforms. Al Jazeera’s content depends mainly on its vast newsgathering network of worldwide bureaus, wisely deployed professional correspondents, and dedicated journalists in its headquarters. Al Jazeera’s newsrooms are seething beehives, where producers and journalists are covering news around the clock; covering events from all angles and telling the human story.
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