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Aela Callan is a freelance foreign correspondent based in Bangkok, Thailand.
Callan began her career in Perth at 6PR radio in 1999, before moving on to work in the Canberra press gallery, Sydney's 2UE radio. and Seven News in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. In 2008, Callan won a Walkley Award, for excellence in Australian journalism.
Since 2009, Callan has lived in Asia and filed reports for Channel Seven and Al-Jazeera Television. The many events she has covered include Myanmar's 2010 elections, the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami, and Thailand's 2010 violent street protests.
Aela may refer to :
Al Jazeera (Arabic: الجزيرة al-ǧazīrah IPA: [æl dʒæˈziːrɐ], literally "The Peninsula", referring to the Arabian Peninsula), also known as JSC (Jazeera Satellite Channel), is a Doha-based state-funded broadcaster owned by the Al Jazeera Media Network, which is partly funded by the House of Thani, the ruling family of Qatar. Initially launched as an Arabic news and current affairs satellite TV channel, Al Jazeera has since expanded into a network with several outlets, including the Internet and specialty TV channels in multiple languages.
Al Jazeera is among the largest news organizations with 80 bureaus around the world. Al Jazeera is owned by the government of Qatar. While Al Jazeera officials have stated that they are editorially independent from the government of Qatar, this assertion has been disputed.
The original Al Jazeera channel's willingness to broadcast dissenting views, for example on call-in shows, created controversies in the Arab States of the Persian Gulf. The station gained worldwide attention following the outbreak of war in Afghanistan, when it was the only channel to cover the war live, from its office there.
Al Jazeera English (AJE) is an international state-funded 24-hour English-language news and current affairs TV channel owned and operated by Al Jazeera Media Network, which is headquartered in Doha, Qatar.
It is a sister channel of the U.S.-based English-language channel Al Jazeera America (AJAM), the Bosnia and Herzegovina-based multi-language Al Jazeera Balkans, and the original, Arabic-language, Al Jazeera (sometimes referred to as Al Jazeera Arabic). The station broadcasts news features and analysis, documentaries, live debates, current affairs, business, technology, and sports, and claims to be the first global high-definition television network. Al Jazeera English is the world's first English-language news channel to be headquartered in the Middle East. The channel aims to provide both a regional voice and a global perspective for a potential world audience of over one billion English speakers who do not share the Anglo-American worldview.
Instead of being run under one central command, news management rotates between broadcasting centers in Doha and London. At its launch, the station actually had four news centres in the world, in: Washington, D.C., London, Doha, and Kuala Lumpur. Complete news bulletins from Kuala Lumpur stopped on 30 September 2010 and from Washington DC on 28 January 2011; they were replaced by news from Doha. All news inserts from Kuala Lumpur ceased in early 2011 and from Washington DC they ceased on 15 April 2012. By contrast, Al Jazeera English is one of the few global media outlets to maintain an agency in Gaza, and in Harare.
Aela Callan was one of the first foreign journalists to live and work in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, after the country's political opening. She witnessed the resulting explosion on social media of free expression of all forms -- including hate speech -- and the blurring of journalistic lines. Callan has set out to find a way to address dangerous hate speech without encouraging renewed censorship.
Part 1 of 2. Case study: Aela Callan, freelance producer/broadcast journalist based in Bangkok, Thailand. Interview done on Aug 7, 2010. Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRj-5qMjuGE
Part 2 of 2. Case study: Aela Callan, freelance producer/broadcast journalist based in Bangkok, Thailand. Interview done on Aug 7, 2010. Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlC2aeg1lDI
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The global financial crisis is hitting the poor in Hong Kong. As Al Jazeera's Aela Callan reports, the number of homeless is rising as more workers are laid off.
The famous temple ruins of Angkor Wat in Cambodia are under the threat of being destroyed as a dwindling supply of water due to overconsumption weakens its grounds. Aela Callan reports from Siem Reap, Cambodia on how the problem stems from a high demand for water from more than one million tourists who visit the country every year. [December 5, 2010]
Al Jazeera has confirmed that two of Myanmar's rebel armies have joined forces, ahead of a feared crackdown by the military government. The move comes after thousands of civilians fled into Thailand earlier this week, after renewed fighting near the border with Thailand. Al Jazeera's Aela Callan reports.
Japan's government has approved a plan that would compensate the victims of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. The nuclear plant was severely damaged after it was hit by the March earthquake and tsunami. And now there are growing concerns over radiation contamination in food. Al Jazeera's Aela Callan reports from Fukushima on why rice farmers in particular are worried about their crops.
Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe A court in Myanmar has delayed its verdict in the trial of detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Al Jazeera's Aela Callan reports from Bangkok. At Al Jazeera English, we focus on people and events that affect people's lives. We bring topics to light that often go under-reported, listening to all sides of the story and giving a 'voice to the voiceless.' Reaching more than 270 million households in over 140 countries across the globe, our viewers trust Al Jazeera English to keep them informed, inspired, and entertained. Our impartial, fact-based reporting wins worldwide praise and respect. It is our unique brand of journalism that the world has come to rely on. We are reshaping global media and constantly working to strengthen ou...
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