Abderrahim Foukara is Al-Jazeera’s regional director for the Americas; Al-Jazeera Satellite Channel’s Washington DC bureau chief; and host of “Min Washington,” one of the Arab world’s most successful and influential shows. “Min Washington” offers Arab viewers in-depth and well-informed analysis of U.S. affairs and their impact on North Africa and the Middle East. As a veteran journalist with unique insight into U.S. as well as Middle East politics, Abderrahim has been an essential voice in the U.S. media’s coverage of the Arab Spring, bringing more clarity and context to it, ap-pearing as a commentator on “Face the Nation,” CNN, and NPR, among others.
A native of Morocco, Abderrahim previously served as a correspondent for the BBC World Service and for Public Radio International’s “The World.”
activism
From Ambition to Action: Building a Global Climate Coalition
Hosted by the Climate Group, Climate Week NYC is the largest annual climate event of its kind, bringing together some 400 events and activities.
journalism
Future Schlock or Journalism’s Next Golden Age?
While Jeff Bezos and Pierre Omidyar are putting serious money towards serious journalism, the professional news business seems more at risk every day. Yet the need for trustworthy information only grows. Meanwhile, every company wants to create “content,” since “ads” are increasingly distrusted, and expensive. Who will be the arbiters of accuracy? Will the public care? Could a new golden age of substantive journalism arise? Or is the future filled with cat videos? Justin Fox of the Harvard Business Review, Al-Jazeera's Abderahim Foukara, Salon's Cindy Jeffers, Alexandra Leo of IBT Media, Rem Rieder of USA Today, Upworthy's Ashley Simon, and Kaela Worthen Gardner of reddit discuss at Techonomy 2013 in Tucson, Ariz. Watch video and read the complete transcript here.
Conferences
Techonomy 13
A new society is coming into being. People around the world are building it using the rapidly-evolving tools of technology.
