Al Jazeera is launching a business news site

Al Jazeera is planning to launch a cross-platform business vertical called AJ Impact, executives tell Axios reporter Sara Fischer.

Fischer reports, “It will feature original reporting from Al Jazeera journalists worldwide, as well as curated business content from Bloomberg.

“Why it matters: To date, Al Jazeera has mostly focused on hard news topics, like politics, breaking news and current events. AJ Impact will focus on topics like personal finance, economic inequality, and impact investing.

“Details: AJ Impact will have a standalone site and live across digital video, podcasts, social media and television.

The site will feature international business coverage and will be helmed by a team based in new offices in New York, with bureaus in Kuala Lumpur, London and Doha.
The site will be led by Patricia Sabga, who currently serves as managing business editor at Al Jazeera Digital.”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.