Listening Post

The Listening Post is a current affairs programme with a focus on media analysis and critique. It broadcasts on Al Jazeera English, and is filmed and produced from AJE's hub in London at the Shard. History The Listening Post is one of the longest-running programmes on Al Jazeera English. It is a weekly broadcast that analyses current affairs by examining the ways in which stories, issues and events are reported in the media. The show’s specialism is media analysis and critique and the global breadth of its coverage - with reports ranging from Rupert Murdoch’s hold on media in Australia, the war of media narratives between Russia and the West to the rise of anti-Muslim rhetoric in India. The show's presenter is Richard Gizbert. Gizbert, a veteran of ABC News. Gizbert conceptualised and pitched the show to the network and was recruited in April 2006, in the run up to the channel’s launch. Stand-in hosts in Gizbert’s absence have been former Al Jazeera news anchor Barbara Serra and the show’s executive producer Meenakshi Ravi.