View all newsletters
Sign up for our free email newsletters

Fighting for quality news media in the digital age.

  1. Archive content
October 5, 2006updated 22 Nov 2022 9:18pm

BBC’s Jordon defects to Al Jazeera

By Press Gazette

Another high-profile British journalists has been poached by Al Jazeera International to join its long-awaited news channel.

Darren Jordon, a regular presenter on all of the BBC's main news bulletins, has decided to leave the corporation after eight years to join the soon-to-be-launched Al Jazeera International.

Jordon joined BBC Sport as a broadcast journalist in 1998, following a three-year stint as a sports broadcaster in South Africa.

He made the move to Television News in 1999, when he became a presenter on BBC News 24.

Jordon said: "I've had a wonderful time at the BBC; I've learnt an awful lot and worked with some exceptionally talented individuals.

"The move, however, comes at the right time for me and I look forward to the fresh challenges that it will, no doubt, present."

In August, Five News's Nick Clark announced that he was leaving to join the Doha-based channel as did ITN's Shiulie Ghosh in July.

Content from our partners
MHP Group's 30 To Watch awards for young journalists open for entries
How PA Media is helping newspapers make the digital transition
Publishing on the open web is broken, how generative AI could help fix it

Sir David Frost, Rageh Omaar and Richard Gizbert are among the many journalists who have signed to AJI.

 

Email pged@pressgazette.co.uk to point out mistakes, provide story tips or send in a letter for publication on our "Letters Page" blog

Select and enter your email address Weekly insight into the big strategic issues affecting the future of the news industry. Essential reading for media leaders every Thursday. Your morning brew of news about the world of news from Press Gazette and elsewhere in the media. Sent at around 10am UK time. Our weekly does of strategic insight about the future of news media aimed at US readers. A fortnightly update from the front-line of news and advertising. Aimed at marketers and those involved in the advertising industry.
  • Business owner/co-owner
  • CEO
  • COO
  • CFO
  • CTO
  • Chairperson
  • Non-Exec Director
  • Other C-Suite
  • Managing Director
  • President/Partner
  • Senior Executive/SVP or Corporate VP or equivalent
  • Director or equivalent
  • Group or Senior Manager
  • Head of Department/Function
  • Manager
  • Non-manager
  • Retired
  • Other
Visit our privacy Policy for more information about our services, how New Statesman Media Group may use, process and share your personal data, including information on your rights in respect of your personal data and how you can unsubscribe from future marketing communications.
Thank you

Thanks for subscribing.

Websites in our network