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'''''Fault Lines''''', a documentary series produced and broadcasted by [[Al Jazeera English]], is the channel's flagship program about the Americas. [[Josh Rushing]], [[Zeina Awad]], and [[Sebastian Walker]] host the series. Fault Lines begins its fith season in 2013.
'''''Fault Lines''''', an award-winning documentary series produced and broadcasted by [[Al Jazeera English]], is the channel's flagship program about the Americas. [[Josh Rushing]], [[Zeina Awad]], and [[Sebastian Walker]] host the series. Fault Lines begins its fifth season in 2013.

In 2011, Fault Lines was awarded a Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award for Excellence in Broadcast and Digital News in recognition of their 201 film Haiti - Six Months On.<ref>http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/page/412-past-dupont-award-winners/594</ref><ref>http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/top-stories/156816/al-jazeera-english-wins-first-dupont-as-14-news-orgs-awarded-with-broadcast-digital-honors/</ref>


Rushing filmed two episodes in Mexico (Mexico: Impunity and Profits<ref name="Impunity and Profits">{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/joshrushing#p/c/618C2C9DA2CF296A/4/A-4ALKGBbOE|title=Mexico: Impunity and Profits |date=11 July 2011|work=Fault Lines|publisher=Al Jazeera English|accessdate=16 August 2011}}</ref> and Mexico's Hidden War<ref name="Hidden War">{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/joshrushing#p/c/618C2C9DA2CF296A/3/2Rc72FZYlCM|title=Mexico's Hidden War |date=19 June 2011|work=Fault Lines|publisher=Al Jazeera English|accessdate=16 August 2011}}</ref>) and third in Colombia, Colombia's Gold Rush<ref name="Gold">{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/joshrushing#p/c/618C2C9DA2CF296A/0/yCpYf8B1vYs|title=Colombia's Gold Rush |date=4 June 2011|work=Fault Lines|publisher=Al Jazeera English|accessdate=16 August 2011}}</ref> for the season.
Rushing filmed two episodes in Mexico (Mexico: Impunity and Profits<ref name="Impunity and Profits">{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/joshrushing#p/c/618C2C9DA2CF296A/4/A-4ALKGBbOE|title=Mexico: Impunity and Profits |date=11 July 2011|work=Fault Lines|publisher=Al Jazeera English|accessdate=16 August 2011}}</ref> and Mexico's Hidden War<ref name="Hidden War">{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/joshrushing#p/c/618C2C9DA2CF296A/3/2Rc72FZYlCM|title=Mexico's Hidden War |date=19 June 2011|work=Fault Lines|publisher=Al Jazeera English|accessdate=16 August 2011}}</ref>) and third in Colombia, Colombia's Gold Rush<ref name="Gold">{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/joshrushing#p/c/618C2C9DA2CF296A/0/yCpYf8B1vYs|title=Colombia's Gold Rush |date=4 June 2011|work=Fault Lines|publisher=Al Jazeera English|accessdate=16 August 2011}}</ref> for the season.

Revision as of 20:17, 21 January 2013

Fault Lines, an award-winning documentary series produced and broadcasted by Al Jazeera English, is the channel's flagship program about the Americas. Josh Rushing, Zeina Awad, and Sebastian Walker host the series. Fault Lines begins its fifth season in 2013.

In 2011, Fault Lines was awarded a Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award for Excellence in Broadcast and Digital News in recognition of their 201 film Haiti - Six Months On.[1][2]

Rushing filmed two episodes in Mexico (Mexico: Impunity and Profits[3] and Mexico's Hidden War[4]) and third in Colombia, Colombia's Gold Rush[5] for the season.

Awad's coverage brought her to India where she reported on US pharmaceutical companies conducting clinical research abroad.[6] She also traveled to Puerto Rico, projected to be the world’s slowest growing economy, to analyze the economic policies imposed on its people.[7] Her final piece this season explores the growing gap between the wealthiest 1% of Americans and the rest of society.[8]

The team includes: Mat Skene (Program Editor), Jeremy Young (Senior Producer), Elizabeth Gorman (Producer), Andrea Schmidt (Producer), Laila Al-Arian (Producer), Anjali Kamat (Producer/Correspondent), Sweta Vorha (Producer), Leslie Atkins (Editor) and Warrick Meade (Editor).

It is syndicated and released by Free Speech TV in the United States.

Notes

  1. ^ http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/page/412-past-dupont-award-winners/594
  2. ^ http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/top-stories/156816/al-jazeera-english-wins-first-dupont-as-14-news-orgs-awarded-with-broadcast-digital-honors/
  3. ^ "Mexico: Impunity and Profits". Fault Lines. Al Jazeera English. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  4. ^ "Mexico's Hidden War". Fault Lines. Al Jazeera English. 19 June 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  5. ^ "Colombia's Gold Rush". Fault Lines. Al Jazeera English. 4 June 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  6. ^ "Outsourced: Clinical trials overseas". Fault Lines. Al Jazeera English. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  7. ^ "Puerto Rico: The fiscal experiment". Fault Lines. Al Jazeera English. 27 June 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  8. ^ "The top 1%". Fault Lines. Al Jazeera English. 2 August 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2011.

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