Fault Lines (TV program)

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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.

Rushing filmed two episodes in Mexico (Mexico: Impunity and Profits[1] and Mexico's Hidden War[2]) and third in Colombia, Colombia's Gold Rush[3] for the season.

Awad's coverage brought her to India where she reported on US pharmaceutical companies conducting clinical research abroad.[4] She also traveled to Puerto Rico, projected to be the world’s slowest growing economy, to analyze the economic policies imposed on its people.[5] Her final piece this season explores the growing gap between the wealthiest 1% of Americans and the rest of society.[6]

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. ^ "Mexico: Impunity and Profits". Fault Lines. Al Jazeera English. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  2. ^ "Mexico's Hidden War". Fault Lines. Al Jazeera English. 19 June 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  3. ^ "Colombia's Gold Rush". Fault Lines. Al Jazeera English. 4 June 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  4. ^ "Outsourced: Clinical trials overseas". Fault Lines. Al Jazeera English. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  5. ^ "Puerto Rico: The fiscal experiment". Fault Lines. Al Jazeera English. 27 June 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  6. ^ "The top 1%". Fault Lines. Al Jazeera English. 2 August 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2011.

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