Giles Trendle is the Managing Director of Al Jazeera English Channel, overseeing an editorial staff of over 400 people across centers in Doha, London, Washington DC, Kuala Lumpur and 70 bureaus worldwide. He joined Al Jazeera in 2004, working on an Arabic investigative show before moving to Al Jazeera English at its 2006 launch, and began his career in the 1980s as a freelance print journalist covering Lebanon's civil war.
Giles Trendle is the Managing Director of Al Jazeera English Channel, overseeing an editorial staff of over 400 people across centers in Doha, London, Washington DC, Kuala Lumpur and 70 bureaus worldwide. He joined Al Jazeera in 2004, working on an Arabic investigative show before moving to Al Jazeera English at its 2006 launch, and began his career in the 1980s as a freelance print journalist covering Lebanon's civil war.
Giles Trendle is the Managing Director of Al Jazeera English Channel, overseeing an editorial staff of over 400 people across centers in Doha, London, Washington DC, Kuala Lumpur and 70 bureaus worldwide. He joined Al Jazeera in 2004, working on an Arabic investigative show before moving to Al Jazeera English at its 2006 launch, and began his career in the 1980s as a freelance print journalist covering Lebanon's civil war.
Director of Al Jazeera English Channel where he oversees an editorial staff of over 400 people based in its centres of Doha, London, Washington DC and Kuala Lumpur, as well as in over 70 bureaus around the world. Giles first joined Al Jazeera in 2004 to work on the Arabic channel's flagship investigative documentary show before moving to Al Jazeera English ahead of its launch in 2006. He began his career in the mid 1980’s as a freelance print journalist based in Lebanon covering that country’s civil war.
Giles resides in Qatar where the Al
Jazeera Media Network is headquartered. Al Jazeera English produces 24/7 news and current affairs programming for a worldwide TV audience of over 315 million households and mobile content for global digital consumers.
Reference: Al Jazeera.com https://network.aljazeera.com/about-us/management-profiles/giles-trendle