Introduction / Philip Seib -- The origins of Al Jazeera English / Shawn Powers -- The nature of the channel's global audience / Hussein Amin -- The messages of AJE's news / Tine Ustad Figenschou -- AJE After the Arab spring : the politics of distribution in the United States / Will Youmans -- Covering and reaching Africa / Amelia Arsenault -- Covering and reaching South Asia / Michael Kugelman -- Covering Gaza, 2008-2009 : a Palestinian view / Rima Najjar Merriman -- Covering Gaza, 2008-2009 : an Israeli view / Eytan Gilboa -- AJE's conciliatory role : covering the "Ground Zero mosque" controversy / Mohammed El-Nawawy -- Conclusion: AJE in the World / Philip Seib.