Edward Pound to Head Al Jazeera America Investigative Unit

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Edward Pound, former investigative reporter for The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and National
Journal, among others, has joined Al Jazeera America to head up its
16-member investigative unit, based in Washington.

Pound most recently was director of communications at the
Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, which has been overseeing
spending of stimulus money.

Al Jazeera America has been staffing up in Washington and
New York for its planned launch later this year. Parent company AlJazeera Networks purchased struggling Current TV earlier this year and is
remaking it into a 24-hour, U.S.-targeted version of its award-winning news
channel.

In early April, it hiredCNN business reporter Ali Velshi to host a daily, prime time program.

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Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.