Wheelock Moves to Al Jazeera America

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Al Jazeera America has named Bob Wheelock senior executive
producer. Wheelock has been executive producer of newsgathering in the
America's for Al Jazeera English.

In addition, he has been part of the launch team helping
turn Current TV into the 24/7 news operation that is scheduled to launch in
August.

Wheelock is the former ABC News senior producer
in Washington.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

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.