Reconciliation in the Gulf? | The Listening Post

Al Jazeera English published this video item, entitled “Reconciliation in the Gulf? | The Listening Post” – below is their description.

There is news of a possible reconciliation in the Gulf – the end of the blockade of Qatar – and some careful message management is under way.

Contributors:

Zaid Benjamin – Washington correspondent, Al Araby TV

Hussein Ibish – Arab Gulf States Institute

Zarqa Parvez – Lecturer, Hamad bin Khalifa University

Nabeel Nowairah – Gulf affairs analyst

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Richard Gizbert and Meenakshi Ravi discuss how a state visit by President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt to France became a media story.

Science journalism in the spotlight

Historically underappreciated, and usually underrepresented in newsrooms, science and health reporters have found their expertise in demand in this pandemic year.

Contributors:

Helen Branswell – Senior infectious disease reporter, STAT

Kai Kupferschmidt – Contributing correspondent, Science magazine

Vidya Krishnan – Health and science journalist

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