Jamal Elshayyal, Director of Digital News at Al Jazeera, talks to The Take about leading the next era of news at Al Jazeera.
At the Qatar Web Summit, we heard from Jamal Elshayyal, Al Jazeera’s new director of digital news content, about his path online and how those lessons will guide Al Jazeera through the age of artificial intelligence.
In this episode:
- Jamal Aishayar (@jamalelshayyal), Director of Global Digital News Content, Al Jazeera
Series production staff:
This episode was produced by Chloe K. Li with Noor Wazwaz, Tuleen Barakat, Maya Hamadeh, Melanie Marich, Tamara Khandaker, Sarí el-Khalili and our host Malika Bilal. It is edited by Alexandra Locke. Special thanks to Kawthar Abu Sadeh.
The Take production team includes Marcos Bartolomé, Sonia Bhagat, Spencer Cline, Sarí el-Khalili, Tamara Khandaker, Kyne Kiang, Phillip Lanos, Chloe K. Li, Melanie Marich, Maya Hamadeh, Tuleen Barakat and Noor Wazwaz. Our host is Malika Bilal.
Our co-producers are Adam Abou-Gad and Vienna Maglio. Andrew Greiner is head of audience engagement.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our video editors are Hisham Abu Salah and Mohannad al-Melhemm. Alexandra Locke is executive producer of The Take. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s Head of Audio.
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Posted on February 9, 2026







