The Stream

The recent release of the Al-Jazeera journalist Peter Greste from prison in Egypt has edged the Doha-based news organisation back into the headlines, which is no bad thing, as its output regularly provides insightful - and refreshingly different - perspectives on major current affairs stories from around the globe. This daily current affairs show, which is available as both a video and an audio podcast, is an excellent case in point. Presented by the British journalist Femi Oke and filmed in Washington D.C., each edition makes extensive use of social media to get under the skin of international stories that may have been overlooked elsewhere, such as World Hijab Day. It's pulled off with intelligence and style, and is unlike anything else on the internet. PN

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