WPCNR PRESS ROOM.  November 16, 2006: David Marash, former WCBS-TV correspondent, journalist and White Plains High School graduate debuted last night as the Evening News Anchor and Washington, D.C. Correspondent  for Al Jazeera-English. Mr. Marash may be seen this evening as he was last night, when he anchored the first day of Al Jazeera-English on its first 6 o’clock worldwide telecast in the launch of the English language version of  its world news network, based in Qatar.

White Plains High Guy Makes Good.  David Marash, member of the White Plains High School Hall of Fame, former Nightline Correspondent, CBS Newsman, WCBS-TV Anchor and broadcast journalist debuted the evening 6 o'clock newscast  with his Co-Anchor Ghida Fahkry on the debut of the Al Jazeera-English News Network Wednesday evening. Photo Capture from USA Today website.

Marash, according to a spokesperson for Al Jazeera speaking to WPCNR from the network’s U.S. based public relations firm, Brown, Lloyd James,  anchors the 6 o’clock EST news with his co-anchor Ghida Fahkry. “He does many hits during the day, as well,” The spokesperson said with Mr. Marash doing cut-ins and reports during the day for the network. “There is a news hit from Washington D.C. offices during the day at 2 o’clock as well as the 6 o’clock news hour.”

Certainly more American correspondents will be hired in the future the spokesperson  said. Al Jazeera--English , she said is an international news network with four broadcast newscenters worldwide, Washington D.C. being one of them, the others in London, Kuala Lumpur, and the headquarters in Doha, Qatar, in addition to that she said there are a couple of dozen bureaus (around the world).

Asked how much editorial control Mr. Marash exercises over the content of the newscast, the spokesman said, “He’s certainly heavily involved in the editorial control (content).”

Mr. Marash may be seen this evening on the streaming version of Al Jazeera-English on the website http://www.aljazeera.net/english