At the Rory Peck Awards for freelance news workers in London on 8 November, Al Jazeera International announced its support of the Rory Peck Trust. The Trust provides assistance to freelancers who have been injured in the course of their work as well as supporting the families of freelancers who have been killed through their work.
Al Jazeera International, the English-language news channel, will launch in the Spring of 2006 from four news centres in Doha, London, Kuala Lumpur and Washington DC. The channel will make extensive use of freelance news teams from camera crews to journalists throughout the world.