Thursday, April 14, 2011

Former CNN Anchor now works for Al Jazeera ...

Former CNN anchor Tony Harris, who left CNN in December after more than six years at the cable channel, appears to have found a new gig.

Harris was anchoring on Al Jazeera English beginning at noon ET today (April 12).

“Good evening everyone, I am Tony Harris, it is 1600 GMT and this is Al Jazeera,” Harris said, before discussing the breaking news that former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak had been hospitalized.

While a source confirmed that Harris had joined Al Jazeera English, they did not know whether the role was a full-time one.

Update: Harris has joined AJE full-time as a “presenter,” the channel confirms. Harris is based out of AJE’s headquarters in Doha, Qatar.