Seigenthaler, Schuster
Seigenthaler, Schuster
Veteran newsmen John Seigenthaler and David Shuster have joined Al Jazeera America as the unit of the Qatar-based satellite TV network slates an Aug. 20 launch.

Seigenthaler worked for 11 years at NBC News, a span that included nine years as anchor for weekend editor.

Most recently, he was the New York representative of his family's Seigenthaler Public Relations, which is based in Nashville.

David Dross, Al Jazeera America’s senior VP for programming, called Seigenthaler, who will take a prime-time an anchor slot, a "veteran reporter who has covered international, national and local stories that have affected us all."

Shuster is joining from Current TV, which Al Gore sold to Al Jazeera. At Current, he led its coverage of the 2012 presidential campaign.

Earlier, Shuster was MSNBC anchor, Fox News correspondent and CNN producer.

He'll be a New York anchor at AJA.