Al-Jazeera is a global media network with Arab affiliation, committed to providing accurate information and reliable news with professionalism and objectivity. Our Story.. Since its founding in 1996, the island's history has been closely linked to major world events. For decades, Al Jazeera has struggled to provide free access to information and to uphold the principles of freedom of thought and expression in one of the hottest parts of the world. Al Jazeera newsrooms and bureaus around the world are filled with brave men and women, each with a story to tell. Al Jazeera's journalists paid the price for their pursuit of pioneering journalism, and eleven of its field correspondents perished in war on the front lines.