The Stream is a daily television programme on Al Jazeera English. It is branded as a “Web community With a Global TV show”. On television and online The Stream taps into the extraordinary potential of social media to disseminate news. The Stream is an aggregator of online sources and discussion, seeking out unheard voices, new perspectives from people on the ground and untold angles related to the most compelling stories of the day.

“The idea is to tap into conversations that are already happening around the world
from people who understand the issues but don't have the opportunity to participate in mainstream media”. Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

The topics covered include stories that relate to social media and what is being discussed on the different platforms such as Facebook and Twitter.

The stream has partnered with Storify, a platform that lets users tell stories using social media such as Tweets, photos and videos.

The Stream airs Monday through Thursday on Al Jazeera English at 19:30 (GMT)

Episodes and Stories Rundown

A list of all the episodes and stories covered that have been broadcasted to date, in reverse chronological order with the programme information supplied by the channel.

Episode 1 | APR 21

Mystery spam tweets in Syria, increasing civic participation online via the Beena Project, and a Hungarian doctor who's crowd-sourcing medical information to help his patients.