Josh Rushing -- who viewers of the documentary Control Room might remember as the fresh-faced, open-minded, team-playerish media relations officer for U.S. Central Command in Doha, Qatar -- has taken a job with Al-Jazeera International.

An excerpt from Media Guardian:

... (He) will be based in Washington DC in an unspecified role for the English language version of the Arab satellite news channel, which starts broadcasting early next year.

Rushing left the US Marine Corps after 14 years disillusioned over its media management and became an independent commentator.

"In a time when American media has become so nationalised, I'm excited about joining an organisation that truly wants to be a source of global information," Rushing said.

"I witnessed during the war how the US media was co-opted by the US government's messaging. I am proud to be part of a news network that believes in the power of the un-spun truth."

Here's a review of the film I did for CTV.ca.