PAUL ALSTER
A broadcast journalist since 1985 and author of political thriller Kin or Country (2020), Paul originally specialized in the horse racing industry in England where he was variously a racecourse commentator, TV presenter, form analyst, journalist and betting overseer. He presented major British horse races (in Hebrew) for the ONE sports TV channel in Israel throughout the 2015/16 seasons.
In Israel he is the host and producer of new YouTube channel Reel Israel, featuring the regular 'What The Israel Papers Say' news review show as well as a series of special one-on-one interviews with major Israeli figures.
A regular contributor of feature stories and interviews for The Jerusalem Report international magazine, he has written many articles for a wide variety of other international clients (see below). From 2012-2016 he was the regional correspondent covering current affairs, intelligence issues, and Middle East terrorism for FoxNews.com.
From October 2016 Paul provided studio commentary on the ISU international figure skating Grand Prix events, European, and World Figure Skating Championships for a variety of major TV outlets, including ESPN, SKY, SBS Australia, Starhub and ELTA.
A regular contributor of feature stories and interviews for The Jerusalem Report international magazine, he has written many articles for a wide variety of other international clients (see below). From 2012-2016 he was the regional correspondent covering current affairs, intelligence issues, and Middle East terrorism for FoxNews.com.
From October 2016 Paul provided studio commentary on the ISU international figure skating Grand Prix events, European, and World Figure Skating Championships for a variety of major TV outlets, including ESPN, SKY, SBS Australia, Starhub and ELTA.
In January 2020 Paul commentated on-site from the ISU European Figure Skating Championships in Graz, Austria for major international channels including NBC Gold and SBS, and was also on duty at the ISU Four Continents Championships in Seoul, South Korea, in early-February.
(News/Politics clients including): The Jerusalem Report (Israel), The Investigative Project on Terrorism (US), Forbes (US), Daily Mail Online (UK/US), FoxNews.com (US), The Hill (US), New York Post (US), Jerusalem Post (Israel), JNF.org, Algemeiner.com (US), Jewish Forward (US), National Post (Canada), Channel A9 'Building Bridges' Talk Show (Turkey), Voice of America TV, as well as blogging for The Times of Israel and on this site.
Sports broadcast journalism (UK unless stated) clients have included: EXTEL (Exchange Telegraph Company), Rapid Raceline, Sportslink UK, Sportscast TV, SKY News, SIS TV, SKY Sport’s ‘The Winning Line’, Teamtalk 252, Press Association of Great Britain (PA Sport), Ladbrokes, Racing UK, Racing Post, The Sporting Life, The Telegraph, Independent Content Services (ICS), Radio West, Channel ONE sport (Israel TV), Channel 5 (Israel TV), Channel +5 Gold (Israel TV), Spring Media (Sweden), ESPN (international), SKY (international), Starhub (Singapore), ELTA (Taiwan), NBC Gold (USA) and SBS Australia, ISU, InFront Sports & Media.
Sports broadcast journalism (UK unless stated) clients have included: EXTEL (Exchange Telegraph Company), Rapid Raceline, Sportslink UK, Sportscast TV, SKY News, SIS TV, SKY Sport’s ‘The Winning Line’, Teamtalk 252, Press Association of Great Britain (PA Sport), Ladbrokes, Racing UK, Racing Post, The Sporting Life, The Telegraph, Independent Content Services (ICS), Radio West, Channel ONE sport (Israel TV), Channel 5 (Israel TV), Channel +5 Gold (Israel TV), Spring Media (Sweden), ESPN (international), SKY (international), Starhub (Singapore), ELTA (Taiwan), NBC Gold (USA) and SBS Australia, ISU, InFront Sports & Media.
