Laura Ling and Gothem Chopra have joined Al Gore's news channel, Current-TV. Chopra, son of self-help guru Deepak Chopra in India, will produce, report and host a variety of programs including Current Soul. Ling will serve as an on-air reporter while managing the original enterprise video journalism division. Ling has won numerous awards and worked for ABC's Nightline, NBC, PBS and the WB.
Current-TV is aimed at 18-to 34-year-olds, and will feature more individualized and targeted news content.(Source: AsianWeek, July 29, 2005).