Former CNN anchor Soledad O'Brien is headed to Al Jazeera America as a special correspondent, according to a Monday report from the network.

In addition to being a special correspondent on the network's America Tonight, O'Brien, 46, will also help produce hour-long documentary specials with her media group, Starfish.

"I look forward to beginning a relationship with Al Jazeera America," O'Brien said in a statement, "which has made a commitment to producing quality programming and pursuing underreported stories."

"I am thrilled to be back in business with Kim Bondy, who is a long-time friend and among the finest journalists in the broadcast news business today," she added. 

Bondy is the senior executive producer of America Tonight and has worked with O'Brien since 1997. She said she's excited to have a "world-class journalist" like O'Brien join the show. "She cares deeply about covering the human side of a story based solely on the facts," Bondy explained further.

"O'Brien's career producing and reporting on the human side of many of the most important stories of the past decade will fit in perfectly with what Al Jazeera America will be covering every day," said Ehab Al Shihabi, Al Jazeera international operations executive director.

O'Brien co-anchored CNN's morning program American Morning from 2003 to 2007. The journalist produced and anchored her own show, Starting Point, in 2012. The show was canceled in early 2013 and O'Brien left the network to found Starfish Media Group.

On what the new Al Jazeera deal means for Starfish, O'Brien explained, "With this agreement, Starfish continues its expansion as a cross-platform media company dedicated to compelling storytelling and enterprise journalism."

Additionally, it was announced on June 12 that O'Brien would be joining the staff of Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel on HBO. O'Brien also agreed to a deal with HBO that would grant HBO first-look rights for Starfish projects.

Watch O'Brien's sign off from Starting Point:

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