Al Jazeera
He moved to Al Jazeera English before its launch, based at its London News Centre and has reported from across the globe including Afghanistan, Israel, Lebanon, Pakistan and many countries across Europe. His coverage from the war in Georgia was nominated for a number of awards. His reports were also part of the International News Emmy nominations Al Jazeera English received for its coverage in Georgia and during the Israeli offensive in Gaza. He was a significant part of the team which covered the Egyptian Revolution for which the channel won a prestigious Peabody Award. A frequent blogger and Twitter user @AlanFisher, he is also a regular contributor to the station's website. On August 1st 2011, he announced via his website and later on Twitter that he had been appointed Senior Correspondent for Al Jazeera to be based in the Washington DC News Centre. In July 2012, he appeared on C-Span's 'Washington Journal' where he answered questions from the host and phone-in callers about the role of Al Jazeera globally and in the US. In August 2012, he anchored the station's coverage of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida. And in October 2012, co-anchored the station's coverage of the US Presidential and vice-Presidential debates.
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