Other Interests
He is a columnist with the highly regarded on-line current affairs magazine Scottish Review and is a patron of the Young UK Programme which aims to stretch the minds and broaden the horizons of young people. For his work with the programme, he was awarded 'The Inveramsay Medal'. He is a former trustee and member of the board of the charity The Institute of Contemporary Scotland. An accomplished conference host, he has spoken at many International events on the role of the media and coverage of breaking news. He is also an entertaining after dinner speaker. He has been a guest lecturer at the London School of Economics Summer School and spoken to journalism students around the world. He was a key speaker at the ICTD2012 Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. His contribution was described by one of the organisers as '"a brilliant tour-de-force". He previously chaired a highly rated session at the 2008 Edinburgh International Television Festival . In November 2010, he earned a Master of Arts Degree (MA) in Mass Communications from the University of Leicester in the UK and has contributed a chapter to an academic book on the reporting of the 2011 revolutions in North Africa and the Middle East - known collectively as 'The Arab Spring'. A collection of his writing on the 2012 US Presidential Campaign was published in December 2012. Entitled "Romney's Run" it followed the Republican campaign from the early days in Iowa until Mitt Romney's election night defeat in Boston. A keen cyclist, he has raised thousands of pounds for the British Heart Foundation. He has also appeared in the UK ITV series 'Bad Girls' where he played the role of a television reporter. He lives in Washington DC.
'Romney's Run' - a collection of writing==External links==
- Alan Fisher (broadcast journalist) at the Internet Movie Database
- 10 Questions for Alan Fisher - All Media Scotland
- Alan Fisher's personal website
- www.alanfisher.tv
- Alan Fisher's C-Span interview July 2nd 2012
- The Arab Spring, Social Media and Al Jazeera Alan Fisher's book chapter
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