Charles Ian Fisher is an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 journalist who is an associate managing editor at The New York Times

The New York Times

The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...

. From 2004 to 2008, he was the paper's bureau chief in Rome.

Fisher graduated from Boston University

Boston University

Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...

 in 1987 and began his newspaper career at The Sun in Lowell, Massachusetts

Lowell, Massachusetts

Lowell is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. According to the 2010 census, the city's population was 106,519. It is the fourth largest city in the state. Lowell and Cambridge are the county seats of Middlesex County...

. In 1990, he joined The New York Times as a clerk and was promoted to reporter in 1992.

From 1998 to 2001, Fisher was the New York Times East Africa bureau chief (based in Nairobi, Kenya). He became the bureau chief for Eastern Europe and the Balkans in 2001.

In 2006, he also reported from Jerusalem.

As Contributor

• Hicks, Tyler. Histories Are Mirrors: The Path of Conflict through Iraq and Afghanistan. New York: Umbrage Editions, 2004. ISBN 1884167446 ISBN 978-1884167447

External links

• Times Topics: Ian Fisher: list of his New York Times articles