Charles Ian Fisher (born October 4, 1965) is an American journalist who writes for ''Bloomberg''. He was previously Jerusalem bureau chief at ''

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''. He has served a number of roles, from deputy executive editor in charge to digital operations in the newsroom, to investigative editor to weekend editor. From 2008 to 2011, he was deputy foreign editor. He served two years as day editor for ''The Times'' home page, and 2013 was named assistant managing editor in charge of newsroom digital operations. Fisher graduated from

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in 1987 and began his newspaper career at '' The Sun'' in

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. 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

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). He was bureau chief for Eastern Europe and the Balkans from 2001 to 2004. From 2004 to 2008, he was the paper's bureau chief in

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. He covered various conflicts, including Iraq and the second intifada in Israel. He began in Jerusalem full-time in January 2017 and left the paper later that year.

Personal life

Fisher is married to Selma Kalousek, a photography editor.Kalousek, Selma. "How I Almost Lost My Marriage in a War Zone." Salon.com 13 April 2011
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Bibliography

As contributor

* Hicks, Tyler. ''Histories Are Mirrors: The Path of Conflict through Iraq and Afghanistan.'' New York: Umbrage Editions, 2004.

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