Joan Fischer

AWARDS

Milwaukee Press Club, Award for Excellence in Wisconsin Journalism, 2002, 2003, 2004, for stories appearing in the Wisconsin Academy Review (as editor)

Milwaukee Press Club, Award for Excellence in Wisconsin Journalism, 1998, Madison Magazine (as writer)

Utne Reader Independent Press Award nomination, Best Regional Magazine, Wisconsin People & Ideas, 2006 (as editor)

WRITING CREDITS

Magazines and Newspapers
The Associated Press
The Capital Times
Chicago Sun-Times
Hemispheres (United Airlines)
The Independent (London)
Isthmus
Los Angeles Times
Lufthansa’s Germany
Madison Magazine
My Midwest (Midwest Airlines)
The Milwaukee Journal
On Wisconsin
Silver Kris (Singapore Airlines)
The Wall Street Journal
The Washington Post
Wisconsin Academy Review
Wisconsin People & Ideas
Wisconsin Trails
The Quarterly

Books
Feed Me (Ballantine Books, 2009), essay in anthology about women, food, and body image

Lies Doch Mal! (Heinle & Heine, 1993), German reader for middle and high schools, co-author

Blogs
Portal Wisconsin (contributing writer)
Madison Writers Network (administrator)

EDUCATION

University of Wisconsin–Madison, Master of Arts in Journalism
University of California at Berkeley, Bachelor of Arts in English