Mikhail Fishman
{{Short description|Russian journalist}}
{{Family name hatnote|Vladimirovich|Fishman|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
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| name = Mikhail Fishman
| native_name = Михаил Фишман
| native_name_lang = ru
| image = Mikhail Fishman 2015 (crop of Dmitry Medvedev with journalists 2015).png
| caption = Fishman in 2015
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|12|03|df=y}}
| nationality = Russian
| occupation = Journalist
| years_active = 1995-present
| known_for = TV Rain
| alma_mater = Moscow State University
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Mikhail Vladimirovich Fishman ({{langx|ru| Михаил Владимирович Фишман}}; born 1972) is a Russian journalist and television presenter. He has anchored the TV Rain program «И так далее» ("And so on") since 2010. Fishman also wrote columns for Forbes, Die Welt and the Russian business daily Vedomosti. He has previously contributed to many publications and edited several including the weeklies The Moscow Times and the Russian Newsweek.
Early life
Fishman was born on 3 December 1972 in Moscow. He is a grandson of biophysicist Mikhail Volkenstein and nephew of film director Vladimir Alenikov.{{Cite web |title=Михаил Фишман |url=https://www.etvnet.com/encyclopedia/d/person/fishman/ |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=etvnet.com |language=ru}}{{Cite web|url=http://adindustry.ru/doc/537 |title=Дружественный бутик. Марии Волькенштейн удалось построить семейную компанию с западным подходом (Russian language) |website= adindustry.ru|date=2006-12-28|accessdate=2018-01-02}} He is Jewish.{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/russian-jewish-filmmakers-immortalize-murdered-putin-critic-as-boris-nemtsov-jew/|title=Russian-Jewish filmmakers immortalize murdered Putin critic as 'Boris Nemtsov, Jew'|website=The Times of Israel}} He graduated in 1995 from the philology department of Lomonosov Moscow State University.
Career
Fishman has worked for several media outlets in Russia, often concurrently supplying material for more than one publication. After graduating, he worked first for radio station Echo of Moscow and newspaper Kommersant, and later for such outlets as Russkiy telegraf «Русский телеграф» and the magazines Results «Итоги» and Internet «Интернет». Between 1998 and 2003 he was a journalist, reviewer and editor for the internet publications «Полит.ру» (polit.ru) and «Еженедельный журнал» (ejforever.com).{{Cite web |title=Фишман, Михаил - Бывший главный редактор журнала "Русский Newsweek" |url=https://lenta.ru/lib/14204335 |accessdate=2018-01-02 |website=lenta.ru}} From 2000 to 2008 he wrote articles for the internet publication «Газета.Ru» (gazeta.ru).
In 2004 he joined the newly created Russian edition of Newsweek as a political commentator, and became deputy editor under chief editor Aleksandr Gordeev. After a break from Jan-Nov 2006 as a special correspondent for Kommersant, Fishman returned to Newsweek as political editor. In Sept 2008 he succeeded Kyrill Aleksandrovich as Russian Newsweek's editor-in-chief. Fishman remained as editor of Russian Newsweek until October 2010, when its owner, Axel Springer Russia, the Russian subsidiary of the German media concern Axel Springer AG terminated publication "for economic reasons".{{Cite web|url=https://lenta.ru/lib/14204335|title=Фишман, Михаил - Бывший главный редактор журнала "Русский Newsweek" (Russian language)|website=lenta.ru|accessdate=2018-01-02}}
In November 2008, Fishman was awarded the Paul Klebnikov Prize for Excellence in Journalism.{{Cite web|url= http://axelspringer.net/en/presse/Paul-Klebnikov-Fund-Awards-2008-Prize-for-Excellence-in-Journalism-to-Mikhail-Fishman_431285.html|title= Paul Klebnikov Fund Awards 2008: Prize for Excellence in Journalism to Mikhail Fishman|website= axelspringer.net |date=2008-11-06|accessdate=2018-01-02}} Fishman had been with Klebnikov as the latter was dying after he was attacked on a Moscow street in 2004.
In March 2010 Fishman was reportedly smeared in a sting involving hookers and cocaine.{{Cite web|url= https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/24/newsweek-russia-editor-ca_n_511714.html|title= Newsweek Russia Editor Caught On Tape With Coke & Hookers (VIDEO) |website= huffingtonpost.com|date=2010-03-24|accessdate=2018-01-02}} Fishman was quoted by The Sunday Times as saying the "KGB style tactic" was a signal to independent journalists to keep a low profile.{{Cite web|url=http://www.zimbio.com/Mikhail+Fishman/articles/xMzpiaX5VIt/Mikhail+Fishman+Cocaine+Hookers+Video|title= Mikhail Fishman, Cocaine, and Hookers Video|website= zimbio.com|date=2010-03-24|accessdate=2018-01-02}}
In 2013 he became editor-in-chief of an online paper startup project for Moscow's metropolitan area, Cityboom, and remained until it was closed in July 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://roem.ru/18-07-2014/110034/ubiyca-bolshogo-goroda-cityboom-zakryvaetsya-ne-nachav-tolkom-rabotat|title="Убийца" "Большого города" Cityboom закрывается, не начав толком работать (Russian language)|website=Roem.ru|date=2014-07-18|accessdate=2018-01-02}}
In the autumn of 2015 Fishman became editor-in-chief of the English-language paper The Moscow Times.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/563b23d59a7947c2428cda08|title=New Editor of The Moscow Times is Mikhail Fishman (Russian language)|website=РБК|date=2015-11-05|accessdate=2018-01-02}} The last printed edition was published on 6 July 2017, and Fishman left the organisation.{{Cite web|url= https://www.vedomosti.ru/technology/news/2017/07/05/710974-the-moscow-times|title=The Moscow Times closed its paper edition and changed its editor-in-chief (Russian language)|website= vedomosti.ru|date=2017-07-05|accessdate=2018-01-02}}
Since 2015 he has presented an annual program Conversation with Dimitry Medvedev{{cite web|url=http://government.ru/news/20945/|title="Разговор с Дмитрием Медведевым". Интервью пяти телеканалам (Russian language)|date=2015-12-09|publisher=Official site of the Government of the Russian Federation|accessdate=2018-01-02}}{{cite web|url=http://government.ru/news/25691/|title="Разговор с Дмитрием Медведевым". Интервью пяти телеканалам (Russian language)|date=2016-12-15| publisher=Official site of the Government of the Russian Federation|accessdate=2018-01-02}} on TV Rain. His weekly current affairs discussion show And so on with Mikhail Fishman appears on the same channel each Friday evening. That show discusses major events of the past seven days, puts them into context and examines their implications.
In a 2017 opinion contribution to CNN, Fishman lamented the pressures that he blamed for "the decline of editorial freedom and professional integrity in journalism in Russia".{{cite web|url= http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/27/opinions/russia-independent-press-opinion-fishman/index.html|title=Russia is killing what little independent press it has|date=2017-11-27|publisher=CNN|accessdate=2018-01-02}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.facebook.com/mikhail.fishman Mikhail Fishman on Facebook]
- [http://lenta.ru/lib/14204335 Biography at Lenta.ru (Russian language)]
- [http://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/zeitgeschehen/2013-11/interview-wie-der-kreml-medien-kontrolliert Interview with Fishman] in Die Zeit, 28 November 2013
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