▁popular ▁culture ▁Alan ▁Fish er ▁made ▁a ▁guest ▁appearance ▁as ▁a ▁journalist ▁on ▁the ▁I TV ▁program ▁Bad ▁Girls ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 . ▁ ▁He ▁wrote ▁a ▁chapter ▁for ▁the ▁academic ▁and ▁journal ism ▁book ▁Mira ge ▁in ▁the ▁Des ert : ▁Report ing ▁the ▁Arab ▁Spring ▁covering ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁social ▁media ▁and ▁its ▁application ▁for ▁Al ▁J aze era ' s ▁award - win ning ▁coverage ▁of ▁the ▁Arab ▁Spring . ▁This ▁article ▁was ▁later ▁c ited ▁by ▁prominent ▁academic ▁Stuart ▁All an ▁in ▁his ▁book ▁" C it izen ▁Wit ness ing : ▁Key ▁Con cept s ▁in ▁Journal ism ". ▁ ▁He ▁has ▁also ▁written ▁and ▁spoken ▁about ▁the ▁growing ▁use ▁of ▁social ▁media ▁by ▁journal ists . ▁ ▁Fish er ▁was ▁mentioned ▁in ▁the ▁book ▁" An ▁English ▁F an ▁Ab road " ▁for ▁his ▁performance ▁in ▁a ▁football ▁match ▁between ▁English ▁and ▁German ▁supp or ters ▁at ▁Euro ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁after ▁he ▁scored ▁two ▁goals ▁for ▁the ▁England ▁side . ▁ ▁A ▁popular ▁speaker ▁and ▁chair ▁of ▁con ferences , ▁he ▁has ▁spoken ▁extens ively ▁on ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁journal ists ▁and ▁breaking ▁news ▁coverage ▁in ▁a ▁crisis . ▁ ▁He ▁has ▁been ▁involved ▁in ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁events ▁to ▁mark ▁Press ▁Fre edom ▁Day . ▁And ▁his ▁contribution ▁to ▁the ▁I CT D ▁Conference ▁in ▁Atlanta ▁was ▁described ▁by ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁organis ers ▁as ▁a ▁" br illiant ▁tour ▁de ▁force " ▁He ▁has ▁also ▁cha ired ▁events ▁at