▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Le ic ester , ▁where ▁he ▁wrote ▁his ▁th esis ▁on ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁war ▁correspond ents . ▁ ▁Career ▁Fish er ▁began ▁his ▁career ▁working ▁for ▁his ▁local ▁newspaper ▁Mother well ▁Times . ▁His ▁first ▁job ▁was ▁at ▁Mor ay ▁F irth ▁Radio ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 3 . ▁And ▁then ▁North ▁Sound ▁Radio ▁before ▁he ▁moved ▁to ▁what ▁was ▁then ▁Gr amp ian ▁TV ▁( now ▁ST V ▁North ) ▁and ▁then ▁Scottish ▁TV ▁before ▁moving ▁to ▁G M TV , ▁where ▁he ▁worked ▁for ▁ 1 3 ▁years . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁he ▁joined ▁Al ▁J aze era . ▁He ▁worked ▁at ▁both ▁G M TV ▁and ▁Al ▁J aze era ▁while ▁they ▁were ▁launch ing ▁new ▁services . ▁He ▁joined ▁G M TV ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 2 . ▁G M TV ▁was ▁launched ▁in ▁January ▁ 1 9 9 3 . ▁While ▁at ▁G M TV , ▁Fish er ▁was ▁a ▁TV ▁rep orter ▁in ▁B elf ast ▁for ▁three ▁years , ▁senior ▁news ▁correspond ent ▁based ▁in ▁London ▁for ▁four ▁and ▁chief ▁correspond ent ▁for ▁six ▁years . ▁Al ▁J aze era ▁English ▁was ▁launched ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 . ▁ ▁Journal ism ▁High light s ▁Alan ▁Fish er ▁reported ▁from ▁Ira q ▁during ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁invasion ▁for ▁G M TV . ▁While ▁at ▁G M TV , ▁he ▁also ▁covered ▁the ▁Irish ▁ce ase fire ▁agre ements ▁in ▁ 1 9 9