Dana R. Fisher’s work has been profiled in the Washington Post, New York Magazine, and WiredShe has appeared on ABC Nightline, Morning Joe, PBS Newshour, CNN, and on various programs on NPR, the CBC, and the BBC.

She has published words in The American Prospect, The Washington PostTIME Magazine, The Nation, Business Insider, and at the Brookings Institution. Her work is regularly featured in  media outlets.

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Recent selected media coverage in Backwards chronological order (see below the recent coverage for a more complete list):

PIECES WRITTEN BY Dana R. Fisher:
Business Insider:
I’m a professor who studies protests and activism. Here’s why the George Floyd protests are different.
The George Floyd protests may become a defining moment in the future of American politics.
The US Postal Service protests were the perfect example of a new type of political activism. But the organizing tactic is about to face its biggest test yet.
America is Shattering in Two
The pro-Trump riots at the Capitol may be a startling preview of a new political reality
Americans can’t keep ignoring the dozens of states sneaking through laws that attack the right to protest and make it more dangerous to take to the streets
The Nation:
It’s Time for Democrats to “Stop Clapping for Tinkerbell.”
Politico:
Youth Climate Activists Once Opposed Joe Biden. Now, They Say They�ll Vote for Him.
Slate:
What History Tells Us About Protest in an Era of Vigilante Violence
TIME:
How the Universal Language of Music Can Help Us Solve Our Planetary Problem
Protests in the Trump Era Have Been Mostly Peaceful. Here’s How the 2020 Election Could Change That
Washington Post:
The original Women’s Marchers are still a political force.
The young Climate Strikers marching this week are all fired up and ready to vote.
The Youth Climate Summit starts July 12. It’s full of young activists trained in the anti-Trump movement.
This year’s Women’s Marchers weren’t focused on the leadership controversy. They were all about local and national political organizing.
Here’s why the protests against Kavanaugh (and the Trump administration) won’t go away.
Who came out in the brutal heat to the ‘Families Belong Together’ march? Here’s our data.
Here’s who actually attended March for Our Lives. (No, it wasn’t mostly young people
The American Prospect:
Door-Knocking in a Life-or-Death Campaign (with Lara Putnam)
Will Scientists Gear Up for Activism in the Age of Trump? (with Scott Frickel)
Huffington Post 11/9/16:
Waking Up in Trump’s America Watching the Ocean Rise
The Society Pages, 2/6/17:
This is What Democracy Looks Like
The Conversation, 5/31/17:
The Demographics of the Resistance
VIDEO INTERVIEWS/APPEARANCES (in backwards chronological order):
Planet A DW News, 1/6/23
Radical climate protests – do they help or harm the movement?
ABC News, 11/10/22
Is eco-vandalism an effective way to raise awareness about climate change? Experts weigh in.
ABC, Nightline 11/9/22
The 24-year-old trying to bring conservatives into the environmental movement
CBC, The National 10/13/22
The debate over vandalizing art to fight for climate action
IMPACT X NIGHTLINE, Hulu, 10/13/23
S1E2 Climate Conservatives
The Hill, 4/12/21
The Sustainability Imperative: Climate Diagnosis
CBS Baltimore WJZ, 6/10/20
Diversity In Crowd At George Floyd Protests Shows Growing Support For Change, UMD Professors Say
The Day, DW News, 12/11/19
Greta Thunberg: The Power of the Next Generation
Morning Joe, 11/1/19
American Resistance: Tracing the Rise of Resistance Groups Since Trump
PBS Newshour, 9/20/19
Youth Marches for Climate Action draw Millions Around the World
CNN New Day, 1/19/19
Women Lead the Way in Nationwide March
Morning Joe, 3/26/18
Breaking down the numbers of March for Our Lives
Morning Joe, 1/22/18
Data Tracking Resistance Shows Movement’s Growth
Thom Hartmann Program, 1/23/18
Why Resistance is More Important than Ever w/ Dana Fisher
ThinkProgress, 12/22/17
Looking Back on a Year of Resisting Trump
POTUS 2017 with Brian Lehrer, 8/31/17
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WagD1uInFN4#t=18m34.5s
Fox 5NYC, 3/7/17
http://www.fox5ny.com/news/240149568-story
http://www.fox5ny.com/news/240142658-story
RADIO and PODCAST INTERVIEWS/APPEARANCES:
NPR Science Friday: Why Climate Activists Are Turning To Drastic Measures: 
https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/climate-activism-disruptive-tactics/
From throwing soup to blocking traffic, what makes an effective climate protest? What On Earth Podcast on CBC News 10/27/22:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/what-on-earth-climate-protest-soup-throwing-1.6631761
Can Climate Protests Make a Difference? The Climate Question on BBC World Service 10/10/22:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct3kjk
The Era of Climate Denial is Over: A new report from the IPCC clarifies the immense stakes in the climate crisis, Deconstructued Podcast at The Intercept 1/6/21:
https://theintercept.com/2021/08/13/deconstructed-climate-crisis-ipcc/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=theintercept
Outsourcing Activism the Ralph Nader Radio Hour 1/6/21:
https://www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/outsourcing-activism-truck-safety/
With Biden In Place, The ‘Resistance’ Tries To Pivot From Defense To Offense NPR 1/6/21:
https://www.npr.org/2021/01/22/959177050/with-biden-in-place-the-resistance-tries-to-pivot-from-defense-to-offense
Science Friday
Earth Day and the Evolution of the Environmental Movement 4/20/2021: https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/archives-earth-day-environmental-justice/
Climate Strike and California Auto Emissions 9/20/19: https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/climate-strike-california-auto-emissions/
A look at the pro-Trump protests in DC, Kojo Nnamdi Show 1/6/21:
https://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2021-01-06/a-live-look-at-the-pro-trump-and-far-right-protests-in-d-c
BBC Newshour interview on why the George Floyd Protests are different 6/11/20:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172x2yqh4bkdcz (beginning at 30 minutes)
Will Radical Resistance Movements Shaking up the Globe Reach the U.S.? The Takeaway 9/20/19:
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/radical-resistance-movements-are-shaking-globe-will-wave-reach-us
Great Battlefield Podcast 9/20/19:
https://www.resistancedashboard.com/node/675
The Connective Tissue of Democracy, Democracy Works Podcast 9/20/19:
https://www.democracyworkspodcast.com/dana-fisher/
Why the Women�s March is still relevant, Greater LA, KCRW 9/20/19:
https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/greater-la/commuting-in-la-2013-by-plane/why-the-womens-march-is-still-relevant
BBC World Service The Real Story: Do Protests Still Work 7/13/18:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswkdc
The Takeaway 1/22/18:
https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/civic-engagement-and-womens-march/
NPR To the Point, 1/23/18:
https://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/to-the-point/the-future-of-activism-in-the-trump-era
NPR Morning Edition, 3/3/17:
http://www.npr.org/2017/03/03/518261347/on-both-left-and-right-trump-is-driving-new-political-engagement
NPR Marketplace, 8/11/17:
http://keranews.org/post/08112017-taking-moral-stand-good-business
BBC’s Good Morning Wales, 10/6/17:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b096s2qb#play
PROFILES OF FISHER’S WORK:
New York Review of Books:
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2019/12/19/no-more-nice-democrats/
http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2017/11/09/year-one-resistance-research/
PBS
One of America�s Most Prescient Political Thinkers on the Changing Politics of Climate Change: Dana Fisher has studied Trump, the insurrection and Resistance. She says the opportunity to tackle climate change has finally arrived.
Science Magazine:
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/10/trump-catalyzed-march-science-where-it-now
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/04/rain-doesn-t-stop-researchers-doing-science-march
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/04/examine-thyself-researchers-set-study-march-science
The New Republic:
https://newrepublic.com/amp/article/155999/resisting-alone
Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2023/03/07/stop-willow-tiktok-biden-alaska//
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/08/10/victory-whose-expense-climate-activists-grapple-with-political-compromise/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/public-officials-threatened-covid-election/2020/12/13/680bd380-3be7-11eb-bc68-96af0daae728_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/10/30/young-voters-climate-change/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-protests-over-the-death-of-george-floyd-have-grown-bigger-and-more-diverse-thats-not-an-accident-experts-say/2020/06/04/92806226-a677-11ea-b473-04905b1af82b_story.html
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2019/09/24/teen-girls-are-leading-climate-strikes-helping-change-face-environmentalism/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/05/03/a-scientist-who-studies-protest-says-the-resistance-isnt-slowing-down/?utm_term=.e8f0eeae15b8
Inside Climate News
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/11112022/cop27-protests-sharm-el-sheikh-egypt/
SELECTED PRINT/ONLINE MEDIA MENTIONS:
ABC
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/democratic-partys-progressive-wing-leverages-political-power-push/story?id=69598594
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/2020-candidates-face-challenges-championing-99/story?id=64250058
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/gov-jay-inslee-unveils-sweeping-initiative-combat-climate/story?id=62768393
Associated Press:
https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2016-11-09/trump-win-raises-questions-about-us-pledge-in-climate-deal
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/01/26/us/politics/ap-us-womens-march-survey.html
The Atlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2021/11/cop26-climate-activism/620641/
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/12/why-activists-waited-so-long-rally-impeachment/603787/
BBC
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43119205?ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=facebook
Business Insider
https://www.businessinsider.com/activism-experts-say-millions-would-be-needed-to-stop-trump-2020-2
Chicago Tribune
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-womens-march-chicago-global-march-womens-wave-20181225-story.html
Christian Science Monitor
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2020/0224/Behind-Bernie-Sanders-a-passionate-grassroots-army-with-a-sting
http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2017/0203/March-for-Science-Can-scientists-really-change-the-conversation?cmpid=pushEP
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2017/0204/How-Elon-Musk-is-working-to-roll-back-Trump-s-temporary-travel-ban
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2017/0301/Tea-party-s-bid-to-make-the-establishment-great-again
Chronicle of Philanthropy
https://chroni.cl/2QUYWxR
CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/17/us/womens-march-2019/
http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/09/technology/online-tools-trump-resistance/
http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/17/technology/womens-march-facebook-activism/
Elle:
http://www.elle.com/culture/a15855944/womens-march-2018-media-attention-coverage/
FiveThirtyEight:
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-being-anti-science-is-now-part-of-many-rural-americans-identity/
The Guardian:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/13/throwing-soup-at-the-problem-are-radical-climate-protests-helping-or-hurting-the-cause
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/18/just-stop-oil-van-gogh-national-portrait-gallery-climate-emergency-fund?CMP=share_btn_tw
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jul/27/tire-deflators-suv-new-york-climate-crisis
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/10/george-floyd-protests-what-happens-next
Les Inrockuptibles:
https://www.lesinrocks.com/2020/01/14/actualite/monde/pourquoi-un-second-mandat-de-trump-serait-une-catastrophe/
Mashable:
https://mashable.com/article/advocacy-organizations-coronavirus/
New York Magazine:
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/04/extinction-rebellion-is-back-after-a-pandemic-lull.html
https://www.thecut.com/2018/10/women-and-power-womens-march.html
http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/11/how-should-trump-protesters-organize-themselves.html
http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2017/02/3-things-sociologists-learned-by-studying-the-womens-march.html 2/7/17
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/08/the-careful-pragmatic-case-against-punching-nazis.html
New York Times:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/22/climate/youth-climate-protests.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/02/us/politics/abortion-rights-march.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/24/upshot/where-is-the-anti-biden-tea-party.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/01/opinion/trump-floyd-protests-2020.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/us/george-floyd-white-protesters.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/19/climate/coronavirus-online-climate-protests.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/06/us/trump-resistance-democrats.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/21/opinion/trump-protests.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/20/climate/global-climate-strike.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/14/opinion/sunday/yellow-vest-protests-climate.html
Newsweek:
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-election-results-protests-1519645
http://www.newsweek.com/trump-protesters-washington-poll-approval-rating-633570
The Nation:
https://www.thenation.com/article/impeachment-protest-streets-trump/
The New Republic:
https://newrepublic.com/article/156476/youth-climate-movement-comes-new-hampshire?utm_content=buffer6433d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Politico:
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/25/white-people-racial-justice-activism-george-floyd-490545
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/19/climate-activists-social-distancing-coronavirus-137216
POPsugar:
http://www.popsugar.com/news/Do-Protests-Work-43145782
Reuters:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-protests/coronavirus-drives-u-s-political-protest-off-the-streets-and-into-online-forums-idUSKCN21W15D
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-protest-idUSKBN16316T
Rolling Stone:
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/climate-change-earth-day-solutions-solar-coal-1323853/
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/obama-glasgow-climate-change-cop26-1254911/
Salon:
https://www.salon.com/2021/01/24/what-happens-to-the-resistance-after-the-worlds-loudest-science-denier-leaves-the-white-house_partner/
Time Magazine:
https://time.com/5677474/americans-disapprove-trump-climate-change-views/
http://time.com/4835791/senate-health-bill-activists-parents-sick-kids/
USA Today:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/01/16/womens-march-2020-looks-re-energize-amid-dwindling-enthusiasm/4469139002/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2019/05/06/generation-z-poised-change-us-politics-climate-change-activism/1090104001/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2019/01/18/womens-march-2019-third-annual-march-faces-stiff-headwinds/2605361002/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2019/01/15/womens-march-dnc-out-sponsor-amid-controversy-over-anti-semitism/2586665002/
Wall Street Journal:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/one-year-after-womens-march-organizers-hope-to-get-out-pink-hats-again-1516302897
Washington Post:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/10/14/tomato-soup-sunflowers-climate-protest/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/05/20/climate-change-scientists-protests/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/05/13/protest-abortion-rights-dc-roe/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/yes-even-in-small-single-stoplight-towns-theyre-saying-his-name/2020/07/13/1abae5a6-c4a2-11ea-b037-f9711f89ee46_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-protests-over-the-death-of-george-floyd-have-grown-bigger-and-more-diverse-thats-not-an-accident-experts-say/2020/06/04/92806226-a677-11ea-b473-04905b1af82b_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/as-unrest-grows-officials-try-to-separate-protesters-from-vandals-experts-say-its-not-that-simple/2020/06/01/3e9908f8-a441-11ea-b619-3f9133bbb482_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/energy-environment/the-foot-soldiers-of-the-new-environmental-movement/2020/04/20/6bc98c72-41e4-11ea-aa6a-083d01b3ed18_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/the-womens-march-sparked-a-resistance-three-years-later-its-a-movement-struggling-to-find-relevance/2020/01/11/344ccf22-3323-11ea-a053-dc6d944ba776_story.html
https://beta.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2019/09/16/womens-march-cutting-ties-with-three-original-board-members-accused-anti-semitism/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/the-womens-march-drew-more-moderates-in-its-third-year-why-its-all-trump-researchers-say/2019/01/25/d1f4c356-202d-11e9-8e21-59a09ff1e2a1_story.html?utm_term=.e916dcb8c5cb
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/the-womens-march-in-year-3-can-the-movement-overcome-a-year-of-controversy-and-division/2019/01/17/0eb23740-18c9-11e9-8813-cb9dec761e73_story.html?utm_term=.d816647525e3
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/the-womens-march-rolls-out-a-political-platform-before-its-third-washington-rally/2018/12/14/646d0f7c-ff13-11e8-862a-b6a6f3ce8199_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.3f9cf749c74f
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/the-womens-march-needs-passion-and-purpose-not-pink-pussycat-hats/2017/01/11/6d7e75be-d842-11e6-9a36-1d296534b31e_story.html?utm_term=.bb7bf5953f62
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/small-town-activists-fueled-by-the-womens-march-take-aim-at-midterm-elections/2018/01/19/c01c8baa-fa45-11e7-a46b-a3614530bd87_story.html?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.94e1773e1376
Washingtonian Magazine:
https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/06/01/the-genius-of-protesting-in-car-caravans/
https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/01/14/where-the-hell-are-the-impeachment-protests/
Vox:
https://www.vox.com/22846697/climate-change-activism-joe-manchin-protest-build-back-better-biden
http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/1/31/14430584/protest-trump-strategies-experts
http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/2/2/14438382/protest-trump-resist-womens-march
http://www.vox.com/identities/2017/2/23/14714236/kellyanne-conway-cpac-women-in-power-feminism
http://www.vox.com/identities/2017/3/3/14721468/international-womens-day-strike-a-day-without-a-woman-march-8 
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