https://www.ellyfishman.com/writing daily 0.75 2025-05-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601eddeb5d52e746229825bc/55142563-1a3c-4ff3-8e24-795b7a90fc94/Screenshot+2026-03-05+at+4.32.21+PM.png Writing Bethany Collins's Warning for America, T Magazine, 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601eddeb5d52e746229825bc/d4844705-f512-49c5-8dc9-4d9d8e2af14b/Screenshot+2026-02-25+at+4.18.25+PM.png Writing Nick Cave Digs Up America's Bones, WBEZ, 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601eddeb5d52e746229825bc/dc0a9b12-048e-46f6-97c2-d54bb95b3b56/Screenshot+2025-08-24+at+9.29.07+AM.png Writing I Want to Leave With My Dignity, Yessenia Ruano's Self-Deportation Story, Rolling Stone, 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601eddeb5d52e746229825bc/6e42856e-4fa3-46c1-bb1d-922103d39132/Screenshot+2025-03-17+at+3.36.49+PM.png Writing Amanda Carver Blue, The New York Times, 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601eddeb5d52e746229825bc/61978938-a891-4957-b07c-901b37393670/IMG_5374.jpeg Writing Chrishona Hodges's Life Sentence, Chicago magazine, 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601eddeb5d52e746229825bc/2964cf95-50a9-4f65-a779-a3382fa16222/Screenshot+2025-05-27+at+3.18.20+PM.png Writing Candida Alvarez's Career in Full Bloom, New York Times, 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601eddeb5d52e746229825bc/c3299c19-a3e8-4742-861d-f9cb69d4e4ad/Screenshot+2025-11-13+at+10.27.51+AM.png Writing Nora Daley is Shaping Chicago's Cultural Future, WBEZ, 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601eddeb5d52e746229825bc/c640d7e6-f114-4978-a70b-db121de03baf/Screenshot+2025-04-19+at+3.06.27+PM.png Writing Can Kat Abughazaleh Help Democrats Grow a Spine?. 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Chicago Magazine, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601eddeb5d52e746229825bc/16331ae0-04cd-4833-8559-48de96ca7fcc/alex-klein-340ae55d-42db-4852-836d-1e047f36ad9-resize-750.jpeg Writing The Improbable Encore, Chicago Magazine, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601eddeb5d52e746229825bc/02ef1746-06bf-4715-aad4-a0f495147ef3/C201901-Go-Dawoud-Bey-main-2.jpg Writing Dawoud Bey, Chicago Magazine, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601eddeb5d52e746229825bc/8ba8f96c-3610-4e39-9a0b-9b8e74a36ad1/1020-Homes-Profile_Haas_01-683x1024.jpg Writing Art House, Milwaukee Magazine, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601eddeb5d52e746229825bc/2954bc54-12d5-47de-bb28-6e281db72d3b/Unity-Awards-1024x651.jpg Writing The Unity Awards, Milwaukee Magazine, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601eddeb5d52e746229825bc/3b4f7d92-a610-4acb-b86e-60e1d75f8b2b/gang-1200.jpg Writing Dispatches from the Rap Wars, Chicago Magazine, 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601eddeb5d52e746229825bc/0550b230-a7a5-4fe0-8832-f8a743eeab08/marhsall-2.jpg Writing Kerry James Marshall, Chicago Magazine, 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601eddeb5d52e746229825bc/7be46bb8-41c4-4e4a-a395-d40cde0f785c/taylor_02-magnum.jpg Writing Pariahs Amid the Rainbow, Chicago Reader, 2012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601eddeb5d52e746229825bc/a641f106-6b03-46b9-8e26-8d2ef3ad002a/1120-FEAT-Bettys-teaser-1024x512.jpg Writing The Betty Awards, Milwaukee Magazine, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601eddeb5d52e746229825bc/e0646d45-fed8-48b7-a6ec-0a9012358f0f/C201404-Hannibal-Buress-preview.jpg Writing Hannibal Burress, Chicago Magazine, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601eddeb5d52e746229825bc/c83e96cd-099c-47a7-8569-f1d54005aee5/1411_LOPEZ-1.jpg Writing Jose Lopez's Last Stand, Chicago Magazine, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601eddeb5d52e746229825bc/c9c4beee-5039-401a-8515-b1ecd79411a9/C201302-South-Side-Neighborhood-Revival-houses.jpg Writing Deep Pocket Town, Chicago Magazine, 2012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601eddeb5d52e746229825bc/60649530-2420-403e-9746-0c97e86f00c2/C201812-CS-Elaine-Fishman-Memoirs-market-street.jpg Writing My Grandmother's Chicago, Chicago Magazine, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601eddeb5d52e746229825bc/a28b9d94-c134-4b38-ae34-7a4321f9bb34/62195-03-WestCalumet-9469A.jpg Writing The Fight for East Chicago, Chicago Magazine, 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601eddeb5d52e746229825bc/cbed69c1-3ec3-42ce-8d30-1038c939a207/C201306-Theaster-Gates-main.jpg Writing The Unconventional Art Star, Chicago Magazine, 2013 https://www.ellyfishman.com/about daily 1.0 2026-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601eddeb5d52e746229825bc/f5f67d93-c509-4005-9e36-30edc5a479bd/Screenshot+2026-03-05+at+4.32.21+PM.png About Bethany Collins's Warning for America, T Magazine, 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601eddeb5d52e746229825bc/02a30a1b-33e0-4c14-b406-87a12f3e0b31/Screenshot+2026-02-25+at+4.18.25+PM.png About Nick Cave Digs Up America's Bones, WBEZ, 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601eddeb5d52e746229825bc/24e275f0-046e-44f6-ac8e-7b460bb13072/Screenshot+2025-03-17+at+3.36.49+PM.png About Amanda Williams's Carver Blue, New York Times, 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601eddeb5d52e746229825bc/a6803712-b2d5-44c5-a4d3-1d312959d13b/IMG_5374.jpeg About Chrishona Hodges's Life Sentence, Chicago magazine, 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601eddeb5d52e746229825bc/d593b975-f111-4fb9-8e03-6ae193d5032a/Screenshot+2025-09-10+at+2.10.27+PM.png About Yessenia Ruano's Self-Deportation Story, Rollling Stone, 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601eddeb5d52e746229825bc/90a5bea7-decc-4c8c-a2a5-0ca9fb3ae1ee/Elly+2026_Color-59.jpeg About Elly Fishman is an award-winning journalist whose narrative reporting on news and culture has appeared in The New York Times, T magazine, Rolling Stone, GQ, Fast Company, The Week, Chicago, WBEZ Chicago and NPR, among other places. For her book Refugee High: Coming of Age in America, Fishman was awarded the Studs and Ida Terkel Award. The Washington Post praised the book as an "absorbing account" of life inside an American high school. Refugee High was named a best book of the year by National Public Radio and the Chicago Public Library. Fishman is a Chicago native and graduate of the University of Chicago. https://www.ellyfishman.com/refugee-high daily 0.75 2026-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601eddeb5d52e746229825bc/1613095918453-R0MT6AL3I81UTT2UPSET/RH-transparent.png Refugee High “A feat of immersive reporting.” —National Book Review https://www.ellyfishman.com/contact daily 0.75 2026-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601eddeb5d52e746229825bc/f3d2fad1-af81-4697-aacf-43107e120101/IMG_8856.png Contact - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ellyfishman.com/press daily 0.75 2021-11-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601eddeb5d52e746229825bc/1630085085033-6LOV4QH5ARWXPFPP4BZ1/0406Sullivan-1453.jpg Press - Fishman suggests that we ignore our growing xenophobia at our peril, for these students are creative, resilient, adaptive and caring. … “Refugee High” showcases a school that not only serves as a welcoming landing pad for immigrants and refugees, but also as a launching pad for talented, productive, future generations of Americans. Students can be heroes, too. — Washington Post (full review) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601eddeb5d52e746229825bc/1630085115375-YME99U5QJFOP176RNRM1/0406Sullivan-1336.jpg Press - Fishman has crafted a compelling and thought-provoking narrative in the mold of the great works of longform, literary journalism. … The strong novel-like pacing keeps the story engaging throughout, and the weight of the issues it addresses leaves readers thinking about the book long after it’s done. — Milwaukee Magazine (full review) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601eddeb5d52e746229825bc/1630085141188-R789T5GJMY5FEXE21CI8/0406Sullivan-2443.jpg Press - “Journalist Fishman debuts with an intimate and moving chronicle ... The result is a powerful portrait of resilience in the face of long odds.” — Publishers Weekly (full review) https://www.ellyfishman.com/home daily 0.75 2023-01-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601eddeb5d52e746229825bc/1613004762752-G7MMLP4E5JY0VMKAYZAW/RH-transparent.png Refugee High