William Fisher (born 23 October 1928 in New York City) is an American journalist and retired manager of development programmes. He is a regular contributor to the news agency Inter Press Service, for which he mainly covers issues of human rights, foreign policy, international politics and the Middle East. Additionally, Bill Fisher writes for Truthout.org and media in the Middle East as well as in the United States (such as The Washington Post and the New York Daily News)..