Mike Fish joined CNNSI.com as a senior writer after a distinguished career in newspaper journalism. He is recognized as one of the leading sports investigative reporters, having been honored by the Associated Press Sports Editors with multiple awards for enterprise and investigative reporting. And since 1998, he has won 12 regional and national writing awards, along with nomination for a Pulitzer Prize in both public service and investigative reporting categories. Prior to joining CNNSI, Fish was an investigative sports reporter and Olympic writer for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Previously, Fish worked for the St. Petersburg Times, Kansas City Star, Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel and Albany Times-Union.
His experience in computer-assisted reporting and use of public records has resulted in NCAA sanctions being brought against college athletic programs, the arrest and sanctioning of investment brokers/sports agents, and passage of the Georgia "Equity in Sports Act.’’ Fish has reported extensively on the business/safety issues of NASCAR for CNNSI.com and was part of the CNN investigation team that won the National Headliner Award for outstanding continuing coverage of the attacks on America.
Fish is a frequent contributor to UpLink, a bimonthly newsletter by the National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting, as well as appearing on media panels discussing ethics in sports.
Born and raised in Albany, N.Y., Fish graduated from Ithaca College. He resides in Atlanta with his wife and two children.
