Kristin Fisher

Fisher was raised in Houston, Texas,[1] the daughter of Dr. Anna Lee Fisher and Dr. William Frederick Fisher.[3] Both her parents were astronauts and emergency medical physicians.[3] She graduated with a BA in broadcast journalism[2] from Boston University’s College of Communication.[1] After school, she worked for ABC-affiliate KJCT-LP in Grand Junction, Colorado and then ABC-affiliate KATV in Little Rock, Arkansas.[1] In 2009, she moved to Washington, D.C. where she worked as a freelance correspondent for ABC News/NewsOne and then for four years at CBS-affiliate WUSA-TV.[1] In 2015, she joined the Fox News Network as a general assignment reporter[1] in its DC bureau replacing Molly Henneberg.[4]

In 2010, Fisher won an Emmy Award for her bi-weekly segments on heroes in the greater Washington community.[1] Fisher also founded a documentary film company, Field Mouse Films, which makes films for both news outlets and corporate clients.[1] On April 6, 2020, Ms. Fisher was criticized by President Trump for bias in her questioning regarding Covid-testing.

In 2011, she married Walker Harrison Forehand at the Church of the Holy City in Washington, D.C.[3] She met her husband in Athens, Greece in 2003 while studying abroad.[3][2] Their daughter Clara Fisher Forehand was born on December 19, 2017.[5].