Fixer (journalism)

This article is about the journalism term. For other uses, see Fixer.

In journalism, a fixer is someone, often a local journalist, hired by a foreign correspondent to help arrange a story. They will most often act as a translator and guide, and will gain access to local interviews that the correspondent would not otherwise have access to. Fixers are rarely credited, and often put themselves in danger, especially in regimes where they might face consequences from an oppressive government for exposing iniquities the state may want to censor.