Wishner, James Age 61, of Woodbury, MN. Passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family, after a long battle with lung cancer. Born March 23, 1948, to Benjamin and Marjorie Wishner in Milwaukee. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin - Madison, and later became a political journalist who wrote for, among others, the MN legislature, MPR, Associated Press, Air America, and the Minnesota News Connection. Preceded in death by his father and mother, he is survived by sisters Maxine and Elizabeth, his beloved children Elizabeth, Katherine and Benjamin, and his former partner Stella Shaffer. His newscasts, which offered knowledge, hope and how to fight for what's right, will be enormously missed.