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David Johnson

Homepage: http://www.davidandrewjohnson.com

David Johnson is Chief Technology Officer of Scripps Media Center in Washington DC, home to Scripps Howard News Service, where he manages and directs technology and new media including the online community of news and current events ScrippsNews.com.

As Executive Producer and Online Editor of TCPalm.com, Johnson brought one of the first live-streaming television station Web sites online (www.wptv.com) and was part of the original launch team that won the NAA Digital Edge Award for Best News Site in the first year of operation, 1998. Johnson directed major cross-property coverage of major news events including hurricanes and natural disasters, the Clinton investigation, space launches, and sporting events including Superbowls and spring training. In 1999, he launched one of the first ever interactive vodcasts with “Fighting Monday,” a ground-breaking live video and integrated chat program.

As a long-time blogger on LostRemote.com, Johnson is a charter member of the Media Bloggers Association. He sits on the New Media Committee and Broadcasting Task Force at the National Press Club. He teaches digital journalism as an adjunct professor at American University’s School of Communications. He is also the founder and principal of Sextant Media, a full service communications firm and publisher of multiple niche and community sites.

Johnson has a Master’s degree in Anthropology and Nautical Archaeology. His personal Web site is davidandrewjohnson.com, and he can be reached at daj (at) davidandrewjohnson.com.

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