The Washington Post hires Johnson as a science writer

Mark Johnson

The following excerpt was sent out by The Washington Post’s national editor Matea goldDeputy Country Editor Phil Ruckerhealth and science editor Stephen Smithdeputy health and science editors Carol Eisenberg and Tracy Jan. and health and science assignment editor Katie Zezima:

We are happy to announce this Mark Johnson joins The Washington Post as a science writer and brings his deep scientific knowledge and empathic reporting to this important line of coverage.

Mark joins The Post from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, where he covered science and health for the past 14 years.

Before writing about science, he was a general task reporter for eight years.

Prior to joining the Journal Sentinel, Mark worked for the Providence (RI) Journal-Bulletin, Haverhill (Mass.) Gazette and Provincetown (Mass.) Advocate, remembering his first assignment covering a meeting of the Truro Sewerage Commission. He also worked at the Rockford (Ill.) Register Star.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in English literature from the University of Toronto and was the 2016-2017 O’Brien Fellow at Marquette University.