Biographie de Skip Johnson
Skip Johnson took early retirement in 1991 after a 30-year career as an award-winning reporter, columnist and editor for various East Coast newspapers and a wire service. During the 1960s he was a member of an Associated Press team that focused on covering the desegregation of Alabama and northwest Florida, plus a special assignment to help cover the desegregation of the University of Mississippi.
Skip returned to daily newspapers in 1970, and reportorial positions he held after that include space writer for The Orlando Sentinel during the Apollo (first man on moon) space program, and later chief political writer for The Orlando Sentinel; state capital bureau chief and political columnist for The Tampa Tribune; political columnist for Brevard Today, on Florida's Space Coast; and feature writer and religion columnist for The News and Courier of Charleston, S.
C. Editorial positions included religion editor of The News and Courier, state editor of The Tampa Tribune, night city editor of The News and Courier, city editor of The Herald-Statesman of Yonkers, N. Y., and managing editor of The Standard-Times of New Bedford, Mass. Since retiring, Skip has written two eBooks - The Year 2020: A Day-By-Day Diary of a Debacle, and Timeless Perspectives on Events, Science & Religion: Select Essays from Onward | Upward; and two nonfiction books - The Gospel of Yeshua: A Fresh Look at the Life and Teaching of Jesus, and A Charleston Primer for Yankees: History with a Southern Accent.
He also has edited motion picture scripts that won awards in international competition. He and his wife, Sue, have two daughters and four grandsons. They live in Charleston.
