Steve Johnson

Steve Johnson is a multimedia journalist and adjunct professor at the College of Journalism and Communications at the University of Florida in Gainesville.

After receiving his bachelor of science in journalism from UF, he joined the staff at the College to develop his skills as a multimedia storyteller and lecturer. His classes (both at the undergraduate and master's level) focus on the various levels of impact visual journalism has on readers using different platforms to consume news.

2007

In 2007, he started his journalism career at The Orlando Sentinel as a summer intern working for the sports section. There, he began covering the NFL and NCAA football.

Shortly after, he began freelancing for ESPN, where he would cover a variety of sporting events and help produce features forSportsCenter, ESPNU, ESPNHS and ESPN The Magazine.

2008 - 2009

While at the University of Florida, he focused on expanding his journalism skills from photography and writing to multimedia storytelling,beginning with his coverage of the 2009 Kentucky Derby for Sports Illustrated.

2010 - 2011

All of these skills came together in 2010 when he was assigned by The Miami Herald during a summer internship to cover the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. After spending over a month in four states working as one of the lead reporters for the McClatchy Co. (owner of the Herald), he accumulated multiple front-page photographs, in-depth multimedia projects and articles detailing the lasting effects of the Deepwater Horizon spill.

After his work at The Miami Herald, he continued to devote his free time to serve on the Dean's Student Advisory Council to improve curriculum at his college and was the only student to work on planning a 10,000-square-foot newsroom that will open in the fall of 2012.

In the summer of 2011, he spent a month teaching multimedia reporting in Florence, Italy, while producing a documentary on the college's study abroad program.

2012

Johnson is 22, and lives with his German shepherd, Titan, in Gainesville.

This summer, he traveled to London to cover the 2012 Olympic Games and work on a feature story as UF prepares to take more than 230 students in the Gator Marching Band to perform.