CHRIS E.S. JOHNSON
WRITER
I write stuff.
I'm a writer. I've been writing for a living for most of my career. I've written original features, print ads, movie reviews, celebrity pieces, television news features and daily news headlines. I also write screenplays for feature films.
I have a MS in Advertising and a BA in Art History, both from Northwestern University.
I'm freelancing now. Here's where I've worked, in New York City and Chicago:
Bloomberg - News Writer / Producer (current)
Write and Produce "First Word" television news broadcast for anchor.
ABC News "Good Morning America" - News Writer
Write copy for anchors.
ABC News Radio - News Writer / Editor (current)
Write headlines and copy for anchors. Conduct interviews. Edit audio clips.
NBC / Universal Kid News
Directed workshops on how to write news for children.
truTV.com - Writer
Wrote features and blog entries for truTV.com.
Channel One News - Writer / Producer
Wrote original packages and headlines for Channel One News, a current events program seen by millions of students in thousands of classrooms across the country. Directed talent stand-up, managed editor.
Fox News Channel, The Fox Report - Writer / Producer
Wrote and produced for The Fox Report with Shepard Smith, the leading cable news show: did daily "Across America" and "Around the World" news packages for on-air and online, as well as headline news stories.
CBS News Productions - Field Producer
Researched, interviewed and supervised editing for a series of educational videos on U.S. history.
ABCNews.com - Online Writer / Producer
Produced, designed and wrote for a Good Morning America website devoted to film. Wrote film reviews and edited content for GMA Entertainment Editor Joel Siegel.
Tribeca 75 - Writer
Wrote film reviews and film-related articles and shot photographs for Tribeca 75, a New York-Paris cultural magazine.
ABC News Documentary Unit - Field Producer
Wrote and edited segments. Developed, reported, researched and interviewed for stories. Produced and directed location shoots. Researched and booked characters. Credits include: Hopkins 24/7, a six-hour documentary series following doctors and patients at Johns Hopkins Hospital; ABC News Barbara Walters Special - A Celebration: 100 Years of Great Women; Mountain Without Mercy: The Everest Story; Frank Sinatra: The Legend
Chicago Int'l Film Festival - Marketing & Products Manager
Managed advertising, sales and marketing of all Festival products. Wrote and produced national print ads. Wrote and designed Festival brochures and catalogs.