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Mark Johnson

@majohnso

Mark Johnson is a health and science reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. He won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting as part of a five-person team telling the story of a boy with a rare genetic defect. He is the author of “Though The Earth Gives Way,”  a novel of climate apocalypse.

Writing about the unthinkable pain of child suicides

Writing about the unthinkable pain of child suicides

Author, essayist and lecturer Andrew Solomon weaves statistics and personal pain to explores the toll that depression takes on young children
“Why’s this so good?” No. 27: Christopher Goffard tracks love in flight

“Why’s this so good?” No. 27: Christopher Goffard tracks love in flight

One drawer of my desk – the largest – contains a mound of stories, the best I’ve found in newspapers and magazines over the last 20 years. In addition, three or four…
"Why's this so good?" No. 17: Meyer Berger delivers on deadline

"Why’s this so good?" No. 17: Meyer Berger delivers on deadline

The Pulitzer Prize for breaking news tends to go to a massive team effort, often one in which a dozen or more reporters feed material to one, two or even…