ERIC JOHNSON - ASST. EDITOR
Eric joined the News-Review staff as Assistant Editor in January 2021, bringing past experience as an editor, associate editor and publisher to his new role. He looks forward to continuing the News-Review's longstanding award-winning tradition. A fourth-generation North Woods vacationer and first-generation North Woods resident, Eric has called Boulder Junction home since 2007. A veteran award-winning reporter and photographer, Eric's byline has appeared in a variety of publications in Wisconsin, Illinois and Ohio over his career, including the Racine Journal Times, Lakeland Times, FYI Northwoods News, Sheboygan Press, Sheboygan Falls News, Plymouth Review, Toledo Blade, Toledo City Paper, Ashtabula Star-Beacon, Ashtabula County Gazette, Rockford Magazine and Milwaukee Magazine, among others. A particular professional labor of love has been penning his eclectic, wide-ranging 15-year personal interest, humor and local history column "Not that you asked, but…," which now comes to the News-Review. Eric and his wife, Barbara, both Marquette University alumni, have two adult children: Evelyn, a residential treatment worker at Eau Claire Academy, and Andrew, a political science sophomore at Northern Michigan University in Marquette. A 14-year second-generation Wisconsin volunteer firefighter, Eric serves as fire chief, public information officer and fire prevention officer for the Boulder Junction Volunteer Fire Department. A thrice-published history author currently wrapping up work on his fourth book, Eric enjoys reading, writing, travel, community theater acting, and nature, architectural and vintage neon photography.
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