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On Campus
Jimmy Johnson
Johnson began his stint as the Patriot League's Media and External Relations Assistant in August of 2009, where he will work as the primary contact for 13 Patriot League sports while providing assistance for men's and women's basketball coverage, the League website and championship administration. Johnson comes to the Patriot League from Kutztown (Pa.) University, where he worked as the graduate assistant in the sports information office while receiving his Masters degree in Electronic Media. While at Kutztown, Johnson assisted with media guides, game coverage, press releases and website content, and created a weekly video Webcast entitled "Golden Bear Weekly." He served as the interim sports information director for his final three months. Johnson also has experience in the newspaper field. He was the sports editor for the Lewistown (Pa.) Sentinel from August 2005 to March 2007, running the day-to-day operations of the sports department of a six-day, 14,000-circulation paper. He expanded a four-page section into a six and seven-page section while covering Penn State football and Super Bowl XL. He won the Pennsylvania Associated Press Managing Editor's award for best sports column. Johnson works as a stringer for the Reading (Pa.) Eagle and has also written for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. A 2005 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, Johnson received a bachelor's degree in Media Communications and Administration of Justice. While at Pittsburgh, he wrote for The Pitt News and was a stringer for Sports Illustrated on Campus, while also completing an internship with Fox SportsNet Pittsburgh.
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