As an online producer for the digital wing of the national content desk, I'm responsible for nationally syndicating Tribune Company and wire service stories online for our myriad of newspaper, radio station, and television markets around the country. I make judgements about what is and is not newsworthy for our national readership and about what sort of art and interactive content to feature with stories. I also coordinate live streams for breaking news events and collaborate with the good people at Reuters to design our coverage of breaking news around the world.

Contact me and view samples of my work here: http://www.CharlesJJohnson.com/

A northern Illinois native, I began working in journalism at the tender age of 17, writing a politics column for my high school paper. Journalism school at the University of Illinois followed where I wrote for the Illini Media Company's print and digital properties, co-hosted programming on WPGU 107.1, and was nominated for a Hearst Foundation award. During the summer of 2009, I moved to Dublin, Ireland where I worked as a general assignment reporter for Metro Eireann, a weekly newspaper with a focus on immigrant and ethnic issues.

After graduation, and a lengthy job search, I began working for a trio of radio stations in Madison, WI, which is where I got my start in web production. After a few short months begrudgingly tolerating Packer fans, I started at the Tribune and moved back to Chicago. I've been reading the Chicago Tribune, literally, since I've been old enough to read and it's a thrill to contribute to the great journalism the Tribune Company does everyday.

I'll read almost anything non-fiction, listen to almost anything resembling soul music, and root for almost anything from Illinois not named "White Sox" or "Northwestern." I'm embarrassed (but not too badly) to admit Illinois over Arizona in 2005 is, to this point, one of the best moments of my entire life.