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M. Alex Johnson

Los Angeles, Pasadena
As seen in: NBC News, MSN, The Independent (UK), Aol, CNBC, Euronews, The Indiegogo Review, TODAY, Flipboard, Science Magazine, MS NOW and
Covers:  government and political data, national affairs, politics, social media, breaking news, technology, media
Doesn't Cover: products
Scribbler/scribbling fixer at @NBCNews. Ex-WP, K-R, CQ for you initials lovers. Georgian bewildered in Hollywood. (Same name at BSky.) COYS

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M. Alex Johnson’s Biography

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I'm a reporter for NBC News based in Los Angeles. I'm from Atlanta and now live in Pasadena. Previous gigs include The Washington Post, Congressional Quarterly, The Charlotte Observer and The State in Columbia, S.C. I've also taught news writing and editing at the University of South Carolina and Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte.

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Ousiometrics: The essence of meaning aligns with a power-danger-structure framework instead of valence-arousal-dominance

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By M. Alex Johnson, G. Lakoff, Valdemar Priebe, Peter Sheridan Dodds, Mohammad A Saad, Thayer Alshaabi, Mikaela Irene Fudolig, Julia Zimmerman, Juniper Lovato, Joshua R. Minot, Michael Arnold, Andrew Reagan, Christopher M. Danforth, Shawn Beaulieu
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Abstract From work emerging through the middle of the 20th century, the essence of meaning has become widely accepted as being described by the three orthogonal dimensions of valence, arousal, and dominance. These essential dimensions have become the cornerstone of sentiment analysis across many fields.
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White House claims Bush wins, but Kerry balks

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By M. Alex Johnson
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Nov. 3, 2004 — The White House claimed victory in the presidential election Wednesday morning after President Bush won Ohio and Florida, two of the three battleground states that were keys to the race, according to projections by NBC News. Sen. John Kerry’s campaign was unwilling to concede, insisting that he would win Ohio’s 20 electoral votes when all the ballots were counted — which might not happen for almost two weeks.
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'Our hearts are broken': Texas town grieves in wake of devastating blast

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By M. Alex Johnson, John Newland, Tracy Connor Verified
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Authorities in the small community of West, Texas, which was stunned by a massive explosion in a fertilizer plant on Wednesday, are searching for survivors and clues about what caused the blast, believed to be an accident. By M. Alex Johnson, John Newland and Tracy Connor, NBC News Searches resumed at a fertilizer plant early Friday after residents of the Texas town devastated by an explosion gathered to mourn their community's losses.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Not including my college paper or internship, my first professional job was as a copy editor for The State, the newspaper in Columbia, S.C.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

For years,

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Henry Hackett