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Matt Johnson

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Covers:  san diego, animal cruelty, local politics, southern california, local news, arkansas, san diego county, fort hood
Doesn't Cover: lakers
@WSBTV Gwinnett County Bureau Chief. Squeezing in some tweets and reporting in the streets.

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Matt Johnson’s Biography

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"Breaking news gets the adrenaline flowin' like the only drug that you won't regret in the mornin'." Here I am back in Southern California after a 3-year tour of Arkansas & Central Texas. I specialize in reporting on animal cruelty & city politics. But really, I'm a pretend expert on many things.

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400 sign petition opposing plans to develop rural community in metro Atlanta county Original

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By Matt Johnson Verified
| WSB-TV (Atlanta, GA) Verified
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — Roughly 400 people have signed a petition asking Gwinnett County to oppose rezonings in one of its last largely undeveloped areas, where a new land use plan is being drawn around the Rowen research campus. The county is holding a public input meeting Saturday at Dacula High School. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Ryan Hitchcock and her husband, Henry, keep horses on their property in the study area and signed the petition.
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New Georgia law targets Black women DAs, lawsuit says Original

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By Matt Johnson Verified
| WSB-TV (Atlanta, GA) Verified
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — Gwinnett County’s district attorney is suing the state of Georgia, arguing a new election law was written to target her and four other Black women district attorneys. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Channel 2’s Gwinnett County bureau chief Matt Johnson reports Patsy Austin-Gatson, the district attorney for Gwinnett County, filed the lawsuit Aug. 21 in Fulton County Superior Court against the state.
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An arrest in mother’s silicone injection death gives children closure 17 years later Original

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By Matt Johnson Verified
| WSB-TV (Atlanta, GA) Verified
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — A woman is in custody 17 years after a Loganville mother of four died in Gwinnett County following silicone injections that police say she had no license to give. Tamaira Angell Smith, 52, is charged with felony murder in the death of 29-year-old Eyanna Moore of Loganville. Officers in McKinney, Texas, arrested her on the Georgia warrant, and she has since been returned to Gwinnett County.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

A general assignment reporter for KXXV (ABC) in Waco, TX.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yeah it's a pretty cool app

How is social media changing news?

It's the answer to the question: "Is there a way to get unconfirmed info streamlined faster than I can process?" Still, it's mostly good.